Charity profile · Historical source record

Headwaters Foundation for Social Justice

EIN 36-3359386Human and Civil Rights Minnesota Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Addressing the root causes of injustice.

Headwaters Foundation for Justice is a catalyst for social, racial, economic and environmental justice. All Minnesotans deserve the chance to both contribute to and benefit from the state's environmental, economic, social and civic resources. We believe community organizing is the best way to make this vision a reality. Through grantmaking and organizational assistance, Headwaters supports grassroots groups addressing the root causes of injustice. Headwaters engages and partners with a committed community of donors and allies who work for justice.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

87.17Overall score
out of 100

82.31Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$3,321,223

Total expenses · USD$2,108,998

Program expenses

$1,512,151.57 recorded amount

71.7%

Fundraising expenses

$225,662.79 recorded amount

10.7%

Administrative expenses

$369,074.65 recorded amount

17.5%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.09 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: David Nicholson
Recorded compensation: $110,000.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 5.21%

These fields do not establish the current officeholder or current compensation. The metadata does not specify the denominator of the leader compensation percentage. Read with context ↗

Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Headwaters Foundation for Social Justice
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Human and Civil Rights
`description` Mission & description	Headwaters Foundation for Justice is a catalyst for social, racial, economic and environmental justice. All Minnesotans deserve the chance to both contribute to and benefit from the state's environmental, economic, social and civic resources. We believe community organizing is the best way to make this vision a reality. Through grantmaking and organizational assistance, Headwaters supports grassroots groups addressing the root causes of injustice. Headwaters engages and partners with a committed community of donors and allies who work for justice.
`ein` EIN	36-3359386
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2108998.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.175
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.09
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.107
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7170000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	82.31
`leader` Recorded leader	David Nicholson
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	110000.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0521
`motto` Tagline	Addressing the root causes of injustice.
`name` Charity name	Headwaters Foundation for Social Justice
`tot_rev` Total revenue	3321223.0
`score` Overall score	87.17
`state` State code	MN
`subcategory` Subcategory	Advocacy and Education
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1512151.566
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	225662.786
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	369074.64999999997

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.