Charity profile · Historical source record

Music Center Foundation

EIN 23-7298290Arts, Culture, Humanities California Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Supporting the Music Center of Los Angeles County

The Music Center Foundation's mission is to provide endowment support through asset management and planned giving fundraising for the Music Center of Los Angeles County, its programmatic and educational activities and its affiliated performing arts companies: Los Angeles Philharmonic, Center Theatre Group, Los Angeles Opera Company, and Los Angeles Master Chorale. The Music Center opened in 1964 and is the home of the 3,197-seat Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, the 740-seat Mark Taper Forum and the Ahmanson Theatre, which offers flexible seating for 1,600 to 2,100. In 2003, the Music Center added the Frank Gehry-designed Walt Disney Concert Hall, which seats 2,265 and is home to the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

87.47Overall score
out of 100

86.12Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$4,699,574

Total expenses · USD$7,702,956

Program expenses

$6,763,195.37 recorded amount

87.8%

Fundraising expenses

$415,959.62 recorded amount

5.4%

Administrative expenses

$516,098.05 recorded amount

6.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.15 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Steven T. Benson
Recorded compensation: $328,061.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 4.25%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Music Center Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	The Music Center Foundation's mission is to provide endowment support through asset management and planned giving fundraising for the Music Center of Los Angeles County, its programmatic and educational activities and its affiliated performing arts companies: Los Angeles Philharmonic, Center Theatre Group, Los Angeles Opera Company, and Los Angeles Master Chorale. The Music Center opened in 1964 and is the home of the 3,197-seat Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, the 740-seat Mark Taper Forum and the Ahmanson Theatre, which offers flexible seating for 1,600 to 2,100. In 2003, the Music Center added the Frank Gehry-designed Walt Disney Concert Hall, which seats 2,265 and is home to the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
`ein` EIN	23-7298290
`tot_exp` Total expenses	7702956.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.067
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.15
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.054000000000000006
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.878
`fscore` Financial score	86.12
`leader` Recorded leader	Steven T. Benson
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	328061.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0425
`motto` Tagline	Supporting the Music Center of Los Angeles County
`name` Charity name	Music Center Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	4699574.0
`score` Overall score	87.47
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Performing Arts
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	6763195.368
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	415959.62400000007
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	516098.052

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 23-7298290
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Performing Arts
Recorded location: California (CA)
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.