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The Speed Art Museum

EIN 61-0444823Arts, Culture, Humanities Kentucky Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Bringing great art and people together

Established in 1927, the Speed Art Museum is Kentucky's oldest and largest art museum with over 12,000 pieces in its permanent collection. Its extensive collection spans 6,000 years, ranging from ancient Egyptian to contemporary art, including 17th century Dutch and Flemish painting; 18th century French art; Renaissance and Baroque tapestries; contemporary American painting and sculpture; African and Native American works and paintings; and sculpture, furniture, and decorative arts by Kentucky artists. The Speed has brought major exhibitions of photography, painting, design, and sculpture to the region to help fulfill its ambitious mission: bringing great art and people together. The museum serves more than 180,000 visitors annually.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

95.91Overall score
out of 100

95.07Financial score
out of 100

97.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$4,697,034

Total expenses · USD$11,192,532

Program expenses

$8,394,399.00 recorded amount

75.0%

Fundraising expenses

$537,241.54 recorded amount

4.8%

Administrative expenses

$2,249,698.93 recorded amount

20.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.09 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Stephen Reily
Recorded compensation: $0.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.00%

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All 23 original fields for The Speed Art Museum
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	97.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Established in 1927, the Speed Art Museum is Kentucky's oldest and largest art museum with over 12,000 pieces in its permanent collection. Its extensive collection spans 6,000 years, ranging from ancient Egyptian to contemporary art, including 17th century Dutch and Flemish painting; 18th century French art; Renaissance and Baroque tapestries; contemporary American painting and sculpture; African and Native American works and paintings; and sculpture, furniture, and decorative arts by Kentucky artists. The Speed has brought major exhibitions of photography, painting, design, and sculpture to the region to help fulfill its ambitious mission: bringing great art and people together. The museum serves more than 180,000 visitors annually.
`ein` EIN	61-0444823
`tot_exp` Total expenses	11192532.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.201
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.09
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.048
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.75
`fscore` Financial score	95.07
`leader` Recorded leader	Stephen Reily
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	0.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0
`motto` Tagline	Bringing great art and people together
`name` Charity name	The Speed Art Museum
`tot_rev` Total revenue	4697034.0
`score` Overall score	95.91
`state` State code	KY
`subcategory` Subcategory	Museums
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	8394399.0
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	537241.536
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	2249698.932

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 61-0444823
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Museums
Recorded location: Kentucky (KY)
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.