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Fontenelle Forest

EIN 47-6026109Environment Nebraska Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Inspiring current and future generations to care for the natural world

Founded in 1913, Fontenelle Forest is one of Nebraska's oldest conservation organizations and one of the largest private nature centers in the nation. FF owns and manages two nature centers: Fontenelle Forest Nature Center in Bellevue and Neale Woods in Omaha. The properties encompass nearly 2,000 acres of forest, prairie and wetlands along the Missouri River in the geographically significant Loess Hills. The mission of Fontenelle Forest is to provide a place where people can experience and enjoy the quiet wild of nature. We want to inspire current and future generations to care for the natural world.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

87.95Overall score
out of 100

86.99Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,097,239

Total expenses · USD$2,448,954

Program expenses

$1,724,063.62 recorded amount

70.4%

Fundraising expenses

$252,242.26 recorded amount

10.3%

Administrative expenses

$467,750.21 recorded amount

19.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.18 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: Merica Whitehall
Recorded compensation: $50,740.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.07%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Fontenelle Forest
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Environment
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1913, Fontenelle Forest is one of Nebraska's oldest conservation organizations and one of the largest private nature centers in the nation. FF owns and manages two nature centers: Fontenelle Forest Nature Center in Bellevue and Neale Woods in Omaha. The properties encompass nearly 2,000 acres of forest, prairie and wetlands along the Missouri River in the geographically significant Loess Hills. The mission of Fontenelle Forest is to provide a place where people can experience and enjoy the quiet wild of nature. We want to inspire current and future generations to care for the natural world.
`ein` EIN	47-6026109
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2448954.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.191
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.18
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.10300000000000001
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7040000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	86.99
`leader` Recorded leader	Merica Whitehall
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	50740.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0207
`motto` Tagline	Inspiring current and future generations to care for the natural world
`name` Charity name	Fontenelle Forest
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2097239.0
`score` Overall score	87.95
`state` State code	NE
`subcategory` Subcategory	Environmental Protection and Conservation
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1724063.6160000002
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	252242.26200000002
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	467750.21400000004

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 47-6026109
Source category: Environment
Source subcategory: Environmental Protection and Conservation
Recorded location: Nebraska (NE)
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.