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Wadsworth Atheneum

EIN 06-0653111Arts, Culture, Humanities Connecticut Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

America's oldest public art museum

Established in 1842, the Wadsworth Atheneum is America's oldest public art museum. It was the first American museum to acquire works by Caravaggio, Frederic Church, Salvador Dalí, Joan Miró, Piet Mondrian, Balthus, Joseph Cornell, and many others. Today our Hudson River School landscapes, Old Master paintings, modernist masterpieces, Meissen and Sevres porcelains, early American furniture and decorative arts, and MATRIX contemporary art shows are world-renowned. The Wadsworth presents more than 15 special shows each year. Many are inspired by masterworks in the museum's holdings, while others are solo shows by emerging artists.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

92.19Overall score
out of 100

99.06Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$24,597,369

Total expenses · USD$13,424,486

Program expenses

$10,726,164.31 recorded amount

79.9%

Fundraising expenses

$563,828.41 recorded amount

4.2%

Administrative expenses

$2,107,644.30 recorded amount

15.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.06 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 Loughman
Recorded compensation: $266,005.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.98%

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All 23 original fields for Wadsworth Atheneum
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Established in 1842, the Wadsworth Atheneum is America's oldest public art museum. It was the first American museum to acquire works by Caravaggio, Frederic Church, Salvador Dalí, Joan Miró, Piet Mondrian, Balthus, Joseph Cornell, and many others. Today our Hudson River School landscapes, Old Master paintings, modernist masterpieces, Meissen and Sevres porcelains, early American furniture and decorative arts, and MATRIX contemporary art shows are world-renowned. The Wadsworth presents more than 15 special shows each year. Many are inspired by masterworks in the museum's holdings, while others are solo shows by emerging artists.
`ein` EIN	06-0653111
`tot_exp` Total expenses	13424486.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.157
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.06
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.042
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.799
`fscore` Financial score	99.06
`leader` Recorded leader	Thomas Loughman
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	266005.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.019799999999999998
`motto` Tagline	America's oldest public art museum
`name` Charity name	Wadsworth Atheneum
`tot_rev` Total revenue	24597369.0
`score` Overall score	92.19
`state` State code	CT
`subcategory` Subcategory	Museums
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	10726164.314000001
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	563828.412
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	2107644.302

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 06-0653111
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Museums
Recorded location: Connecticut (CT)
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.