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Museum of American Finance

EIN 13-3540880Arts, Culture, Humanities New York Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Connecting the past with the present while serving as a guide for the future.

The Museum of American Finance is the nation's only independent museum dedicated to preserving, exhibiting and teaching about American finance and financial history. Housed in an historic bank building on Wall Street, the Museum's magnificent grand mezzanine banking hall provides an ideal setting for permanent exhibits on the financial markets, money, banking, entrepreneurship and Alexander Hamilton. The Museum is an independent, Smithsonian affiliate creating non-ideological presentations and programs for purposes of education and general public awareness. Financial education is at the core of the Museum's mission, seeking to promote lifelong learning and inquiry.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

78.86Overall score
out of 100

74.14Financial score
out of 100

85.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,435,565

Total expenses · USD$4,447,277

Program expenses

$3,731,265.40 recorded amount

83.9%

Fundraising expenses

$324,651.22 recorded amount

7.3%

Administrative expenses

$382,465.82 recorded amount

8.6%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.10 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: David Cowen
Recorded compensation: $169,615.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.81%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Museum of American Finance
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	85.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	The Museum of American Finance is the nation's only independent museum dedicated to preserving, exhibiting and teaching about American finance and financial history. Housed in an historic bank building on Wall Street, the Museum's magnificent grand mezzanine banking hall provides an ideal setting for permanent exhibits on the financial markets, money, banking, entrepreneurship and Alexander Hamilton. The Museum is an independent, Smithsonian affiliate creating non-ideological presentations and programs for purposes of education and general public awareness. Financial education is at the core of the Museum's mission, seeking to promote lifelong learning and inquiry.
`ein` EIN	13-3540880
`tot_exp` Total expenses	4447277.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.086
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.1
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.073
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8390000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	74.14
`leader` Recorded leader	David Cowen
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	169615.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0381
`motto` Tagline	Connecting the past with the present while serving as a guide for the future.
`name` Charity name	Museum of American Finance
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2435565.0
`score` Overall score	78.86
`state` State code	NY
`subcategory` Subcategory	Museums
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	3731265.4030000004
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	324651.22099999996
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	382465.822

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 13-3540880
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Museums
Recorded location: New York (NY)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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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.