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Headwaters Economics

EIN 74-3171967Research and Public Policy Montana Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Improving community development

Headwaters Economics is an independent, nonprofit research group that works to improve community development and land management decisions in the West. Headwaters Economics works with community leaders, landowners, public land managers, elected officials, and business owners. Our goal is to give these partners credible information they can use to identify and solve problems. Headwaters Economics determines what research topics to pursue and the best way to interpret research findings. Our research also goes through peer review, and is routinely published in scientific journals such as the Journal of Forestry, Solutions Journal, Journal of Rural Studies, Landscape and Urban Planning, Society and Natural Resources, Growth and Change, and Human Ecology Review.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

84.34Overall score
out of 100

97.50Financial score
out of 100

78.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,344,674

Total expenses · USD$2,292,223

Program expenses

$2,189,072.96 recorded amount

95.5%

Fundraising expenses

$32,091.12 recorded amount

1.4%

Administrative expenses

$68,766.69 recorded amount

3.0%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.01 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Ray Rasker
Recorded compensation: $150,010.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 6.54%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Headwaters Economics
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	78.0
`category` Category	Research and Public Policy
`description` Mission & description	Headwaters Economics is an independent, nonprofit research group that works to improve community development and land management decisions in the West. Headwaters Economics works with community leaders, landowners, public land managers, elected officials, and business owners. Our goal is to give these partners credible information they can use to identify and solve problems. Headwaters Economics determines what research topics to pursue and the best way to interpret research findings. Our research also goes through peer review, and is routinely published in scientific journals such as the Journal of Forestry, Solutions Journal, Journal of Rural Studies, Landscape and Urban Planning, Society and Natural Resources, Growth and Change, and Human Ecology Review.
`ein` EIN	74-3171967
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2292223.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.03
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.01
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.013999999999999999
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.955
`fscore` Financial score	97.5
`leader` Recorded leader	Ray Rasker
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	150010.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0654
`motto` Tagline	Improving community development
`name` Charity name	Headwaters Economics
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2344674.0
`score` Overall score	84.34
`state` State code	MT
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social and Public Policy Research
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2189072.965
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	32091.121999999996
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	68766.69

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 74-3171967
Source category: Research and Public Policy
Source subcategory: Social and Public Policy Research
Recorded location: Montana (MT)
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.