Charity profile · Historical source record

Science Central

EIN 31-1032583Arts, Culture, Humanities Indiana Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

A catalyst for learning

Founded in 1995, Science Central was originally incorporated by a group of teachers, parents, engineers, and community/business leaders who wanted to see the creation of a local science discovery center. Science Central became Indiana's first hands-on science center and is now a regional resource that provides inspiring and fun hands-on science education for people of all ages.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

88.58Overall score
out of 100

88.18Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,839,996

Total expenses · USD$1,724,835

Program expenses

$1,205,659.67 recorded amount

69.9%

Fundraising expenses

$105,214.93 recorded amount

6.1%

Administrative expenses

$412,235.57 recorded amount

23.9%

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: Martin S. Fisher
Recorded compensation: $80,491.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 4.66%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Science Central
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1995, Science Central was originally incorporated by a group of teachers, parents, engineers, and community/business leaders who wanted to see the creation of a local science discovery center. Science Central became Indiana's first hands-on science center and is now a regional resource that provides inspiring and fun hands-on science education for people of all ages.
`ein` EIN	31-1032583
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1724835.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.239
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.08
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.061
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.6990000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	88.18
`leader` Recorded leader	Martin S. Fisher
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	80491.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0466
`motto` Tagline	A catalyst for learning
`name` Charity name	Science Central
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1839996.0
`score` Overall score	88.58
`state` State code	IN
`subcategory` Subcategory	Museums
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1205659.665
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	105214.935
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	412235.565

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 31-1032583
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Museums
Recorded location: Indiana (IN)
Expense-based size: Small
Under $3.5M in total expenses · source label: small

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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.