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San Diego Symphony Orchestra

EIN 95-2040874Arts, Culture, HumanitiesCaliforniaLarge

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Musical Excellence Forever
The San Diego Symphony Orchestra is committed to presenting innovative concert programming of superior quality at the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Music Center. The Symphony makes music an integral part of the cultural and intellectual fabric of the San Diego region, valued by and relevant to all its residents.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

93.01Overall score
out of 100
94.20Financial score
out of 100
92.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$36,753,709
Total expenses · USD$26,040,490

Program expenses

$21,926,092.58 recorded amount
84.2%

Fundraising expenses

$1,354,105.48 recorded amount
5.2%

Administrative expenses

$2,734,251.45 recorded amount
10.5%
Fundraising efficiency
$0.06 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

Expense shares are displayed as percentages. Component amounts in this collection match total expenses multiplied by the source ratios; rounding can leave a small difference from the total. The source does not supply a row-specific fiscal year. Field definitions ↗

Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader
Martha Gilmer
Recorded compensation
$343,375.00
Recorded compensation percentage
1.31%

These fields do not establish the current officeholder or current compensation. The metadata does not specify the denominator of the leader compensation percentage. Read with context ↗

Inspect all 23 original source fields

Exact source strings are retained below, including numeric precision. A blank value is marked as not reported; zero remains zero.

Source fieldOriginal source value
ascore
Accountability & transparency score		92.0
category
Category		Arts, Culture, Humanities
description
Mission & description		The San Diego Symphony Orchestra is committed to presenting innovative concert programming of superior quality at the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Music Center. The Symphony makes music an integral part of the cultural and intellectual fabric of the San Diego region, valued by and relevant to all its residents.
ein
EIN		95-2040874
tot_exp
Total expenses		26040490.0
admin_exp_p
Administrative expense fraction		0.105
fund_eff
Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)		0.06
fund_exp_p
Fundraising expense fraction		0.052000000000000005
program_exp_p
Program expense fraction		0.8420000000000001
fscore
Financial score		94.2
leader
Recorded leader		Martha Gilmer
leader_comp
Recorded leader compensation		343375.0
leader_comp_p
Recorded leader compensation fraction		0.0131
motto
Tagline		Musical Excellence Forever
name
Charity name		San Diego Symphony Orchestra
tot_rev
Total revenue		36753709.0
score
Overall score		93.01
state
State code		CA
subcategory
Subcategory		Performing Arts
size
Source size label		big
program_exp
Program expenses		21926092.580000002
fund_exp
Fundraising expenses		1354105.4800000002
admin_exp
Administrative expenses		2734251.4499999997

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.