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Environmental Defense Center

EIN 77-0061994Environment California Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Education. Advocacy. Legal Action. Protecting the local environment since 1977

The Environmental Defense Center (EDC) protects and enhances the local environment through education, advocacy, and legal action. Since 1977 they have empowered community based organizations to advance environmental protection. Their program areas include protecting coast and ocean resources, open spaces and wildlife, and human and environmental health. EDC provides legal counsel to other nonprofit organizations. They remain the only such public interest environmental law firm between Los Angeles and San Francisco, and thrive on the support of community members from within their region and beyond.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

90.57Overall score
out of 100

86.67Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,209,220

Total expenses · USD$1,135,564

Program expenses

$834,639.54 recorded amount

73.5%

Fundraising expenses

$162,385.65 recorded amount

14.3%

Administrative expenses

$136,267.68 recorded amount

12.0%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.18 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Owen Bailey
Recorded compensation: $96,178.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 8.46%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Environmental Defense Center
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Environment
`description` Mission & description	The Environmental Defense Center (EDC) protects and enhances the local environment through education, advocacy, and legal action. Since 1977 they have empowered community based organizations to advance environmental protection. Their program areas include protecting coast and ocean resources, open spaces and wildlife, and human and environmental health. EDC provides legal counsel to other nonprofit organizations. They remain the only such public interest environmental law firm between Los Angeles and San Francisco, and thrive on the support of community members from within their region and beyond.
`ein` EIN	77-0061994
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1135564.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.12
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.18
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.14300000000000002
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.735
`fscore` Financial score	86.67
`leader` Recorded leader	Owen Bailey
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	96178.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.08460000000000001
`motto` Tagline	Education. Advocacy. Legal Action. Protecting the local environment since 1977
`name` Charity name	Environmental Defense Center
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1209220.0
`score` Overall score	90.57
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Environmental Protection and Conservation
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	834639.54
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	162385.65200000003
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	136267.68

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 77-0061994
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.