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Savannah Music Festival

EIN 58-1401616Arts, Culture, Humanities Georgia Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Celebrating the musical arts.

The Savannah Music Festival (SMF) is dedicated to presenting world-class celebrations of the musical arts by creating timeless and adventurous productions that stimulate arts education, foster economic growth, and unite artists and audiences in Savannah. SMF produces a festival each spring (March 24 - April 9, 2016), a year-round local music education program (Musical Explorers), two tuition-free young artist development programs (Swing Central Jazz and Acoustic Music Seminar), free artistic lectures and a national public radio series (Savannah Music Festival LIVE). During the 17-day festival, SMF presents 360 musicians in over 100 musical productions including jazz, country, classical, blues, gospel, bluegrass, rock and a wealth of international music traditions. The 2016 festival projects to reach 40,000 in attendance of all ages and backgrounds. The annual 17-day spring festival is currently Georgia's largest musical arts event, garnering a Georgia Governor's Award in the Arts.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

85.71Overall score
out of 100

83.05Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$3,724,021

Total expenses · USD$3,604,074

Program expenses

$2,883,259.20 recorded amount

80.0%

Fundraising expenses

$183,807.77 recorded amount

5.1%

Administrative expenses

$533,402.95 recorded amount

14.8%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.09 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Rob Gibson
Recorded compensation: $258,625.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 7.17%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Savannah Music Festival
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	The Savannah Music Festival (SMF) is dedicated to presenting world-class celebrations of the musical arts by creating timeless and adventurous productions that stimulate arts education, foster economic growth, and unite artists and audiences in Savannah. SMF produces a festival each spring (March 24 - April 9, 2016), a year-round local music education program (Musical Explorers), two tuition-free young artist development programs (Swing Central Jazz and Acoustic Music Seminar), free artistic lectures and a national public radio series (Savannah Music Festival LIVE). During the 17-day festival, SMF presents 360 musicians in over 100 musical productions including jazz, country, classical, blues, gospel, bluegrass, rock and a wealth of international music traditions. The 2016 festival projects to reach 40,000 in attendance of all ages and backgrounds. The annual 17-day spring festival is currently Georgia's largest musical arts event, garnering a Georgia Governor's Award in the Arts.
`ein` EIN	58-1401616
`tot_exp` Total expenses	3604074.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.14800000000000002
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.09
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.051
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8
`fscore` Financial score	83.05
`leader` Recorded leader	Rob Gibson
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	258625.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0717
`motto` Tagline	Celebrating the musical arts.
`name` Charity name	Savannah Music Festival
`tot_rev` Total revenue	3724021.0
`score` Overall score	85.71
`state` State code	GA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Performing Arts
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	2883259.2
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	183807.77399999998
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	533402.952

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 58-1401616
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Performing Arts
Recorded location: Georgia (GA)
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.