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The HistoryMakers

EIN 36-4328170Arts, Culture, Humanities Illinois Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

The Nation's largest African American video oral history collection

Founded in 1999, The HistoryMakers is committed to preserving and making widely accessible the untold personal stories of both well-known and unsung African Americans. Through the media and a series of user-friendly products, services and events, The HistoryMakers enlightens, entertains and educates the public, helping to refashion a more inclusive record of American history. The HistoryMakers is the single largest archival collection of its kind in the world designed to promote and celebrate the successes and to document movements, events and organizations that are important to the African American community and to American society.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

90.00Overall score
out of 100

91.12Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,744,583

Total expenses · USD$3,214,859

Program expenses

$2,578,316.92 recorded amount

80.2%

Fundraising expenses

$266,833.30 recorded amount

8.3%

Administrative expenses

$366,493.93 recorded amount

11.4%

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: Julieanna Richardson
Recorded compensation: $160,000.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 4.97%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for The HistoryMakers
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1999, The HistoryMakers is committed to preserving and making widely accessible the untold personal stories of both well-known and unsung African Americans. Through the media and a series of user-friendly products, services and events, The HistoryMakers enlightens, entertains and educates the public, helping to refashion a more inclusive record of American history. The HistoryMakers is the single largest archival collection of its kind in the world designed to promote and celebrate the successes and to document movements, events and organizations that are important to the African American community and to American society.
`ein` EIN	36-4328170
`tot_exp` Total expenses	3214859.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.114
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.08
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.083
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.802
`fscore` Financial score	91.12
`leader` Recorded leader	Julieanna Richardson
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	160000.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.049699999999999994
`motto` Tagline	The Nation's largest African American video oral history collection
`name` Charity name	The HistoryMakers
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2744583.0
`score` Overall score	90.0
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Libraries, Historical Societies and Landmark Preservation
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2578316.918
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	266833.297
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	366493.92600000004

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 36-4328170
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Libraries, Historical Societies and Landmark Preservation
Recorded location: Illinois (IL)
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.