Charity profile · Historical source record

Science Friday Initiative

EIN 13-4252173Arts, Culture, Humanities New York Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Your trusted source for news and entertaining stories about science

Science Friday is your trusted source for news and entertaining stories about science. For 25 years we've introduced top scientists to public radio listeners, and reminded them how much fun it is to learn something new. But we're more than just a radio show. We produce award-winning digital videos, original web articles, and educational resources for teachers and informal educators. We like to say we're brain fun, for curious people. All of our work is independently produced by the Science Friday Initiative, a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing the public's access to science and scientific information.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

92.22Overall score
out of 100

100.00Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & 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$2,029,729

Total expenses · USD$2,963,802

Program expenses

$2,456,991.86 recorded amount

82.9%

Fundraising expenses

$364,547.65 recorded amount

12.3%

Administrative expenses

$136,334.89 recorded amount

4.6%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.13 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: Danielle Dana
Recorded compensation: $143,199.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 4.83%

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.

All 23 original fields for Science Friday Initiative
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Science Friday is your trusted source for news and entertaining stories about science. For 25 years we've introduced top scientists to public radio listeners, and reminded them how much fun it is to learn something new. But we're more than just a radio show. We produce award-winning digital videos, original web articles, and educational resources for teachers and informal educators. We like to say we're brain fun, for curious people. All of our work is independently produced by the Science Friday Initiative, a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing the public's access to science and scientific information.
`ein` EIN	13-4252173
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2963802.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.046
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.13
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.12300000000000001
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8290000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	100.0
`leader` Recorded leader	Danielle Dana
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	143199.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0483
`motto` Tagline	Your trusted source for news and entertaining stories about science
`name` Charity name	Science Friday Initiative
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2029729.0
`score` Overall score	92.22
`state` State code	NY
`subcategory` Subcategory	Public Broadcasting and Media
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2456991.858
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	364547.646
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	136334.892

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.