Charity profile · Historical source record

Shedd Aquarium

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

The mission

What this organization describes

The world's aquarium

The Shedd Aquarium, an institution dedicated to public education and conservation, is known as the world's aquarium. Beautifully situated on the shores of Lake Michigan, the facility houses nearly 22,000 aquatic animals representing some 1,500 species of fishes, reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates, birds and mammals from waters around the world. Since its opening in 1930, the Aquarium's mission has been to enhance public understanding and appreciation of the aquatic world. Today, this educational goal has gained urgency as more species acquire endangered status. Shedd Aquarium is committed to a number of projects designed to preserve threatened or endangered aquatic species.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

90.86Overall score
out of 100

87.08Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & 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$60,970,519

Total expenses · USD$59,336,621

Program expenses

$46,341,901.00 recorded amount

78.1%

Fundraising expenses

$3,560,197.26 recorded amount

6.0%

Administrative expenses

$9,375,186.12 recorded amount

15.8%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.18 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: Bridget C Coughlin
Recorded compensation: $525,398.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.88%

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 Shedd Aquarium
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Animals
`description` Mission & description	The Shedd Aquarium, an institution dedicated to public education and conservation, is known as the world's aquarium. Beautifully situated on the shores of Lake Michigan, the facility houses nearly 22,000 aquatic animals representing some 1,500 species of fishes, reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates, birds and mammals from waters around the world. Since its opening in 1930, the Aquarium's mission has been to enhance public understanding and appreciation of the aquatic world. Today, this educational goal has gained urgency as more species acquire endangered status. Shedd Aquarium is committed to a number of projects designed to preserve threatened or endangered aquatic species.
`ein` EIN	36-2167918
`tot_exp` Total expenses	59336621.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.158
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.18
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.06
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7809999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	87.08
`leader` Recorded leader	Bridget C Coughlin
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	525398.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0088
`motto` Tagline	The world's aquarium
`name` Charity name	Shedd Aquarium
`tot_rev` Total revenue	60970519.0
`score` Overall score	90.86
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Zoos and Aquariums
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	46341901.000999995
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	3560197.26
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	9375186.118

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.