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Cultural Survival

EIN 23-7182593Human and Civil Rights Massachusetts Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Defending the rights of indigenous peoples around the world

Cultural Survival was founded in response to the opening up of the Amazonian and South American hinterlands during the 1960s, and the drastic effects this had on indigenous inhabitants. It has since worked with indigenous communities in Asia, Africa, South America, North America, and Australia, becoming the leading US-based organization defending the rights of indigenous peoples around the world. Our efforts are guided by a board of directors that includes some of the world's preeminent indigenous leaders, as well as anthropologists, philanthropists, and entrepreneurs, and our executive director is a renowned human rights lawyer. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cultural Survival also has a satellite office for our Guatemala Radio Project in Guatemala.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

88.27Overall score
out of 100

86.78Financial score
out of 100

90.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,021,981

Total expenses · USD$2,010,575

Program expenses

$1,658,724.38 recorded amount

82.5%

Fundraising expenses

$197,036.35 recorded amount

9.8%

Administrative expenses

$152,803.70 recorded amount

7.6%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.12 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Suzanne Benally
Recorded compensation: $118,805.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 5.90%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Cultural Survival
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	90.0
`category` Category	Human and Civil Rights
`description` Mission & description	Cultural Survival was founded in response to the opening up of the Amazonian and South American hinterlands during the 1960s, and the drastic effects this had on indigenous inhabitants. It has since worked with indigenous communities in Asia, Africa, South America, North America, and Australia, becoming the leading US-based organization defending the rights of indigenous peoples around the world. Our efforts are guided by a board of directors that includes some of the world's preeminent indigenous leaders, as well as anthropologists, philanthropists, and entrepreneurs, and our executive director is a renowned human rights lawyer. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cultural Survival also has a satellite office for our Guatemala Radio Project in Guatemala.
`ein` EIN	23-7182593
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2010575.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.076
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.12
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.098
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.825
`fscore` Financial score	86.78
`leader` Recorded leader	Suzanne Benally
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	118805.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.059000000000000004
`motto` Tagline	Defending the rights of indigenous peoples around the world
`name` Charity name	Cultural Survival
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2021981.0
`score` Overall score	88.27
`state` State code	MA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Advocacy and Education
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1658724.375
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	197036.35
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	152803.69999999998

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 23-7182593
Source category: Human and Civil Rights
Source subcategory: Advocacy and Education
Recorded location: Massachusetts (MA)
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.