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Common Counsel Foundation

EIN 94-3214166Community Development California Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Expanding philanthropic resources for progressive social movements

Common Counsel Foundation partners with families and individual donors to expand philanthropic resources for progressive social movements. Through our strategic philanthropic services, we prioritize support for community-based organizations building the leadership of low-income people, women, youth, people of color and others working for justice, equity, and a healthy, sustainable environment.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

85.93Overall score
out of 100

83.43Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$3,681,973

Total expenses · USD$3,914,023

Program expenses

$3,483,480.47 recorded amount

89.0%

Fundraising expenses

$133,076.78 recorded amount

3.4%

Administrative expenses

$293,551.72 recorded amount

7.5%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.04 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Laura Livoti
Recorded compensation: $120,360.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.07%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Common Counsel Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Community Development
`description` Mission & description	Common Counsel Foundation partners with families and individual donors to expand philanthropic resources for progressive social movements. Through our strategic philanthropic services, we prioritize support for community-based organizations building the leadership of low-income people, women, youth, people of color and others working for justice, equity, and a healthy, sustainable environment.
`ein` EIN	94-3214166
`tot_exp` Total expenses	3914023.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.075
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.04
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.034
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.89
`fscore` Financial score	83.43
`leader` Recorded leader	Laura Livoti
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	120360.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.030699999999999998
`motto` Tagline	Expanding philanthropic resources for progressive social movements
`name` Charity name	Common Counsel Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	3681973.0
`score` Overall score	85.93
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Community Foundations
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	3483480.47
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	133076.782
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	293551.725

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 94-3214166
Source category: Community Development
Source subcategory: Community Foundations
Recorded location: California (CA)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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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.