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Communities for a Better Environment

EIN 94-2998086Environment California Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Fighting for environmental health and justice

Communities for a Better Environment (CBE) is a social justice organization with a focus on environmental health and justice. CBE works to achieve environmental health and justice by building grassroots power in and with communities of color and working-class communities. We organize in working class communities of color because those communities suffer the most from environmental pollution and toxics. We provide community residents who want to challenge corporate polluters with organizing help, scientific and policy research, and legal assistance. The focus of our work is to help community members identify their own problems, and define their own campaigns and solutions.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

83.88Overall score
out of 100

82.84Financial score
out of 100

85.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,958,470

Total expenses · USD$2,066,472

Program expenses

$1,481,660.42 recorded amount

71.7%

Fundraising expenses

$177,716.59 recorded amount

8.6%

Administrative expenses

$402,962.04 recorded amount

19.5%

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: Byron Ramos Gudiel
Recorded compensation: $85,001.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 4.11%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Communities for a Better Environment
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	85.0
`category` Category	Environment
`description` Mission & description	Communities for a Better Environment (CBE) is a social justice organization with a focus on environmental health and justice. CBE works to achieve environmental health and justice by building grassroots power in and with communities of color and working-class communities. We organize in working class communities of color because those communities suffer the most from environmental pollution and toxics. We provide community residents who want to challenge corporate polluters with organizing help, scientific and policy research, and legal assistance. The focus of our work is to help community members identify their own problems, and define their own campaigns and solutions.
`ein` EIN	94-2998086
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2066472.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.195
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.08
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.086
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7170000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	82.84
`leader` Recorded leader	Byron Ramos Gudiel
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	85001.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.041100000000000005
`motto` Tagline	Fighting for environmental health and justice
`name` Charity name	Communities for a Better Environment
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1958470.0
`score` Overall score	83.88
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Environmental Protection and Conservation
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1481660.424
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	177716.59199999998
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	402962.04000000004

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 94-2998086
Source category: Environment
Source subcategory: Environmental Protection and 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.