Charity profile · Historical source record

Yaddo

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Nurturing the creative process
Founded in 1900, Yaddo is an artists' community located on a 400-acre estate in Saratoga Springs, New York. Its mission is to nurture the creative process by providing an opportunity for artists to work without interruption in a supportive environment. Yaddo offers residencies to professional creative artists from all nations and backgrounds working in one or more of the following media: choreography, film, literature, musical composition, painting, performance art, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and video. Artists may apply individually or as members of collaborative teams of two or three persons. They are selected by panels of other professional artists without regard to financial means. Residencies last from two weeks to two months and include room, board, and studio.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

79.36Overall score
out of 100
71.94Financial score
out of 100
92.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$3,296,070
Total expenses · USD$3,283,832

Program expenses

$1,878,351.90 recorded amount
57.2%

Fundraising expenses

$643,631.07 recorded amount
19.6%

Administrative expenses

$758,565.19 recorded amount
23.1%
Fundraising efficiency
$0.22 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

Expense shares are displayed as percentages. Component amounts in this collection match total expenses multiplied by the source ratios; rounding can leave a small difference from the total. The source does not supply a row-specific fiscal year. Field definitions ↗

Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader
Elaina Richardson
Recorded compensation
$289,028.00
Recorded compensation percentage
8.80%

These fields do not establish the current officeholder or current compensation. The metadata does not specify the denominator of the leader compensation percentage. Read with context ↗

Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Yaddo
Source fieldOriginal source value
ascore
Accountability & transparency score
92.0
category
Category
Arts, Culture, Humanities
description
Mission & description
Founded in 1900, Yaddo is an artists' community located on a 400-acre estate in Saratoga Springs, New York. Its mission is to nurture the creative process by providing an opportunity for artists to work without interruption in a supportive environment. Yaddo offers residencies to professional creative artists from all nations and backgrounds working in one or more of the following media: choreography, film, literature, musical composition, painting, performance art, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and video. Artists may apply individually or as members of collaborative teams of two or three persons. They are selected by panels of other professional artists without regard to financial means. Residencies last from two weeks to two months and include room, board, and studio.
ein
EIN
14-1343055
tot_exp
Total expenses
3283832.0
admin_exp_p
Administrative expense fraction
0.231
fund_eff
Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)
0.22
fund_exp_p
Fundraising expense fraction
0.196
program_exp_p
Program expense fraction
0.5720000000000001
fscore
Financial score
71.94
leader
Recorded leader
Elaina Richardson
leader_comp
Recorded leader compensation
289028.0
leader_comp_p
Recorded leader compensation fraction
0.08800000000000001
motto
Tagline
Nurturing the creative process
name
Charity name
Yaddo
tot_rev
Total revenue
3296070.0
score
Overall score
79.36
state
State code
NY
subcategory
Subcategory
Performing Arts
size
Source size label
small
program_exp
Program expenses
1878351.904
fund_exp
Fundraising expenses
643631.072
admin_exp
Administrative expenses
758565.192

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.