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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

EIN 95-6132185Arts, Culture, Humanities California Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Inspiring wonder, discovery and responsibility for our natural and cultural worlds

The mission of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is to inspire wonder, discovery and responsibility for our natural and cultural worlds. The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County has amassed one of the world's most extensive and valuable collections of natural and cultural history - more than 35 million objects, some as old as 4.5 billion years. Its curatorial staff not only cares for those collections, but uses them for groundbreaking scientific and historic research. The Museum also curates new, immersive exhibitions that give visitors the opportunity to explore the big picture of our planet - specimens and objects, the stories behind them, and the increasing interrelatedness of the natural and cultural worlds.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

86.41Overall score
out of 100

81.21Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$52,711,464

Total expenses · USD$47,622,662

Program expenses

$35,955,109.81 recorded amount

75.5%

Fundraising expenses

$4,476,530.23 recorded amount

9.4%

Administrative expenses

$7,095,776.64 recorded amount

14.9%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.38 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Lori Bettison-Varga
Recorded compensation: $530,125.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.11%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	The mission of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is to inspire wonder, discovery and responsibility for our natural and cultural worlds. The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County has amassed one of the world's most extensive and valuable collections of natural and cultural history - more than 35 million objects, some as old as 4.5 billion years. Its curatorial staff not only cares for those collections, but uses them for groundbreaking scientific and historic research. The Museum also curates new, immersive exhibitions that give visitors the opportunity to explore the big picture of our planet - specimens and objects, the stories behind them, and the increasing interrelatedness of the natural and cultural worlds.
`ein` EIN	95-6132185
`tot_exp` Total expenses	47622662.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.149
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.38
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.094
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.755
`fscore` Financial score	81.21
`leader` Recorded leader	Lori Bettison-Varga
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	530125.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0111
`motto` Tagline	Inspiring wonder, discovery and responsibility for our natural and cultural worlds
`name` Charity name	Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
`tot_rev` Total revenue	52711464.0
`score` Overall score	86.41
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Museums
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	35955109.81
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	4476530.228
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	7095776.637999999

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 95-6132185
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Museums
Recorded location: California (CA)
Expense-based size: Large
Above $13.5M in total expenses · source label: big

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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.