Charity profile · Historical source record

National Council for the Traditional Arts

EIN 52-0847374Arts, Culture, Humanities Maryland Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Presenting and documenting folk and traditional arts in the United States

Founded in 1933, the National Council for the Traditional Arts (NCTA) is the nation's oldest folk arts organization. The NCTA stresses quality and authenticity in presenting traditional artists to the public in festivals, national and international tours, concerts, radio and television programs, films, recordings and other programs. NCTA's work includes a nationwide touring program, the creation and programming of large-scale festivals and special events, the planning of cultural programs in National Parks, and numerous other activities. In the past five years, the NCTA has presented 13 major multi-day festivals, 81 traditional arts concerts and 5 national tours with 146 performances, reaching 26 states, and produced 24 nationally distributed compact disc recordings.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

92.02Overall score
out of 100

97.50Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & 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$1,954,094

Total expenses · USD$1,652,505

Program expenses

$1,591,362.31 recorded amount

96.3%

Fundraising expenses

$6,610.02 recorded amount

0.4%

Administrative expenses

$51,227.65 recorded amount

3.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.01 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: Julia Olin
Recorded compensation: $92,761.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 5.61%

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

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All 23 original fields for National Council for the Traditional Arts
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1933, the National Council for the Traditional Arts (NCTA) is the nation's oldest folk arts organization. The NCTA stresses quality and authenticity in presenting traditional artists to the public in festivals, national and international tours, concerts, radio and television programs, films, recordings and other programs. NCTA's work includes a nationwide touring program, the creation and programming of large-scale festivals and special events, the planning of cultural programs in National Parks, and numerous other activities. In the past five years, the NCTA has presented 13 major multi-day festivals, 81 traditional arts concerts and 5 national tours with 146 performances, reaching 26 states, and produced 24 nationally distributed compact disc recordings.
`ein` EIN	52-0847374
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1652505.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.031
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.01
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.004
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.963
`fscore` Financial score	97.5
`leader` Recorded leader	Julia Olin
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	92761.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.056100000000000004
`motto` Tagline	Presenting and documenting folk and traditional arts in the United States
`name` Charity name	National Council for the Traditional Arts
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1954094.0
`score` Overall score	92.02
`state` State code	MD
`subcategory` Subcategory	Performing Arts
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1591362.315
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	6610.02
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	51227.655

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.