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Museum of Flight

EIN 91-0785826Arts, Culture, Humanities Washington Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Dream, discover, soar

With roots dating back to 1965, the Museum of Flight exists to acquire, preserve, and exhibit historically significant air and space artifacts, which provide a foundation for scholarly research, and lifelong learning programs that inspire an interest in and understanding of science, technology, and the humanities. The Museum's vision is to be the foremost educational air and space museum in the world. In addition to acquiring and conserving a valuable collection of artifacts relating to air and space history and technology, the Museum is dedicated to educating the public in the history of air and space development. The central focus of the Museum's educational programs is to broaden science literacy within an historical context, relating the evolution of technology to the human needs that drive it, and the resulting changes that technology brings to humanity.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

92.15Overall score
out of 100

98.60Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$27,442,154

Total expenses · USD$23,340,173

Program expenses

$18,298,695.63 recorded amount

78.4%

Fundraising expenses

$2,053,935.22 recorded amount

8.8%

Administrative expenses

$2,964,201.97 recorded amount

12.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.08 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Matthew Hayes
Recorded compensation: $313,979.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.34%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Museum of Flight
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	With roots dating back to 1965, the Museum of Flight exists to acquire, preserve, and exhibit historically significant air and space artifacts, which provide a foundation for scholarly research, and lifelong learning programs that inspire an interest in and understanding of science, technology, and the humanities. The Museum's vision is to be the foremost educational air and space museum in the world. In addition to acquiring and conserving a valuable collection of artifacts relating to air and space history and technology, the Museum is dedicated to educating the public in the history of air and space development. The central focus of the Museum's educational programs is to broaden science literacy within an historical context, relating the evolution of technology to the human needs that drive it, and the resulting changes that technology brings to humanity.
`ein` EIN	91-0785826
`tot_exp` Total expenses	23340173.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.127
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.08
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.08800000000000001
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.784
`fscore` Financial score	98.6
`leader` Recorded leader	Matthew Hayes
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	313979.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0134
`motto` Tagline	Dream, discover, soar
`name` Charity name	Museum of Flight
`tot_rev` Total revenue	27442154.0
`score` Overall score	92.15
`state` State code	WA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Museums
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	18298695.632
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	2053935.2240000002
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	2964201.971

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 91-0785826
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Museums
Recorded location: Washington (WA)
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.