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California Wilderness Coalition

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

The mission

What this organization describes

The voice for wild California

The California Wilderness Coalition (CWC) protects the natural landscapes that make California unique, providing clean air and water, a home to wildlife, and a place for recreation and spiritual renewal. CWC is the only organization dedicated to protecting and restoring California's wild places and native biodiversity on a statewide level. Since 1976, we have empowered local communities and conservationists to be the voice for wild California. Our work focuses on federal legislation to secure wilderness designation for wilderness quality lands, lakes, and rivers in California. We also monitor and respond to changes in management policy, administrative directives, planning, or legislation at federal or state level that impacts wilderness areas. We work to secure federal wilderness designation, build diverse constituencies to protect the desert.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

76.36Overall score
out of 100

75.75Financial score
out of 100

77.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$540,992

Total expenses · USD$626,639

Program expenses

$465,592.78 recorded amount

74.3%

Fundraising expenses

$20,052.45 recorded amount

3.2%

Administrative expenses

$139,740.50 recorded amount

22.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.04 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 Morrill
Recorded compensation: $0.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.00%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for California Wilderness Coalition
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	77.0
`category` Category	Animals
`description` Mission & description	The California Wilderness Coalition (CWC) protects the natural landscapes that make California unique, providing clean air and water, a home to wildlife, and a place for recreation and spiritual renewal. CWC is the only organization dedicated to protecting and restoring California's wild places and native biodiversity on a statewide level. Since 1976, we have empowered local communities and conservationists to be the voice for wild California. Our work focuses on federal legislation to secure wilderness designation for wilderness quality lands, lakes, and rivers in California. We also monitor and respond to changes in management policy, administrative directives, planning, or legislation at federal or state level that impacts wilderness areas. We work to secure federal wilderness designation, build diverse constituencies to protect the desert.
`ein` EIN	51-0183228
`tot_exp` Total expenses	626639.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.223
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.04
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.032
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.743
`fscore` Financial score	75.75
`leader` Recorded leader	Chris Morrill
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	0.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0
`motto` Tagline	The voice for wild California
`name` Charity name	California Wilderness Coalition
`tot_rev` Total revenue	540992.0
`score` Overall score	76.36
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Wildlife Conservation
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	465592.777
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	20052.448
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	139740.497

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 51-0183228
Source category: Animals
Source subcategory: Wildlife Conservation
Recorded location: California (CA)
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.