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Central Coast Alliance United for A Sustainable Economy

EIN 77-0578864Human and Civil Rights California Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Invoking social, economic, and environmental justice

CAUSE's mission is to build grassroots power to invoke social, economic and environmental justice for the people of California's Central Coast Region through policy research, leadership development, organizing, and advocacy. CAUSE defines the Central Coast Region as the counties of Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Benito. CAUSE's vision is that together we can create a global community where we all contribute to, and benefit from, a sustainable economy that is just, prosperous and environmentally healthy.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

88.85Overall score
out of 100

95.17Financial score
out of 100

85.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,324,051

Total expenses · USD$1,051,634

Program expenses

$905,456.87 recorded amount

86.1%

Fundraising expenses

$104,111.77 recorded amount

9.9%

Administrative expenses

$41,013.73 recorded amount

3.9%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.08 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: Maricela Morales
Recorded compensation: Not reported in source
Recorded compensation percentage: Not reported in source

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Central Coast Alliance United for A Sustainable Economy
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	85.0
`category` Category	Human and Civil Rights
`description` Mission & description	CAUSE's mission is to build grassroots power to invoke social, economic and environmental justice for the people of California's Central Coast Region through policy research, leadership development, organizing, and advocacy. CAUSE defines the Central Coast Region as the counties of Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Benito. CAUSE's vision is that together we can create a global community where we all contribute to, and benefit from, a sustainable economy that is just, prosperous and environmentally healthy.
`ein` EIN	77-0578864
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1051634.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.039
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.08
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.099
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.861
`fscore` Financial score	95.17
`leader` Recorded leader	Maricela Morales
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	Not reported (blank source field)
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	Not reported (blank source field)
`motto` Tagline	Invoking social, economic, and environmental justice
`name` Charity name	Central Coast Alliance United for A Sustainable Economy
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1324051.0
`score` Overall score	88.85
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Advocacy and Education
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	905456.874
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	104111.766
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	41013.726

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 77-0578864
Source category: Human and Civil Rights
Source subcategory: Advocacy and Education
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.