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The Mariners' Museum

EIN 54-0541801Arts, Culture, Humanities Virginia Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

One of the of the largest international maritime history museums in the world

Founded in 1930, The Mariners' Museum is one of the of the largest international maritime history museums in the world. Over 60,000 square feet of gallery space hold approximately 35,000 artifacts including rare figureheads, handcrafted ship models, Civil War ironclad USS Monitor artifacts, paintings, small craft from around the world, and much more. The Library at the Mariners' Museum holds the largest maritime history collection in the Western Hemisphere. With its rich collections and international scope the Library is a premier source for maritime research. The collections consist of over 1.75 million items including books, magazines, rare books, manuscripts, maps and charts, vessel plans, newspaper articles, photographs, Chris-Craft archives and The Mariners' Museum archives.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

93.91Overall score
out of 100

91.40Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$7,664,267

Total expenses · USD$10,573,622

Program expenses

$8,702,090.91 recorded amount

82.3%

Fundraising expenses

$888,184.25 recorded amount

8.4%

Administrative expenses

$972,773.22 recorded amount

9.2%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.14 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Howard Hoege
Recorded compensation: $115,841.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.09%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for The Mariners' Museum
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1930, The Mariners' Museum is one of the of the largest international maritime history museums in the world. Over 60,000 square feet of gallery space hold approximately 35,000 artifacts including rare figureheads, handcrafted ship models, Civil War ironclad USS Monitor artifacts, paintings, small craft from around the world, and much more. The Library at the Mariners' Museum holds the largest maritime history collection in the Western Hemisphere. With its rich collections and international scope the Library is a premier source for maritime research. The collections consist of over 1.75 million items including books, magazines, rare books, manuscripts, maps and charts, vessel plans, newspaper articles, photographs, Chris-Craft archives and The Mariners' Museum archives.
`ein` EIN	54-0541801
`tot_exp` Total expenses	10573622.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.092
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.14
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.084
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.823
`fscore` Financial score	91.4
`leader` Recorded leader	Howard Hoege
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	115841.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0109
`motto` Tagline	One of the of the largest international maritime history museums in the world
`name` Charity name	The Mariners' Museum
`tot_rev` Total revenue	7664267.0
`score` Overall score	93.91
`state` State code	VA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Museums
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	8702090.906
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	888184.248
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	972773.2239999999

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 54-0541801
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Museums
Recorded location: Virginia (VA)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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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.