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Whitney Museum of American Art

EIN 13-1789318Arts, Culture, Humanities New York Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Collecting, exhibiting, preserving, researching and interpreting American art

As the preeminent institution devoted to the art of the United States, the Whitney Museum of American Art presents the full range of twentieth-century and contemporary American art, with a special focus on works by living artists. The Whitney is dedicated to collecting, preserving, interpreting, and exhibiting American art, and its collection - arguably the finest holding of twentieth-century American art in the world - is the Museum's key resource. The Museum's signature exhibition, the Biennial, is the country's leading survey of the most recent developments in American art.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

90.62Overall score
out of 100

89.43Financial score
out of 100

92.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$73,344,000

Total expenses · USD$75,209,000

Program expenses

$54,827,361.00 recorded amount

72.9%

Fundraising expenses

$8,348,199.00 recorded amount

11.1%

Administrative expenses

$11,958,231.00 recorded amount

15.9%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.12 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Adam D. Weinberg
Recorded compensation: $910,567.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.21%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Whitney Museum of American Art
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	92.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	As the preeminent institution devoted to the art of the United States, the Whitney Museum of American Art presents the full range of twentieth-century and contemporary American art, with a special focus on works by living artists. The Whitney is dedicated to collecting, preserving, interpreting, and exhibiting American art, and its collection - arguably the finest holding of twentieth-century American art in the world - is the Museum's key resource. The Museum's signature exhibition, the Biennial, is the country's leading survey of the most recent developments in American art.
`ein` EIN	13-1789318
`tot_exp` Total expenses	75209000.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.159
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.12
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.111
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7290000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	89.43
`leader` Recorded leader	Adam D. Weinberg
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	910567.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0121
`motto` Tagline	Collecting, exhibiting, preserving, researching and interpreting American art
`name` Charity name	Whitney Museum of American Art
`tot_rev` Total revenue	73344000.0
`score` Overall score	90.62
`state` State code	NY
`subcategory` Subcategory	Museums
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	54827361.00000001
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	8348199.0
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	11958231.0

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 13-1789318
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Museums
Recorded location: New York (NY)
Expense-based size: Large
Above $13.5M in total expenses · source label: big

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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.