Charity profile · Historical source record

The Loft Literary Center

EIN 41-1297735Arts, Culture, Humanities Minnesota Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Inspiring a passion for literature

Founded in 1974, The Loft Literary Center advances the artistic development of writers, fosters a thriving literary community, and inspires a passion for literature. As an intergenerational, multicultural literary arts center, the Loft operates as an artist service organization, a gathering place for readers and writers, a community school for the arts, and a presenting organization. Each year, the Loft nurtures hundreds of novelists, poets, spoken word artists, and writers in every genre and style, and connects them to readers and live audiences in the twin cities and across Minnesota, reaching over 750,000 people annually.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

84.75Overall score
out of 100

79.98Financial score
out of 100

92.00Accountability & 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$2,242,772

Total expenses · USD$2,229,735

Program expenses

$1,808,315.08 recorded amount

81.1%

Fundraising expenses

$263,108.73 recorded amount

11.8%

Administrative expenses

$153,851.72 recorded amount

6.9%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.21 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: Britt Udesen
Recorded compensation: $92,894.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 4.16%

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

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All 23 original fields for The Loft Literary Center
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	92.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1974, The Loft Literary Center advances the artistic development of writers, fosters a thriving literary community, and inspires a passion for literature. As an intergenerational, multicultural literary arts center, the Loft operates as an artist service organization, a gathering place for readers and writers, a community school for the arts, and a presenting organization. Each year, the Loft nurtures hundreds of novelists, poets, spoken word artists, and writers in every genre and style, and connects them to readers and live audiences in the twin cities and across Minnesota, reaching over 750,000 people annually.
`ein` EIN	41-1297735
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2229735.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.069
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.21
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.11800000000000001
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8109999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	79.98
`leader` Recorded leader	Britt Udesen
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	92894.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0416
`motto` Tagline	Inspiring a passion for literature
`name` Charity name	The Loft Literary Center
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2242772.0
`score` Overall score	84.75
`state` State code	MN
`subcategory` Subcategory	Performing Arts
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1808315.085
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	263108.73000000004
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	153851.71500000003

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.