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Monterey Bay Aquarium

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Inspiring conservation of the oceans

Opened in 1984, the Monterey Bay Aquarium's mission is to inspire conservation of the oceans. We know that bringing people face-to-face with living marine animals is a powerful way to move them to care about the oceans and ocean life. From the beginning, we planned our permanent exhibits as a walk through Monterey Bay's beautiful natural communities. In 1996, we almost doubled our exhibit space with the opening of the Outer Bay Wing, devoted to the open ocean and deep sea. The main feature is the Outer Bay Waters exhibit, the one-million-gallon tank containing tuna, sharks and sea turtles. The aquarium has an active research program. We have groups working on sea otter conservation and tuna conservation biology. About 1.8 million people visit us each year.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

97.27Overall score
out of 100

97.57Financial score
out of 100

97.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$133,530,080

Total expenses · USD$89,299,945

Program expenses

$75,190,553.69 recorded amount

84.2%

Fundraising expenses

$3,571,997.80 recorded amount

4.0%

Administrative expenses

$10,358,793.62 recorded amount

11.6%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.06 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Julie Packard
Recorded compensation: $299,622.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.33%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Monterey Bay Aquarium
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	97.0
`category` Category	Animals
`description` Mission & description	Opened in 1984, the Monterey Bay Aquarium's mission is to inspire conservation of the oceans. We know that bringing people face-to-face with living marine animals is a powerful way to move them to care about the oceans and ocean life. From the beginning, we planned our permanent exhibits as a walk through Monterey Bay's beautiful natural communities. In 1996, we almost doubled our exhibit space with the opening of the Outer Bay Wing, devoted to the open ocean and deep sea. The main feature is the Outer Bay Waters exhibit, the one-million-gallon tank containing tuna, sharks and sea turtles. The aquarium has an active research program. We have groups working on sea otter conservation and tuna conservation biology. About 1.8 million people visit us each year.
`ein` EIN	94-2487469
`tot_exp` Total expenses	89299945.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.11599999999999999
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.06
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.04
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8420000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	97.57
`leader` Recorded leader	Julie Packard
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	299622.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0033
`motto` Tagline	Inspiring conservation of the oceans
`name` Charity name	Monterey Bay Aquarium
`tot_rev` Total revenue	133530080.0
`score` Overall score	97.27
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Zoos and Aquariums
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	75190553.69000001
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	3571997.8000000003
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	10358793.62

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 94-2487469
Source category: Animals
Source subcategory: Zoos and Aquariums
Recorded location: California (CA)
Expense-based size: Large
Above $13.5M in total expenses · source label: big

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.