Charity profile · Historical source record

National Aquarium, Baltimore

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

The mission

What this organization describes

We inspire conservation of the world's aquatic treasures.

The National Aquarium is a nonprofit aquatic education and conservation organization with a mission to inspire conservation of the world's aquatic treasures.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

87.87Overall score
out of 100

84.35Financial score
out of 100

93.00Accountability & 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$47,582,860

Total expenses · USD$47,928,724

Program expenses

$40,739,415.40 recorded amount

85.0%

Fundraising expenses

$1,485,790.44 recorded amount

3.1%

Administrative expenses

$5,655,589.43 recorded amount

11.8%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.13 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: John C. Racanelli
Recorded compensation: $473,694.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.98%

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 National Aquarium, Baltimore
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	93.0
`category` Category	Animals
`description` Mission & description	The National Aquarium is a nonprofit aquatic education and conservation organization with a mission to inspire conservation of the world's aquatic treasures.
`ein` EIN	52-1121163
`tot_exp` Total expenses	47928724.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.11800000000000001
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.13
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.031
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.85
`fscore` Financial score	84.35
`leader` Recorded leader	John C. Racanelli
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	473694.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0098
`motto` Tagline	We inspire conservation of the world's aquatic treasures.
`name` Charity name	National Aquarium, Baltimore
`tot_rev` Total revenue	47582860.0
`score` Overall score	87.87
`state` State code	MD
`subcategory` Subcategory	Zoos and Aquariums
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	40739415.4
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1485790.444
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	5655589.432

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.