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The Philadelphia Orchestra

EIN 23-1352289Arts, Culture, Humanities Pennsylvania Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Touching the lives of music lovers worldwide

Founded in 1900, The Philadelphia Orchestra has distinguished itself as one of the leading orchestras in the world through a century of acclaimed performances, historic international tours, best-selling recordings, and its unprecedented record of innovation in recording technologies and outreach. The Orchestra annually touches the lives of more than one million music lovers worldwide through its performances (more than 300 concerts and other presentations each year), publications, recordings, and broadcasts. The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts hosts the Orchestra's home subscription concerts. The Center includes two performance spaces, the 2,500-seat Verizon Hall, designed and built especially for the Orchestra, and the 650-seat Perelman Theater for chamber music presentations.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

82.16Overall score
out of 100

77.81Financial score
out of 100

88.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$55,386,399

Total expenses · USD$50,597,401

Program expenses

$35,569,972.90 recorded amount

70.3%

Fundraising expenses

$3,693,610.27 recorded amount

7.3%

Administrative expenses

$11,232,623.02 recorded amount

22.2%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.11 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Allison Vulgamore
Recorded compensation: $672,339.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.32%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for The Philadelphia Orchestra
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	88.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1900, The Philadelphia Orchestra has distinguished itself as one of the leading orchestras in the world through a century of acclaimed performances, historic international tours, best-selling recordings, and its unprecedented record of innovation in recording technologies and outreach. The Orchestra annually touches the lives of more than one million music lovers worldwide through its performances (more than 300 concerts and other presentations each year), publications, recordings, and broadcasts. The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts hosts the Orchestra's home subscription concerts. The Center includes two performance spaces, the 2,500-seat Verizon Hall, designed and built especially for the Orchestra, and the 650-seat Perelman Theater for chamber music presentations.
`ein` EIN	23-1352289
`tot_exp` Total expenses	50597401.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.222
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.11
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.073
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.703
`fscore` Financial score	77.81
`leader` Recorded leader	Allison Vulgamore
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	672339.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0132
`motto` Tagline	Touching the lives of music lovers worldwide
`name` Charity name	The Philadelphia Orchestra
`tot_rev` Total revenue	55386399.0
`score` Overall score	82.16
`state` State code	PA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Performing Arts
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	35569972.903
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	3693610.2729999996
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	11232623.022

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 23-1352289
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Performing Arts
Recorded location: Pennsylvania (PA)
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.