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The Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival

EIN 13-1844852Arts, Culture, Humanities New York Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Developing an American theater that is accessible and relevant to all people

As the nation's foremost theatrical producer of Shakespeare and new work, The Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival is dedicated to achieving artistic excellence while developing an American theater that is accessible and relevant to all people through productions of challenging new plays, musicals and innovative stagings of the classics. The Public's mandate to create a theater for all New Yorkers continues to this day on stage and through its extensive outreach and education programs. Each year, over 250,000 people attend Public Theater-related productions and events at six downtown stages, including Joe's Pub, Shakespeare in Central Park and Joe's Pub in the Park.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

89.24Overall score
out of 100

97.50Financial score
out of 100

85.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$54,012,930

Total expenses · USD$43,034,852

Program expenses

$37,870,669.76 recorded amount

88.0%

Fundraising expenses

$3,442,788.16 recorded amount

8.0%

Administrative expenses

$1,635,324.38 recorded amount

3.8%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.12 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Patrick Willingham
Recorded compensation: $385,570.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.89%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for The Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	85.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	As the nation's foremost theatrical producer of Shakespeare and new work, The Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival is dedicated to achieving artistic excellence while developing an American theater that is accessible and relevant to all people through productions of challenging new plays, musicals and innovative stagings of the classics. The Public's mandate to create a theater for all New Yorkers continues to this day on stage and through its extensive outreach and education programs. Each year, over 250,000 people attend Public Theater-related productions and events at six downtown stages, including Joe's Pub, Shakespeare in Central Park and Joe's Pub in the Park.
`ein` EIN	13-1844852
`tot_exp` Total expenses	43034852.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.038
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.12
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.08
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.88
`fscore` Financial score	97.5
`leader` Recorded leader	Patrick Willingham
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	385570.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0089
`motto` Tagline	Developing an American theater that is accessible and relevant to all people
`name` Charity name	The Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival
`tot_rev` Total revenue	54012930.0
`score` Overall score	89.24
`state` State code	NY
`subcategory` Subcategory	Performing Arts
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	37870669.76
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	3442788.16
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1635324.376

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 13-1844852
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Performing Arts
Recorded location: New York (NY)
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.