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Clean Ocean Action

EIN 22-2897204Environment New Jersey Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Making waves to save our seas

Founded in 1984, Clean Ocean Action (COA) is a broad-based coalition of over 115 active boating, business, community, conservation, diving, environmental, fishing, religious, service, student, surfing, and women's groups. COA works with these Ocean Wavemakers to clean up and protect the waters of the New York Bight from Montauk, NY, to Cape May, NJ. With continuous, relentless efforts COA uses research, education, and citizen action to empower people and convince our elected officials to protect our marine resources for today and for future generations.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

92.82Overall score
out of 100

89.86Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$769,360

Total expenses · USD$581,461

Program expenses

$484,938.47 recorded amount

83.4%

Fundraising expenses

$33,143.28 recorded amount

5.7%

Administrative expenses

$62,216.33 recorded amount

10.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.05 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Cindy Zipf
Recorded compensation: $68,000.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 11.69%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Clean Ocean Action
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Environment
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1984, Clean Ocean Action (COA) is a broad-based coalition of over 115 active boating, business, community, conservation, diving, environmental, fishing, religious, service, student, surfing, and women's groups. COA works with these Ocean Wavemakers to clean up and protect the waters of the New York Bight from Montauk, NY, to Cape May, NJ. With continuous, relentless efforts COA uses research, education, and citizen action to empower people and convince our elected officials to protect our marine resources for today and for future generations.
`ein` EIN	22-2897204
`tot_exp` Total expenses	581461.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.107
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.05
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.057
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8340000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	89.86
`leader` Recorded leader	Cindy Zipf
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	68000.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.11689999999999999
`motto` Tagline	Making waves to save our seas
`name` Charity name	Clean Ocean Action
`tot_rev` Total revenue	769360.0
`score` Overall score	92.82
`state` State code	NJ
`subcategory` Subcategory	Environmental Protection and Conservation
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	484938.47400000005
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	33143.277
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	62216.327

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 22-2897204
Source category: Environment
Source subcategory: Environmental Protection and Conservation
Recorded location: New Jersey (NJ)
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.