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National Building Museum

EIN 52-1050999Arts, Culture, Humanities District of Columbia Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Celebrating the world we build for ourselves

Created by an act of Congress in 1980, the National Building Museum offers visitors the chance to see many interesting objects, from drawings by famous architects to a full-scale, sustainable house built in our own galleries. The care, interpretation, and thoughtful display of such artifacts is central to our mission. The Museum is, however, much more than a repository of things, beautiful and intriguing though they may be. It is above all a forum for the development, exploration, and exchange of ideas. Our exhibitions, educational programs, and publications are well regarded not only for their capacity to enlighten and entertain, but also as vehicles for fostering lively discussion about a wide range of topics related to development, architecture, construction and engineering, interior design, landscape architecture, and urban planning.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

80.74Overall score
out of 100

75.09Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$6,667,074

Total expenses · USD$6,830,990

Program expenses

$5,847,327.44 recorded amount

85.6%

Fundraising expenses

$737,746.92 recorded amount

10.8%

Administrative expenses

$232,253.66 recorded amount

3.4%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.29 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Chase W. Rynd
Recorded compensation: $253,002.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.70%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for National Building Museum
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Created by an act of Congress in 1980, the National Building Museum offers visitors the chance to see many interesting objects, from drawings by famous architects to a full-scale, sustainable house built in our own galleries. The care, interpretation, and thoughtful display of such artifacts is central to our mission. The Museum is, however, much more than a repository of things, beautiful and intriguing though they may be. It is above all a forum for the development, exploration, and exchange of ideas. Our exhibitions, educational programs, and publications are well regarded not only for their capacity to enlighten and entertain, but also as vehicles for fostering lively discussion about a wide range of topics related to development, architecture, construction and engineering, interior design, landscape architecture, and urban planning.
`ein` EIN	52-1050999
`tot_exp` Total expenses	6830990.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.034
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.29
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.10800000000000001
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.856
`fscore` Financial score	75.09
`leader` Recorded leader	Chase W. Rynd
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	253002.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.037000000000000005
`motto` Tagline	Celebrating the world we build for ourselves
`name` Charity name	National Building Museum
`tot_rev` Total revenue	6667074.0
`score` Overall score	80.74
`state` State code	DC
`subcategory` Subcategory	Museums
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	5847327.4399999995
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	737746.92
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	232253.66

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 52-1050999
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Museums
Recorded location: District of Columbia (DC)
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.