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Environmental Law and Policy Center

EIN 36-3866530Environment Illinois Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Protecting the Midwest's environment and natural heritage

The Environmental Law and Policy Center (ELPC) is the Midwest's leading public interest environmental legal advocacy and eco-business innovation organization. We develop and lead successful strategic environmental advocacy campaigns to improve environmental quality and protect our natural heritage. We are public interest environmental entrepreneurs who engage in creative business deal making with diverse interests to put into practice our belief that environmental progress and economic development can be achieved together. ELPC's multidisciplinary staff of talented and experienced public interest attorneys, environmental business specialists, public policy advocates, and communications specialists brings a strong and effective combination of skills to solve environmental problems and improve the quality of life in our Midwestern communities.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

93.30Overall score
out of 100

90.53Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$7,007,338

Total expenses · USD$6,344,275

Program expenses

$5,214,994.05 recorded amount

82.2%

Fundraising expenses

$469,476.35 recorded amount

7.4%

Administrative expenses

$653,460.33 recorded amount

10.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.07 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Howard A. Learner
Recorded compensation: $371,600.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 5.85%

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All 23 original fields for Environmental Law and Policy Center
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Environment
`description` Mission & description	The Environmental Law and Policy Center (ELPC) is the Midwest's leading public interest environmental legal advocacy and eco-business innovation organization. We develop and lead successful strategic environmental advocacy campaigns to improve environmental quality and protect our natural heritage. We are public interest environmental entrepreneurs who engage in creative business deal making with diverse interests to put into practice our belief that environmental progress and economic development can be achieved together. ELPC's multidisciplinary staff of talented and experienced public interest attorneys, environmental business specialists, public policy advocates, and communications specialists brings a strong and effective combination of skills to solve environmental problems and improve the quality of life in our Midwestern communities.
`ein` EIN	36-3866530
`tot_exp` Total expenses	6344275.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.10300000000000001
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.07
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.07400000000000001
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8220000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	90.53
`leader` Recorded leader	Howard A. Learner
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	371600.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.058499999999999996
`motto` Tagline	Protecting the Midwest's environment and natural heritage
`name` Charity name	Environmental Law and Policy Center
`tot_rev` Total revenue	7007338.0
`score` Overall score	93.3
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Environmental Protection and Conservation
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	5214994.050000001
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	469476.3500000001
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	653460.3250000001

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 36-3866530
Source category: Environment
Source subcategory: Environmental Protection and Conservation
Recorded location: Illinois (IL)
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.