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Settlement Music School

EIN 23-1352676Education Pennsylvania Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Providing high quality instruction and activity in music dance, and the related arts

Settlement Music School (Settlement) was founded in 1908 as the music program of the College Settlement in the Southwark section of Philadelphia. Settlement is dedicated to its mission of providing children and adults with the highest quality individual and group instruction and activity in music, dance and the related arts. Settlement provides a wide range of programs for people of all ages, starting with children as young as six months. Settlement Music School is one of the largest community schools of the arts in the United States. With six locations in South, West and Northeast Philadelphia, Germantown, Willow Grove and Camden, New Jersey, the School provides more than 10,000 weekly services to students each year without regard to age, background, ability or economic circumstances, and annually awards over $2 million in financial aid.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

90.42Overall score
out of 100

92.10Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$11,792,321

Total expenses · USD$10,681,642

Program expenses

$8,929,852.71 recorded amount

83.6%

Fundraising expenses

$448,628.96 recorded amount

4.2%

Administrative expenses

$1,281,797.04 recorded amount

12.0%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.10 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Helen Eaton
Recorded compensation: $211,890.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.98%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Settlement Music School
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	Settlement Music School (Settlement) was founded in 1908 as the music program of the College Settlement in the Southwark section of Philadelphia. Settlement is dedicated to its mission of providing children and adults with the highest quality individual and group instruction and activity in music, dance and the related arts. Settlement provides a wide range of programs for people of all ages, starting with children as young as six months. Settlement Music School is one of the largest community schools of the arts in the United States. With six locations in South, West and Northeast Philadelphia, Germantown, Willow Grove and Camden, New Jersey, the School provides more than 10,000 weekly services to students each year without regard to age, background, ability or economic circumstances, and annually awards over $2 million in financial aid.
`ein` EIN	23-1352676
`tot_exp` Total expenses	10681642.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.12
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.1
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.042
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.836
`fscore` Financial score	92.1
`leader` Recorded leader	Helen Eaton
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	211890.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.019799999999999998
`motto` Tagline	Providing high quality instruction and activity in music dance, and the related arts
`name` Charity name	Settlement Music School
`tot_rev` Total revenue	11792321.0
`score` Overall score	90.42
`state` State code	PA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Youth Education Programs and Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	8929852.712
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	448628.96400000004
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1281797.04

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 23-1352676
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Youth Education Programs and Services
Recorded location: Pennsylvania (PA)
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.