Charity profile · Historical source record

The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens

EIN 95-1644589Arts, Culture, Humanities California Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Encouraging research and promoting education in the arts, humanities, and botanical sciences

The Huntington was founded in 1919 by Henry E. Huntington, an exceptional businessman who built a financial empire that included railroad companies, utilities, and real estate holdings in Southern California. Building on Henry E. Huntington's legacy of renowned collections and botanical gardens that enrich the visitor, The Huntington today encourages research and promotes education in the arts, humanities, and botanical sciences through the growth and preservation of its collections, through the development and support of a community of scholars, and through the display and interpretation of its extraordinary resources to the public.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

92.00Overall score
out of 100

97.36Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$80,670,234

Total expenses · USD$75,523,759

Program expenses

$60,041,388.41 recorded amount

79.5%

Fundraising expenses

$4,229,330.50 recorded amount

5.6%

Administrative expenses

$11,101,992.57 recorded amount

14.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.09 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Laura Skandera Trombley
Recorded compensation: $738,207.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.97%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	The Huntington was founded in 1919 by Henry E. Huntington, an exceptional businessman who built a financial empire that included railroad companies, utilities, and real estate holdings in Southern California. Building on Henry E. Huntington's legacy of renowned collections and botanical gardens that enrich the visitor, The Huntington today encourages research and promotes education in the arts, humanities, and botanical sciences through the growth and preservation of its collections, through the development and support of a community of scholars, and through the display and interpretation of its extraordinary resources to the public.
`ein` EIN	95-1644589
`tot_exp` Total expenses	75523759.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.147
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.09
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.055999999999999994
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.795
`fscore` Financial score	97.36
`leader` Recorded leader	Laura Skandera Trombley
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	738207.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0097
`motto` Tagline	Encouraging research and promoting education in the arts, humanities, and botanical sciences
`name` Charity name	The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
`tot_rev` Total revenue	80670234.0
`score` Overall score	92.0
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Libraries, Historical Societies and Landmark Preservation
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	60041388.405
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	4229330.504
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	11101992.572999999

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 95-1644589
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Libraries, Historical Societies and Landmark Preservation
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.