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Norfolk Botanical Garden

EIN 54-0788933Environment Virginia Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

A natural beauty

Founded in 1938 as the Azalea Garden project, the Norfolk Botanical Garden's mission is to enrich life by promoting the enjoyment of plants and the environment through beautiful gardens and educational programs. More than twenty thousand children and adults are reached every year at the Garden by programs, classes and Norfolk Botanical Garden lectures. Today, the Garden includes 155 acres, with over 30 theme gardens that can be viewed by tram, boat or by foot. Theme gardens include the Bristow Butterfly Garden, the Sarah Lee Baker Perennial Garden, the Virginia Native Plant Garden and the Bicentennial Rose Garden. Each of these gardens allows guests to see a variety of plants-from the cultivated to the wild.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

85.06Overall score
out of 100

88.96Financial score
out of 100

82.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$5,996,797

Total expenses · USD$5,367,710

Program expenses

$4,471,302.43 recorded amount

83.3%

Fundraising expenses

$187,869.85 recorded amount

3.5%

Administrative expenses

$697,802.30 recorded amount

13.0%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.04 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Michael P. Desplaines
Recorded compensation: $159,570.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.97%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Norfolk Botanical Garden
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	82.0
`category` Category	Environment
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1938 as the Azalea Garden project, the Norfolk Botanical Garden's mission is to enrich life by promoting the enjoyment of plants and the environment through beautiful gardens and educational programs. More than twenty thousand children and adults are reached every year at the Garden by programs, classes and Norfolk Botanical Garden lectures. Today, the Garden includes 155 acres, with over 30 theme gardens that can be viewed by tram, boat or by foot. Theme gardens include the Bristow Butterfly Garden, the Sarah Lee Baker Perennial Garden, the Virginia Native Plant Garden and the Bicentennial Rose Garden. Each of these gardens allows guests to see a variety of plants-from the cultivated to the wild.
`ein` EIN	54-0788933
`tot_exp` Total expenses	5367710.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.13
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.04
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.035
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.833
`fscore` Financial score	88.96
`leader` Recorded leader	Michael P. Desplaines
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	159570.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0297
`motto` Tagline	A natural beauty
`name` Charity name	Norfolk Botanical Garden
`tot_rev` Total revenue	5996797.0
`score` Overall score	85.06
`state` State code	VA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Botanical Gardens, Parks, and Nature Centers
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	4471302.43
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	187869.85
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	697802.3

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 54-0788933
Source category: Environment
Source subcategory: Botanical Gardens, Parks, and Nature Centers
Recorded location: Virginia (VA)
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.