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Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum

EIN 84-0931491Arts, Culture, Humanities Colorado Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Always Up to Something

The mission of Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum is to educate and inspire people of all ages about aviation and space endeavors of the past, present and future. Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum is a public museum that displays numerous aircraft and other air and space collections. The Museum's Primary exempt purpose is to enhance, preserve, and exhibit the heritage of military, civil, and commercial aviation and space-age involvement in the state of Colorado and the Rocky Mountain Region while educating and inspiring people of all ages about aviation and Space Endeavors in the past, Present, and Future. The Collection housed by the museum includes aircrafts from the earliest days of flight to the space age. An interactive education program challenges youth to explore the adventure of flight. Wings over the Rockies was designated as Colorado's Official Air and Space Museum by the Colorado State Legislature in 1996.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

82.35Overall score
out of 100

77.60Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$5,151,162

Total expenses · USD$3,788,929

Program expenses

$2,220,312.39 recorded amount

58.6%

Fundraising expenses

$693,374.01 recorded amount

18.3%

Administrative expenses

$871,453.67 recorded amount

23.0%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.23 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: John L. Barry
Recorded compensation: $147,081.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.88%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	The mission of Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum is to educate and inspire people of all ages about aviation and space endeavors of the past, present and future. Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum is a public museum that displays numerous aircraft and other air and space collections. The Museum's Primary exempt purpose is to enhance, preserve, and exhibit the heritage of military, civil, and commercial aviation and space-age involvement in the state of Colorado and the Rocky Mountain Region while educating and inspiring people of all ages about aviation and Space Endeavors in the past, Present, and Future. The Collection housed by the museum includes aircrafts from the earliest days of flight to the space age. An interactive education program challenges youth to explore the adventure of flight. Wings over the Rockies was designated as Colorado's Official Air and Space Museum by the Colorado State Legislature in 1996.
`ein` EIN	84-0931491
`tot_exp` Total expenses	3788929.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.23
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.23
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.183
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.586
`fscore` Financial score	77.6
`leader` Recorded leader	John L. Barry
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	147081.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0388
`motto` Tagline	Always Up to Something
`name` Charity name	Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum
`tot_rev` Total revenue	5151162.0
`score` Overall score	82.35
`state` State code	CO
`subcategory` Subcategory	Museums
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	2220312.394
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	693374.007
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	871453.67

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 84-0931491
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Museums
Recorded location: Colorado (CO)
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.