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Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz

EIN 52-1544030Arts, Culture, Humanities District of Columbia Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Expanding jazz as a global art form

The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz is a nonprofit education organization established in 1986. Its mission is to offer the world's most promising young musicians college level training by internationally acclaimed jazz masters and to present public school music education programs for young people around the world. The Institute preserves, perpetuates and expands jazz as a global art form, and utilizes jazz as a means to unite people of all ages, backgrounds and nationalities. All of the Institute's programs are provided free of charge to students, schools and communities worldwide. The Institute's programs help fill a tremendous void in arts education left by budget cuts in public school funding, and use jazz as the medium to encourage imaginative thinking, creativity, a positive self-image, and a respect for one's own and others' cultural heritage.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

88.81Overall score
out of 100

95.00Financial score
out of 100

85.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$4,166,801

Total expenses · USD$4,330,076

Program expenses

$3,966,349.62 recorded amount

91.6%

Fundraising expenses

$129,902.28 recorded amount

3.0%

Administrative expenses

$225,163.95 recorded amount

5.2%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.03 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Thomas Carter
Recorded compensation: $300,000.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 6.92%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	85.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz is a nonprofit education organization established in 1986. Its mission is to offer the world's most promising young musicians college level training by internationally acclaimed jazz masters and to present public school music education programs for young people around the world. The Institute preserves, perpetuates and expands jazz as a global art form, and utilizes jazz as a means to unite people of all ages, backgrounds and nationalities. All of the Institute's programs are provided free of charge to students, schools and communities worldwide. The Institute's programs help fill a tremendous void in arts education left by budget cuts in public school funding, and use jazz as the medium to encourage imaginative thinking, creativity, a positive self-image, and a respect for one's own and others' cultural heritage.
`ein` EIN	52-1544030
`tot_exp` Total expenses	4330076.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.052000000000000005
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.03
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.03
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.9159999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	95.0
`leader` Recorded leader	Thomas Carter
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	300000.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0692
`motto` Tagline	Expanding jazz as a global art form
`name` Charity name	Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz
`tot_rev` Total revenue	4166801.0
`score` Overall score	88.81
`state` State code	DC
`subcategory` Subcategory	Performing Arts
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	3966349.6159999995
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	129902.28
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	225163.95200000002

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 52-1544030
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Performing Arts
Recorded location: District of Columbia (DC)
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.