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Florida Oceanographic Society

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Inspiring environmental stewardship of Florida's coastal ecosystems through education, research and advocacy

Florida Oceanographic Society is a non-profit organization founded in 1964 with the mission to inspire environmental stewardship of Florida's coastal ecosystems through education, research and advocacy. Florida Oceanographic Coastal Center is a 57-acre marine life nature center located on Hutchinson Island in Stuart, FL situated between the Indian River and the Atlantic Ocean. Florida Oceanographic offers educational programs to people of all ages and conducts research and restoration programs that lead to healthy coastal ecosystems.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

81.91Overall score
out of 100

82.88Financial score
out of 100

81.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,875,119

Total expenses · USD$1,649,436

Program expenses

$1,235,427.56 recorded amount

74.9%

Fundraising expenses

$206,179.50 recorded amount

12.5%

Administrative expenses

$204,530.06 recorded amount

12.4%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.17 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Mark Perry
Recorded compensation: $101,428.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 6.14%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Florida Oceanographic Society
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	81.0
`category` Category	Environment
`description` Mission & description	Florida Oceanographic Society is a non-profit organization founded in 1964 with the mission to inspire environmental stewardship of Florida's coastal ecosystems through education, research and advocacy. Florida Oceanographic Coastal Center is a 57-acre marine life nature center located on Hutchinson Island in Stuart, FL situated between the Indian River and the Atlantic Ocean. Florida Oceanographic offers educational programs to people of all ages and conducts research and restoration programs that lead to healthy coastal ecosystems.
`ein` EIN	59-1114306
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1649436.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.124
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.17
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.125
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7490000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	82.88
`leader` Recorded leader	Mark Perry
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	101428.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.061399999999999996
`motto` Tagline	Inspiring environmental stewardship of Florida's coastal ecosystems through education, research and advocacy
`name` Charity name	Florida Oceanographic Society
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1875119.0
`score` Overall score	81.91
`state` State code	FL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Botanical Gardens, Parks, and Nature Centers
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1235427.5640000002
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	206179.5
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	204530.064

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 59-1114306
Source category: Environment
Source subcategory: Botanical Gardens, Parks, and Nature Centers
Recorded location: Florida (FL)
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.