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Montana Environmental Information Center

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Protecting and restoring Montana's natural environment

The Montana Environmental Information Center (MEIC) is an advocacy and public education organization. It was founded by concerned Montanans in 1973 to protect and restore Montana's natural environment. MEIC's accomplishments and experience have earned it the reputation of being Montana's leading state government-focused advocate, and the leading group promoting progress in environmental policy pertaining to: hard rock mining, energy policy and global warming, air quality, water quality, land use and State land management, and environmental policy. MEIC collaborates with a wide variety of state, regional and national environmental groups. MEIC also works with new voices for environmental protection, including business, farming, labor, tribal, education, religious, and public health interests.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

74.50Overall score
out of 100

75.03Financial score
out of 100

74.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$591,354

Total expenses · USD$527,862

Program expenses

$392,729.33 recorded amount

74.4%

Fundraising expenses

$108,211.71 recorded amount

20.5%

Administrative expenses

$26,393.10 recorded amount

5.0%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.18 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: James Jensen
Recorded compensation: $57,825.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 10.95%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Montana Environmental Information Center
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	74.0
`category` Category	Environment
`description` Mission & description	The Montana Environmental Information Center (MEIC) is an advocacy and public education organization. It was founded by concerned Montanans in 1973 to protect and restore Montana's natural environment. MEIC's accomplishments and experience have earned it the reputation of being Montana's leading state government-focused advocate, and the leading group promoting progress in environmental policy pertaining to: hard rock mining, energy policy and global warming, air quality, water quality, land use and State land management, and environmental policy. MEIC collaborates with a wide variety of state, regional and national environmental groups. MEIC also works with new voices for environmental protection, including business, farming, labor, tribal, education, religious, and public health interests.
`ein` EIN	23-7337100
`tot_exp` Total expenses	527862.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.05
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.18
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.205
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7440000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	75.03
`leader` Recorded leader	James Jensen
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	57825.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.10949999999999999
`motto` Tagline	Protecting and restoring Montana's natural environment
`name` Charity name	Montana Environmental Information Center
`tot_rev` Total revenue	591354.0
`score` Overall score	74.5
`state` State code	MT
`subcategory` Subcategory	Environmental Protection and Conservation
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	392729.32800000004
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	108211.70999999999
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	26393.100000000002

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 23-7337100
Source category: Environment
Source subcategory: Environmental Protection and Conservation
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.