Charity profile · Historical source record

Aspen Center for Environmental Studies

EIN 23-7042291Environment Colorado Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Educating for environmental responsibility.

Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES) is a non-profit environmental science education organization with four locations in the Roaring Fork Valley: Hallam Lake, Rock Bottom Ranch, the Catto Center at Toklat, and Spring Creek. ACES Educators and Naturalists make more than 120,000 educational contacts each year, connecting people with nature in a meaningful way and creating a community of ecologically literate citizens. Programs include: environmental science education in schools and in the field, guided hikes and tours, field classes, kids camps, free lectures, community events, and more in the areas of ecological literacy, sustainable agriculture, forest health, and ecosystem restoration. ACES also partners with land trusts, public agencies, government entities, and other non-profits to steward our regional landscape.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

92.33Overall score
out of 100

89.16Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & 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$2,673,993

Total expenses · USD$2,368,811

Program expenses

$1,831,090.90 recorded amount

77.3%

Fundraising expenses

$232,143.48 recorded amount

9.8%

Administrative expenses

$303,207.81 recorded amount

12.8%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.09 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: Chris Lane
Recorded compensation: $193,026.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 8.14%

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

Exact source strings are retained below, including numeric precision. A blank value is marked as not reported; zero remains zero.

All 23 original fields for Aspen Center for Environmental Studies
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Environment
`description` Mission & description	Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES) is a non-profit environmental science education organization with four locations in the Roaring Fork Valley: Hallam Lake, Rock Bottom Ranch, the Catto Center at Toklat, and Spring Creek. ACES Educators and Naturalists make more than 120,000 educational contacts each year, connecting people with nature in a meaningful way and creating a community of ecologically literate citizens. Programs include: environmental science education in schools and in the field, guided hikes and tours, field classes, kids camps, free lectures, community events, and more in the areas of ecological literacy, sustainable agriculture, forest health, and ecosystem restoration. ACES also partners with land trusts, public agencies, government entities, and other non-profits to steward our regional landscape.
`ein` EIN	23-7042291
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2368811.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.128
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.09
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.098
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.773
`fscore` Financial score	89.16
`leader` Recorded leader	Chris Lane
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	193026.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0814
`motto` Tagline	Educating for environmental responsibility.
`name` Charity name	Aspen Center for Environmental Studies
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2673993.0
`score` Overall score	92.33
`state` State code	CO
`subcategory` Subcategory	Botanical Gardens, Parks, and Nature Centers
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1831090.903
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	232143.478
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	303207.808

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.