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Amazon Conservation Team

EIN 54-1915987Environment Virginia Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Conserving biodiversity, health, and culture in greater Amazonia

The Amazon Conservation Team (ACT) was founded in 1996 by the world-renowned ethnobotanist Dr. Mark J. Plotkin and noted Costa Rican conservationist Liliana Madrigal. Observing the lack of attention paid to indigenous rainforests, comprising over 25% of the Amazon basin, Dr. Plotkin and Ms. Madrigal created an organization based on a unique strategy: biocultural conservation, which rests on the conviction that the people who best know, use, and protect biodiversity are the indigenous people who live in tropical forests. By partnering with indigenous tribes to map, manage, and protect the most isolated rainforest regions, ACT protects the biodiversity, culture, and health of the Amazon's ecosystem-the flora, the fauna, and the people.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

99.06Overall score
out of 100

98.68Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$7,626,694

Total expenses · USD$6,486,299

Program expenses

$5,214,984.40 recorded amount

80.4%

Fundraising expenses

$330,801.25 recorded amount

5.1%

Administrative expenses

$934,027.06 recorded amount

14.4%

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: Mark J. Plotkin
Recorded compensation: $167,125.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.57%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Amazon Conservation Team
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Environment
`description` Mission & description	The Amazon Conservation Team (ACT) was founded in 1996 by the world-renowned ethnobotanist Dr. Mark J. Plotkin and noted Costa Rican conservationist Liliana Madrigal. Observing the lack of attention paid to indigenous rainforests, comprising over 25% of the Amazon basin, Dr. Plotkin and Ms. Madrigal created an organization based on a unique strategy: biocultural conservation, which rests on the conviction that the people who best know, use, and protect biodiversity are the indigenous people who live in tropical forests. By partnering with indigenous tribes to map, manage, and protect the most isolated rainforest regions, ACT protects the biodiversity, culture, and health of the Amazon's ecosystem-the flora, the fauna, and the people.
`ein` EIN	54-1915987
`tot_exp` Total expenses	6486299.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.14400000000000002
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.03
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.051
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.804
`fscore` Financial score	98.68
`leader` Recorded leader	Mark J. Plotkin
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	167125.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.025699999999999997
`motto` Tagline	Conserving biodiversity, health, and culture in greater Amazonia
`name` Charity name	Amazon Conservation Team
`tot_rev` Total revenue	7626694.0
`score` Overall score	99.06
`state` State code	VA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Environmental Protection and Conservation
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	5214984.396000001
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	330801.24899999995
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	934027.0560000001

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 54-1915987
Source category: Environment
Source subcategory: Environmental Protection and Conservation
Recorded location: Virginia (VA)
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.