Charity profile · Historical source record

MusiCares

EIN 95-4470909Arts, Culture, Humanities California Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Ensuring that music people have a place to turn in times of financial, medical or personal crisis

Established in 1989 by The Recording Academy, MusiCares provides a safety net of critical assistance for music people in times of need. MusiCares' services and resources cover a wide range of financial, medical and personal emergencies, and each case is treated with integrity and confidentiality. MusiCares also focuses the resources and attention of the music industry on human service issues that directly impact the health and welfare of the music community. MusiCares programs include emergency financial assistance for struggling music people; addiction recovery support groups; and outreach activities to educate members of the music industry and the public-at-large about available human service opportunities.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

91.73Overall score
out of 100

96.04Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$11,438,532

Total expenses · USD$9,815,849

Program expenses

$7,842,863.35 recorded amount

79.9%

Fundraising expenses

$1,011,032.45 recorded amount

10.3%

Administrative expenses

$942,321.50 recorded amount

9.6%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.06 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: Neil Portnow
Recorded compensation: $0.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.00%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for MusiCares
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Established in 1989 by The Recording Academy, MusiCares provides a safety net of critical assistance for music people in times of need. MusiCares' services and resources cover a wide range of financial, medical and personal emergencies, and each case is treated with integrity and confidentiality. MusiCares also focuses the resources and attention of the music industry on human service issues that directly impact the health and welfare of the music community. MusiCares programs include emergency financial assistance for struggling music people; addiction recovery support groups; and outreach activities to educate members of the music industry and the public-at-large about available human service opportunities.
`ein` EIN	95-4470909
`tot_exp` Total expenses	9815849.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.096
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.06
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.10300000000000001
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.799
`fscore` Financial score	96.04
`leader` Recorded leader	Neil Portnow
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	0.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0
`motto` Tagline	Ensuring that music people have a place to turn in times of financial, medical or personal crisis
`name` Charity name	MusiCares
`tot_rev` Total revenue	11438532.0
`score` Overall score	91.73
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Performing Arts
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	7842863.351000001
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1011032.447
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	942321.5040000001

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 95-4470909
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.