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Conservation Minnesota

EIN 41-2017329Environment Minnesota Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Protect the Minnesota you love.

At Conservation Minnesota, we turn your love of Minnesota's Great Outdoors into the laws that protect it. And we provide reliable information to help you make important decisions for your family, community, and future Conservation Minnesota isn't the biggest non-profit organization, but we deliver big results in two different ways. First, we impact decisions that affect large numbers of people, like the ones made by state & local governments. Second, we help thousands of people make personal decisions that, when added together, make a huge difference.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

88.06Overall score
out of 100

83.60Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,250,809

Total expenses · USD$1,455,520

Program expenses

$1,256,113.76 recorded amount

86.3%

Fundraising expenses

$59,676.32 recorded amount

4.1%

Administrative expenses

$138,274.40 recorded amount

9.5%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.04 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: Paul Austin
Recorded compensation: $97,439.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 6.69%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Conservation Minnesota
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Environment
`description` Mission & description	At Conservation Minnesota, we turn your love of Minnesota's Great Outdoors into the laws that protect it. And we provide reliable information to help you make important decisions for your family, community, and future Conservation Minnesota isn't the biggest non-profit organization, but we deliver big results in two different ways. First, we impact decisions that affect large numbers of people, like the ones made by state & local governments. Second, we help thousands of people make personal decisions that, when added together, make a huge difference.
`ein` EIN	41-2017329
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1455520.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.095
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.04
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.040999999999999995
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.863
`fscore` Financial score	83.6
`leader` Recorded leader	Paul Austin
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	97439.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0669
`motto` Tagline	Protect the Minnesota you love.
`name` Charity name	Conservation Minnesota
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1250809.0
`score` Overall score	88.06
`state` State code	MN
`subcategory` Subcategory	Environmental Protection and Conservation
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1256113.76
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	59676.31999999999
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	138274.4

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 41-2017329
Source category: Environment
Source subcategory: Environmental Protection and Conservation
Recorded location: Minnesota (MN)
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.