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Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts

EIN 39-1787648Arts, Culture, Humanities Wisconsin Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

To be the catalyst for lifelong discovery and exploration of the arts

The Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts is a multidisciplinary nonprofit cultural arts facility with a 16-year history of excellence. The Center's programming is designed to transform both individual lives and whole communities through the power of the art; situated in a 400-acre park in Brookfield, Wisconsin, the Wilson Center is recognized as a cultural anchor in the Greater Milwaukee community and focuses on three main disciplines: Performing Arts, Arts Education, and Visual Arts. Since opening in 2002, the Wilson Center has continued to celebrate its five core values of excellence, innovation, passion, stewardship, and collaboration through an outstanding and diverse array of world-class performances, educational programs, classes, festivals, and special events. The Wilson Center now annually welcomes more than 45,000 people, including more than 10,000 students every year- many of whom are being introduced to the arts for the first time.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

78.38Overall score
out of 100

69.43Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,594,921

Total expenses · USD$2,952,831

Program expenses

$1,883,906.18 recorded amount

63.8%

Fundraising expenses

$404,537.85 recorded amount

13.7%

Administrative expenses

$658,481.31 recorded amount

22.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.25 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Lynn Sprangers
Recorded compensation: $48,077.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.62%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	The Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts is a multidisciplinary nonprofit cultural arts facility with a 16-year history of excellence. The Center's programming is designed to transform both individual lives and whole communities through the power of the art; situated in a 400-acre park in Brookfield, Wisconsin, the Wilson Center is recognized as a cultural anchor in the Greater Milwaukee community and focuses on three main disciplines: Performing Arts, Arts Education, and Visual Arts. Since opening in 2002, the Wilson Center has continued to celebrate its five core values of excellence, innovation, passion, stewardship, and collaboration through an outstanding and diverse array of world-class performances, educational programs, classes, festivals, and special events. The Wilson Center now annually welcomes more than 45,000 people, including more than 10,000 students every year- many of whom are being introduced to the arts for the first time.
`ein` EIN	39-1787648
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2952831.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.223
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.25
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.13699999999999998
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.638
`fscore` Financial score	69.43
`leader` Recorded leader	Lynn Sprangers
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	48077.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.016200000000000003
`motto` Tagline	To be the catalyst for lifelong discovery and exploration of the arts
`name` Charity name	Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2594921.0
`score` Overall score	78.38
`state` State code	WI
`subcategory` Subcategory	Performing Arts
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1883906.178
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	404537.84699999995
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	658481.313

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 39-1787648
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Performing Arts
Recorded location: Wisconsin (WI)
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.