Charity profile · Historical source record

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

EIN 04-2103607Arts, Culture, Humanities Massachusetts Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Providing information and perspective on art through time and throughout the world

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) houses and preserves preeminent collections and aspires to serve a wide variety of people through direct encounters with works of art. The Museum aims for the highest standards of quality in all its endeavors. It serves as a resource for both those who are already familiar with art and those for whom art is a new experience. Through exhibitions, programs, research and publications, the Museum documents and interprets its own collections. It provides information and perspective on art through time and throughout the world. MFA creates educational opportunities for visitors and accommodates a wide range of experiences and learning styles; the Museum also educates artists of the future through its School.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

85.68Overall score
out of 100

86.40Financial score
out of 100

85.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$144,946,782

Total expenses · USD$116,703,506

Program expenses

$92,662,583.76 recorded amount

79.4%

Fundraising expenses

$4,784,843.75 recorded amount

4.1%

Administrative expenses

$19,139,374.98 recorded amount

16.4%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.09 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

Expense shares are displayed as percentages. Component amounts in this collection match total expenses multiplied by the source ratios; rounding can leave a small difference from the total. The source does not supply a row-specific fiscal year. Field definitions ↗

Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Matthew Teitelbaum
Recorded compensation: $719,682.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.61%

These fields do not establish the current officeholder or current compensation. The metadata does not specify the denominator of the leader compensation percentage. Read with context ↗

Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	85.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) houses and preserves preeminent collections and aspires to serve a wide variety of people through direct encounters with works of art. The Museum aims for the highest standards of quality in all its endeavors. It serves as a resource for both those who are already familiar with art and those for whom art is a new experience. Through exhibitions, programs, research and publications, the Museum documents and interprets its own collections. It provides information and perspective on art through time and throughout the world. MFA creates educational opportunities for visitors and accommodates a wide range of experiences and learning styles; the Museum also educates artists of the future through its School.
`ein` EIN	04-2103607
`tot_exp` Total expenses	116703506.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.16399999999999998
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.09
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.040999999999999995
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.794
`fscore` Financial score	86.4
`leader` Recorded leader	Matthew Teitelbaum
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	719682.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0060999999999999995
`motto` Tagline	Providing information and perspective on art through time and throughout the world
`name` Charity name	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
`tot_rev` Total revenue	144946782.0
`score` Overall score	85.68
`state` State code	MA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Museums
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	92662583.764
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	4784843.745999999
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	19139374.983999997

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.