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Santa Fe Institute

EIN 85-0325494Research and Public Policy New Mexico Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Creating a new kind of scientific research community

The Santa Fe Institute is a transdisciplinary research community, founded in 1984, that expands the boundaries of scientific understanding. Its aim is to discover, comprehend, and communicate the common fundamental principles in complex physical, computational, biological, and social systems that underlie many of the most profound problems facing science and society today.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

84.43Overall score
out of 100

78.35Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$16,246,511

Total expenses · USD$10,668,030

Program expenses

$7,520,961.15 recorded amount

70.5%

Fundraising expenses

$362,713.02 recorded amount

3.4%

Administrative expenses

$2,773,687.80 recorded amount

26.0%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.02 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: David Krakauer
Recorded compensation: $299,186.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.80%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Santa Fe Institute
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Research and Public Policy
`description` Mission & description	The Santa Fe Institute is a transdisciplinary research community, founded in 1984, that expands the boundaries of scientific understanding. Its aim is to discover, comprehend, and communicate the common fundamental principles in complex physical, computational, biological, and social systems that underlie many of the most profound problems facing science and society today.
`ein` EIN	85-0325494
`tot_exp` Total expenses	10668030.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.26
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.02
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.034
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.705
`fscore` Financial score	78.35
`leader` Recorded leader	David Krakauer
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	299186.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.027999999999999997
`motto` Tagline	Creating a new kind of scientific research community
`name` Charity name	Santa Fe Institute
`tot_rev` Total revenue	16246511.0
`score` Overall score	84.43
`state` State code	NM
`subcategory` Subcategory	Non-Medical Science & Technology Research
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	7520961.149999999
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	362713.02
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	2773687.8000000003

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 85-0325494
Source category: Research and Public Policy
Source subcategory: Non-Medical Science & Technology Research
Recorded location: New Mexico (NM)
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.