Charity profile · Historical source record

The Sheldon Arts Foundation

EIN 43-1489756Arts, Culture, Humanities Missouri Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

The Perfect Place for Music and Art.

The Sheldon Arts Foundation is committed to the preservation and operation of the historic Sheldon Concert Hall and is dedicated to enriching the greater St. Louis region and beyond with a wide range of music, visual arts and educational programs of the highest quality, diversity and educational impact. Today, The Sheldon is the site of over 350 events each year, including great jazz, folk and classical music in the Sheldon Concert Hall. In addition, The Sheldon presents a wide range of educational programs for schools, Matinee Concerts for families, Coffee Concerts for seniors, and Sheldon Sessions and Ballroom Concerts for college students and young professionals.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

89.73Overall score
out of 100

86.04Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & 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$3,761,185

Total expenses · USD$3,282,775

Program expenses

$2,452,232.92 recorded amount

74.7%

Fundraising expenses

$466,154.05 recorded amount

14.2%

Administrative expenses

$361,105.25 recorded amount

11.0%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.12 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: Paul K. Reuter
Recorded compensation: $201,468.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 6.13%

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 Sheldon Arts Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	The Sheldon Arts Foundation is committed to the preservation and operation of the historic Sheldon Concert Hall and is dedicated to enriching the greater St. Louis region and beyond with a wide range of music, visual arts and educational programs of the highest quality, diversity and educational impact. Today, The Sheldon is the site of over 350 events each year, including great jazz, folk and classical music in the Sheldon Concert Hall. In addition, The Sheldon presents a wide range of educational programs for schools, Matinee Concerts for families, Coffee Concerts for seniors, and Sheldon Sessions and Ballroom Concerts for college students and young professionals.
`ein` EIN	43-1489756
`tot_exp` Total expenses	3282775.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.11
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.12
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.142
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.747
`fscore` Financial score	86.04
`leader` Recorded leader	Paul K. Reuter
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	201468.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0613
`motto` Tagline	The Perfect Place for Music and Art.
`name` Charity name	The Sheldon Arts Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	3761185.0
`score` Overall score	89.73
`state` State code	MO
`subcategory` Subcategory	Performing Arts
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2452232.925
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	466154.04999999993
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	361105.25

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.