Charity profile · Historical source record

New Orleans Jazz Orchestra

EIN 71-0919866Arts, Culture, Humanities Louisiana Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

TRUTH | LOVE | BEAUTY

NOJO was founded in 2002 as a powerful vehicle for celebrating and advancing the cultural and historical legacy of New Orleans Jazz. As a performing arts organization, our goal is to strengthen the business of Jazz through performances, tours, recordings, education and media platforms. NOJO is the first and only performing arts institution committed solely to the development of an Industry for Jazz in the city that created it. The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra creates Jazz to enhance life, transform place, and elevate spirit.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

72.47Overall score
out of 100

64.08Financial score
out of 100

85.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$964,678

Total expenses · USD$971,252

Program expenses

$624,515.04 recorded amount

64.3%

Fundraising expenses

$77,700.16 recorded amount

8.0%

Administrative expenses

$268,065.55 recorded amount

27.6%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.13 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Sarah Bell
Recorded compensation: $35,938.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.70%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	85.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	NOJO was founded in 2002 as a powerful vehicle for celebrating and advancing the cultural and historical legacy of New Orleans Jazz. As a performing arts organization, our goal is to strengthen the business of Jazz through performances, tours, recordings, education and media platforms. NOJO is the first and only performing arts institution committed solely to the development of an Industry for Jazz in the city that created it. The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra creates Jazz to enhance life, transform place, and elevate spirit.
`ein` EIN	71-0919866
`tot_exp` Total expenses	971252.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.276
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.13
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.08
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.643
`fscore` Financial score	64.08
`leader` Recorded leader	Sarah Bell
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	35938.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.037000000000000005
`motto` Tagline	TRUTH \| LOVE \| BEAUTY
`name` Charity name	New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
`tot_rev` Total revenue	964678.0
`score` Overall score	72.47
`state` State code	LA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Performing Arts
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	624515.036
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	77700.16
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	268065.552

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 71-0919866
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Performing Arts
Recorded location: Louisiana (LA)
Expense-based size: Small
Under $3.5M in total expenses · source label: small

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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.