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The South Carolina Historical Society

EIN 57-0323800Arts, Culture, Humanities South Carolina Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Collecting, preserving, and publishing the state's history

In 1855 some of South Carolina's most distinguished citizens came together to record and preserve the past - for the sake of the future. Motivating them was the fear that if they did not act, South Carolina's rich historical legacy would be lost to future generations. They founded the South Carolina Historical Society, which today is the state's oldest and largest private repository of books, letters, journals, maps, drawings, and photographs about South Carolina history. The mandate of our founders remains our mission today: to collect information respecting every portion of our state, to preserve it, and when deemed advisable, to publish it. The Society's holdings are vast and grow constantly with the addition of materials from 200 years ago and from two weeks ago.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

84.84Overall score
out of 100

81.61Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,198,668

Total expenses · USD$950,748

Program expenses

$720,666.98 recorded amount

75.8%

Fundraising expenses

$54,192.64 recorded amount

5.7%

Administrative expenses

$173,986.88 recorded amount

18.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.04 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Faye Jenson
Recorded compensation: $82,122.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 8.63%

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All 23 original fields for The South Carolina Historical Society
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	In 1855 some of South Carolina's most distinguished citizens came together to record and preserve the past - for the sake of the future. Motivating them was the fear that if they did not act, South Carolina's rich historical legacy would be lost to future generations. They founded the South Carolina Historical Society, which today is the state's oldest and largest private repository of books, letters, journals, maps, drawings, and photographs about South Carolina history. The mandate of our founders remains our mission today: to collect information respecting every portion of our state, to preserve it, and when deemed advisable, to publish it. The Society's holdings are vast and grow constantly with the addition of materials from 200 years ago and from two weeks ago.
`ein` EIN	57-0323800
`tot_exp` Total expenses	950748.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.183
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.04
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.057
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.758
`fscore` Financial score	81.61
`leader` Recorded leader	Faye Jenson
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	82122.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0863
`motto` Tagline	Collecting, preserving, and publishing the state's history
`name` Charity name	The South Carolina Historical Society
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1198668.0
`score` Overall score	84.84
`state` State code	SC
`subcategory` Subcategory	Libraries, Historical Societies and Landmark Preservation
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	720666.984
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	54192.636
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	173986.884

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 57-0323800
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Libraries, Historical Societies and Landmark Preservation
Recorded location: South Carolina (SC)
Expense-based size: Small
Under $3.5M in total expenses · source label: small

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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.