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Long Now Foundation

EIN 68-0384748Research and Public Policy California Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Fostering long-term thinking and responsibility through diverse projects aiming to inspire, educate, and challenge our concepts of the future.

The Long Now Foundation was established in 01996* to develop the Clock and Library projects, as well as to become the seed of a very long-term cultural institution. The Long Now Foundation hopes to provide a counterpoint to today's accelerating culture and help make long-term thinking more common. We hope to foster responsibility in the framework of the next 10,000 years.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

90.03Overall score
out of 100

91.20Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,532,780

Total expenses · USD$3,028,507

Program expenses

$2,171,439.52 recorded amount

71.7%

Fundraising expenses

$121,140.28 recorded amount

4.0%

Administrative expenses

$729,870.19 recorded amount

24.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.08 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Alexander Rose
Recorded compensation: $164,700.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 5.43%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Long Now Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Research and Public Policy
`description` Mission & description	The Long Now Foundation was established in 01996* to develop the Clock and Library projects, as well as to become the seed of a very long-term cultural institution. The Long Now Foundation hopes to provide a counterpoint to today's accelerating culture and help make long-term thinking more common. We hope to foster responsibility in the framework of the next 10,000 years.
`ein` EIN	68-0384748
`tot_exp` Total expenses	3028507.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.24100000000000002
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.08
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.04
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7170000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	91.2
`leader` Recorded leader	Alexander Rose
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	164700.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.054299999999999994
`motto` Tagline	Fostering long-term thinking and responsibility through diverse projects aiming to inspire, educate, and challenge our concepts of the future.
`name` Charity name	Long Now Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2532780.0
`score` Overall score	90.03
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Non-Medical Science & Technology Research
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2171439.5190000003
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	121140.28
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	729870.187

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 68-0384748
Source category: Research and Public Policy
Source subcategory: Non-Medical Science & Technology Research
Recorded location: California (CA)
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.