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The Field Museum

EIN 36-2167011Arts, Culture, Humanities Illinois Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Providing collection-based research and public education

The Field Museum was founded in 1893 as the Columbian Museum of Chicago with its purpose being the accumulation and dissemination of knowledge, and the preservation and exhibition of objects illustrating art, archaeology, science and history. The collections form the foundation of the Museum's exhibition, research and education programs, which are further informed by a world-class natural history library of more than 250,000 volumes. As an educational institution the Field Museum offers multiple opportunities for both informal and more structured public learning. Since its founding the Field Museum has been an international leader in evolutionary biology and paleontology, and archaeology and ethnography.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

90.93Overall score
out of 100

89.26Financial score
out of 100

93.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$90,460,969

Total expenses · USD$80,404,720

Program expenses

$67,941,988.40 recorded amount

84.5%

Fundraising expenses

$4,341,854.88 recorded amount

5.4%

Administrative expenses

$7,960,067.28 recorded amount

9.9%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.08 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Richard W. Lariviere
Recorded compensation: $585,603.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.72%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for The Field Museum
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	93.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	The Field Museum was founded in 1893 as the Columbian Museum of Chicago with its purpose being the accumulation and dissemination of knowledge, and the preservation and exhibition of objects illustrating art, archaeology, science and history. The collections form the foundation of the Museum's exhibition, research and education programs, which are further informed by a world-class natural history library of more than 250,000 volumes. As an educational institution the Field Museum offers multiple opportunities for both informal and more structured public learning. Since its founding the Field Museum has been an international leader in evolutionary biology and paleontology, and archaeology and ethnography.
`ein` EIN	36-2167011
`tot_exp` Total expenses	80404720.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.099
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.08
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.054000000000000006
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.845
`fscore` Financial score	89.26
`leader` Recorded leader	Richard W. Lariviere
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	585603.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0072
`motto` Tagline	Providing collection-based research and public education
`name` Charity name	The Field Museum
`tot_rev` Total revenue	90460969.0
`score` Overall score	90.93
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Museums
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	67941988.39999999
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	4341854.880000001
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	7960067.28

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 36-2167011
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Museums
Recorded location: Illinois (IL)
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.