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American Alpine Club

EIN 13-1611981Environment Colorado Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Explore and Cultivate Mountain Craft

The American Alpine Club provides knowledge and inspiration, conservation and advocacy, and logistical support for the climbing community. The AAC advocates for American climbers domestically and around the world; provides grants and volunteer opportunities to protect and conserve the places we climb; hosts local and national climbing festivals and events; publishes two climbing annuals; cares for the world's leading climbing library and country's leading mountaineering museum; manages the Grand Teton Climbers' Ranch and Hueco Rock Ranch as part of a larger lodging network for climbers; and annually gives about $100,000 toward climbing, conservation, and research grants to adventurers who travel the world.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

73.05Overall score
out of 100

62.10Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$3,490,266

Total expenses · USD$3,471,529

Program expenses

$2,294,680.67 recorded amount

66.1%

Fundraising expenses

$718,606.50 recorded amount

20.7%

Administrative expenses

$451,298.77 recorded amount

13.0%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.59 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Phil Powers
Recorded compensation: $188,713.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 5.43%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for American Alpine Club
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Environment
`description` Mission & description	The American Alpine Club provides knowledge and inspiration, conservation and advocacy, and logistical support for the climbing community. The AAC advocates for American climbers domestically and around the world; provides grants and volunteer opportunities to protect and conserve the places we climb; hosts local and national climbing festivals and events; publishes two climbing annuals; cares for the world's leading climbing library and country's leading mountaineering museum; manages the Grand Teton Climbers' Ranch and Hueco Rock Ranch as part of a larger lodging network for climbers; and annually gives about $100,000 toward climbing, conservation, and research grants to adventurers who travel the world.
`ein` EIN	13-1611981
`tot_exp` Total expenses	3471529.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.13
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.59
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.207
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.6609999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	62.1
`leader` Recorded leader	Phil Powers
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	188713.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.054299999999999994
`motto` Tagline	Explore and Cultivate Mountain Craft
`name` Charity name	American Alpine Club
`tot_rev` Total revenue	3490266.0
`score` Overall score	73.05
`state` State code	CO
`subcategory` Subcategory	Botanical Gardens, Parks, and Nature Centers
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2294680.6689999998
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	718606.5029999999
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	451298.77

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 13-1611981
Source category: Environment
Source subcategory: Botanical Gardens, Parks, and Nature Centers
Recorded location: Colorado (CO)
Expense-based size: Small
Under $3.5M in total expenses · source label: small

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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.