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Museum of Photographic Arts

EIN 95-2889390Arts, Culture, Humanities California Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Inspiring, Educating, and Engaging through Photography, Film, and Video

The mission of the Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA) is to inspire, educate and engage the broadest possible audience through the presentation, collection and preservation of photography, film and video. Founded in 1983, possesses an international reputation of excellence through its presentation of high quality exhibitions, lectures, publications and films. MOPA became one of the first museum facilities in the United States exclusively designed to collect and present the finest examples of photographic art, spanning the history of photography from the 19th century to the present day. The museum's permanent collection offers a rich photographic heritage, both as an expressive medium and a documentary record. The collection's 7,000-plus images include works by Margaret Bourke-White, Alfred Stieglitz and Ruth Bernhard, among 850 other photographers.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

91.45Overall score
out of 100

95.00Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,773,351

Total expenses · USD$2,843,158

Program expenses

$2,476,390.62 recorded amount

87.1%

Fundraising expenses

$68,235.79 recorded amount

2.4%

Administrative expenses

$295,688.43 recorded amount

10.4%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.02 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Deborah Klochko
Recorded compensation: $183,542.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 6.45%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Museum of Photographic Arts
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	The mission of the Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA) is to inspire, educate and engage the broadest possible audience through the presentation, collection and preservation of photography, film and video. Founded in 1983, possesses an international reputation of excellence through its presentation of high quality exhibitions, lectures, publications and films. MOPA became one of the first museum facilities in the United States exclusively designed to collect and present the finest examples of photographic art, spanning the history of photography from the 19th century to the present day. The museum's permanent collection offers a rich photographic heritage, both as an expressive medium and a documentary record. The collection's 7,000-plus images include works by Margaret Bourke-White, Alfred Stieglitz and Ruth Bernhard, among 850 other photographers.
`ein` EIN	95-2889390
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2843158.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.10400000000000001
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.02
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.024
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.871
`fscore` Financial score	95.0
`leader` Recorded leader	Deborah Klochko
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	183542.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0645
`motto` Tagline	Inspiring, Educating, and Engaging through Photography, Film, and Video
`name` Charity name	Museum of Photographic Arts
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1773351.0
`score` Overall score	91.45
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Museums
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2476390.618
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	68235.792
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	295688.43200000003

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 95-2889390
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Museums
Recorded location: California (CA)
Expense-based size: Small
Under $3.5M in total expenses · source label: small

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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.