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Science Museum of Minnesota

EIN 41-0706172Arts, Culture, Humanities Minnesota Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Turn on the Science

The Science Museum of Minnesota (SMM), founded in 1907, is a large regional science museum located on the banks of the Mississippi River in downtown St. Paul. SMM's programs combine research and collection facilities, a public science education center, extensive teacher education and school outreach programs, and an Imax Convertible Dome Omnitheater to provide science education to our audience of more than a million people per year. The Museum's mission is to turn on the science by realizing the potential of policy makers, educators, and individuals to achieve full civic and economic participation in the world.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

89.37Overall score
out of 100

85.52Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$37,439,669

Total expenses · USD$39,667,153

Program expenses

$34,708,758.88 recorded amount

87.5%

Fundraising expenses

$1,864,356.19 recorded amount

4.7%

Administrative expenses

$3,054,370.78 recorded amount

7.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.11 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Alison Brown
Recorded compensation: $281,351.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.70%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Science Museum of Minnesota
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	The Science Museum of Minnesota (SMM), founded in 1907, is a large regional science museum located on the banks of the Mississippi River in downtown St. Paul. SMM's programs combine research and collection facilities, a public science education center, extensive teacher education and school outreach programs, and an Imax Convertible Dome Omnitheater to provide science education to our audience of more than a million people per year. The Museum's mission is to turn on the science by realizing the potential of policy makers, educators, and individuals to achieve full civic and economic participation in the world.
`ein` EIN	41-0706172
`tot_exp` Total expenses	39667153.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.077
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.11
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.047
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.875
`fscore` Financial score	85.52
`leader` Recorded leader	Alison Brown
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	281351.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.006999999999999999
`motto` Tagline	Turn on the Science
`name` Charity name	Science Museum of Minnesota
`tot_rev` Total revenue	37439669.0
`score` Overall score	89.37
`state` State code	MN
`subcategory` Subcategory	Museums
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	34708758.875
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1864356.191
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	3054370.781

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 41-0706172
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Museums
Recorded location: Minnesota (MN)
Expense-based size: Large
Above $13.5M in total expenses · source label: big

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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.