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Sundance Institute

EIN 87-0361394Arts, Culture, Humanities California Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Discovering and developing independent artists and audiences

Founded in 1981 by Robert Redford, the Sundance Institute is dedicated to the discovery and development of independent artists and audiences. Through its programs, the Institute seeks to discover, support, and inspire independent film and theatre artists from the United States and around the world, and to introduce audiences to their new work. The Institute's programs include the annual Sundance Film Festival, the Feature Film Program, the Documentary Film Program, the Film Music Program, the Theatre Program, the Independent Producers Conference, and the Native American Initiative. The Institute also maintains the Sundance Collection at UCLA to conserve and archive the history of independent film.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

88.22Overall score
out of 100

87.50Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$41,458,614

Total expenses · USD$42,985,822

Program expenses

$32,755,196.36 recorded amount

76.2%

Fundraising expenses

$3,009,007.54 recorded amount

7.0%

Administrative expenses

$7,178,632.27 recorded amount

16.7%

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: Kerith Putnam
Recorded compensation: $495,590.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.15%

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All 23 original fields for Sundance Institute
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1981 by Robert Redford, the Sundance Institute is dedicated to the discovery and development of independent artists and audiences. Through its programs, the Institute seeks to discover, support, and inspire independent film and theatre artists from the United States and around the world, and to introduce audiences to their new work. The Institute's programs include the annual Sundance Film Festival, the Feature Film Program, the Documentary Film Program, the Film Music Program, the Theatre Program, the Independent Producers Conference, and the Native American Initiative. The Institute also maintains the Sundance Collection at UCLA to conserve and archive the history of independent film.
`ein` EIN	87-0361394
`tot_exp` Total expenses	42985822.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.16699999999999998
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.1
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.07
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.762
`fscore` Financial score	87.5
`leader` Recorded leader	Kerith Putnam
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	495590.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0115
`motto` Tagline	Discovering and developing independent artists and audiences
`name` Charity name	Sundance Institute
`tot_rev` Total revenue	41458614.0
`score` Overall score	88.22
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Performing Arts
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	32755196.364
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	3009007.5400000005
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	7178632.273999999

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 87-0361394
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Performing Arts
Recorded location: California (CA)
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.