Charity profile · Historical source record

Nashville Public Library Foundation

EIN 62-1681766Arts, Culture, Humanities Tennessee Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Investing in the cultural and educational life of every Nashville citizen

Nashville Public Library Foundation (NPLF) raises private funds to enhance the programs, facilities and collections of the Nashville Public Library. Private support through the Foundation funds exceptional programming and extraordinary spaces. For example, the Limitless Libraries partnership redefines the role of the public library by giving students in all Metro Nashville Public Schools access to more than 2 million books and other materials delivered right to their school library.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

91.78Overall score
out of 100

89.09Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$3,042,104

Total expenses · USD$3,316,506

Program expenses

$2,503,962.03 recorded amount

75.5%

Fundraising expenses

$311,751.56 recorded amount

9.4%

Administrative expenses

$497,475.90 recorded amount

15.0%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.14 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Shawn Bakker
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 Nashville Public Library Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Nashville Public Library Foundation (NPLF) raises private funds to enhance the programs, facilities and collections of the Nashville Public Library. Private support through the Foundation funds exceptional programming and extraordinary spaces. For example, the Limitless Libraries partnership redefines the role of the public library by giving students in all Metro Nashville Public Schools access to more than 2 million books and other materials delivered right to their school library.
`ein` EIN	62-1681766
`tot_exp` Total expenses	3316506.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.15
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.14
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.094
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.755
`fscore` Financial score	89.09
`leader` Recorded leader	Shawn Bakker
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	0.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0
`motto` Tagline	Investing in the cultural and educational life of every Nashville citizen
`name` Charity name	Nashville Public Library Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	3042104.0
`score` Overall score	91.78
`state` State code	TN
`subcategory` Subcategory	Libraries, Historical Societies and Landmark Preservation
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2503962.03
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	311751.564
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	497475.89999999997

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 62-1681766
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Libraries, Historical Societies and Landmark Preservation
Recorded location: Tennessee (TN)
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.