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Center for Planning Excellence

EIN 20-3827040Community Development Louisiana Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Planning a more livable Louisiana

Center for Planning Excellence (CPEX) helps create highly functional, equitable communities throughout Louisiana that capitalize on their unique qualities through community-driven planning and implementation. that coordinates urban, rural and regional planning efforts in Louisiana. We provide best-practice planning models, innovative policy ideas, and technical assistance to individual communities that wish to create and enact master plans dealing with transportation and infrastructure needs, environmental issues, and quality design for the built environment. CPEX brings community members and leaders together and provides guidance as they work toward a shared vision for future growth and development.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

82.76Overall score
out of 100

78.25Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,705,066

Total expenses · USD$1,719,044

Program expenses

$1,356,325.72 recorded amount

78.9%

Fundraising expenses

$125,490.21 recorded amount

7.3%

Administrative expenses

$235,509.03 recorded amount

13.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.15 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Elizabeth Thomas
Recorded compensation: $152,773.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 8.88%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Center for Planning Excellence
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Community Development
`description` Mission & description	Center for Planning Excellence (CPEX) helps create highly functional, equitable communities throughout Louisiana that capitalize on their unique qualities through community-driven planning and implementation. that coordinates urban, rural and regional planning efforts in Louisiana. We provide best-practice planning models, innovative policy ideas, and technical assistance to individual communities that wish to create and enact master plans dealing with transportation and infrastructure needs, environmental issues, and quality design for the built environment. CPEX brings community members and leaders together and provides guidance as they work toward a shared vision for future growth and development.
`ein` EIN	20-3827040
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1719044.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.13699999999999998
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.15
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.073
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.789
`fscore` Financial score	78.25
`leader` Recorded leader	Elizabeth Thomas
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	152773.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0888
`motto` Tagline	Planning a more livable Louisiana
`name` Charity name	Center for Planning Excellence
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1705066.0
`score` Overall score	82.76
`state` State code	LA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Housing and Neighborhood Development
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1356325.716
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	125490.21199999998
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	235509.02799999996

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 20-3827040
Source category: Community Development
Source subcategory: Housing and Neighborhood Development
Recorded location: Louisiana (LA)
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.