Charity profile · Historical source record

Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago

EIN 36-2167797Arts, Culture, Humanities Illinois Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Inspiring the inventive genius in everyone

The Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago (MSI), the largest science museum in the Western Hemisphere, is home to more than 35,000 artifacts and more than 400,000 square feet of hands-on experiences designed to spark scientific inquiry and creativity. Since opening our doors in 1933, we've welcomed more than 180 million guests from around the world.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

85.34Overall score
out of 100

79.66Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$60,092,008

Total expenses · USD$64,390,473

Program expenses

$45,266,502.52 recorded amount

70.3%

Fundraising expenses

$5,022,456.89 recorded amount

7.8%

Administrative expenses

$13,972,732.64 recorded amount

21.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.12 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 R. Mosena
Recorded compensation: $648,458.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.00%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	The Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago (MSI), the largest science museum in the Western Hemisphere, is home to more than 35,000 artifacts and more than 400,000 square feet of hands-on experiences designed to spark scientific inquiry and creativity. Since opening our doors in 1933, we've welcomed more than 180 million guests from around the world.
`ein` EIN	36-2167797
`tot_exp` Total expenses	64390473.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.217
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.12
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.078
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.703
`fscore` Financial score	79.66
`leader` Recorded leader	David R. Mosena
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	648458.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.01
`motto` Tagline	Inspiring the inventive genius in everyone
`name` Charity name	Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
`tot_rev` Total revenue	60092008.0
`score` Overall score	85.34
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Museums
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	45266502.518999994
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	5022456.894
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	13972732.641

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 36-2167797
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Museums
Recorded location: Illinois (IL)
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.