Charity profile · Historical source record

Rochester Museum and Science Center

EIN 16-0794131Arts, Culture, Humanities New York Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Explore… Discover… Every Day!

Founded in 1912, The Rochester Museum & Science Center (RMSC) stimulates broad community interest and understanding of science and technology, and their impact—past, present, future—on our lives. The RMSC continues to inspire our community by serving as the area's resource for informal science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education; providing more than 200 hands-on exhibits that promote inquiry-based learning; and investing in our area's future through our preschool, science day camps and workforce preparation and visitation assistance programs.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

89.52Overall score
out of 100

90.08Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$9,360,622

Total expenses · USD$7,541,594

Program expenses

$6,432,979.68 recorded amount

85.3%

Fundraising expenses

$414,787.67 recorded amount

5.5%

Administrative expenses

$686,285.05 recorded amount

9.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.08 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Kate Bennett
Recorded compensation: $140,780.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.86%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Rochester Museum and Science Center
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1912, The Rochester Museum & Science Center (RMSC) stimulates broad community interest and understanding of science and technology, and their impact—past, present, future—on our lives. The RMSC continues to inspire our community by serving as the area's resource for informal science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education; providing more than 200 hands-on exhibits that promote inquiry-based learning; and investing in our area's future through our preschool, science day camps and workforce preparation and visitation assistance programs.
`ein` EIN	16-0794131
`tot_exp` Total expenses	7541594.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.091
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.08
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.055
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.853
`fscore` Financial score	90.08
`leader` Recorded leader	Kate Bennett
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	140780.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.018600000000000002
`motto` Tagline	Explore… Discover… Every Day!
`name` Charity name	Rochester Museum and Science Center
`tot_rev` Total revenue	9360622.0
`score` Overall score	89.52
`state` State code	NY
`subcategory` Subcategory	Museums
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	6432979.682
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	414787.67
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	686285.054

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 16-0794131
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Museums
Recorded location: New York (NY)
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.