Charity profile · Historical source record

Nashville Zoo

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Where Animals, Nature & Fun Converge

Nashville Zoo's mission is to inspire a culture of understanding and discovery of our natural world through conservation, innovation and leadership.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

98.99Overall score
out of 100

98.58Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$23,189,401

Total expenses · USD$14,140,736

Program expenses

$12,316,581.06 recorded amount

87.1%

Fundraising expenses

$593,910.91 recorded amount

4.2%

Administrative expenses

$1,216,103.30 recorded amount

8.6%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.03 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: Rick Schwartz
Recorded compensation: $384,910.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.72%

These fields do not establish the current officeholder or current compensation. The metadata does not specify the denominator of the leader compensation percentage. Read with context ↗

Inspect all 23 original source fields

Exact source strings are retained below, including numeric precision. A blank value is marked as not reported; zero remains zero.

All 23 original fields for Nashville Zoo
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Animals
`description` Mission & description	Nashville Zoo's mission is to inspire a culture of understanding and discovery of our natural world through conservation, innovation and leadership.
`ein` EIN	62-1411210
`tot_exp` Total expenses	14140736.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.086
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.03
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.042
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.871
`fscore` Financial score	98.58
`leader` Recorded leader	Rick Schwartz
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	384910.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.027200000000000002
`motto` Tagline	Where Animals, Nature & Fun Converge
`name` Charity name	Nashville Zoo
`tot_rev` Total revenue	23189401.0
`score` Overall score	98.99
`state` State code	TN
`subcategory` Subcategory	Zoos and Aquariums
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	12316581.056
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	593910.912
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1216103.2959999999

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.