Charity profile · Historical source record

Please Touch Museum

EIN 23-2109376Arts, Culture, Humanities Pennsylvania Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Imagine the fun

Since 1976 Please Touch Museum (PTM) has been the children's museum of Philadelphia. Our museum was the first in the nation whose target audience was families with children seven and younger. We have grown into one of the best children's museums in the nation, have become experts in play and have had our programs for under served families in the region nationally recognized. Our mission, to enrich the lives of children by creating learning opportunities through play, enables us to lay the foundation for a lifetime of learning and cultural awareness. PTM prides itself on its scope of community programming and ongoing efforts to assess, design and implement programs that meet the evolving needs of children and families. The museum serves children of all socio-economic backgrounds by educating children and those who nurture their development.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

84.26Overall score
out of 100

80.66Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$7,723,920

Total expenses · USD$8,066,632

Program expenses

$5,541,776.18 recorded amount

68.7%

Fundraising expenses

$540,464.34 recorded amount

6.7%

Administrative expenses

$1,976,324.84 recorded amount

24.5%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.19 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Patricia Wellenbach
Recorded compensation: $246,767.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.05%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Please Touch Museum
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Since 1976 Please Touch Museum (PTM) has been the children's museum of Philadelphia. Our museum was the first in the nation whose target audience was families with children seven and younger. We have grown into one of the best children's museums in the nation, have become experts in play and have had our programs for under served families in the region nationally recognized. Our mission, to enrich the lives of children by creating learning opportunities through play, enables us to lay the foundation for a lifetime of learning and cultural awareness. PTM prides itself on its scope of community programming and ongoing efforts to assess, design and implement programs that meet the evolving needs of children and families. The museum serves children of all socio-economic backgrounds by educating children and those who nurture their development.
`ein` EIN	23-2109376
`tot_exp` Total expenses	8066632.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.245
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.19
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.067
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.687
`fscore` Financial score	80.66
`leader` Recorded leader	Patricia Wellenbach
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	246767.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0305
`motto` Tagline	Imagine the fun
`name` Charity name	Please Touch Museum
`tot_rev` Total revenue	7723920.0
`score` Overall score	84.26
`state` State code	PA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Museums
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	5541776.184
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	540464.344
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1976324.8399999999

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 23-2109376
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Museums
Recorded location: Pennsylvania (PA)
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.