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Native Seeds/SEARCH

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Regional Seed Solution Model

For 25 years, Native Seeds/SEARCH (NS/S) has endeavored to conserve the rich legacy of agro-biodiversity in the arid Southwest because of its genetic potential and cultural importance. NS/S conserves, distributes, and documents the adapted and diverse varieties of agricultural seeds, their wild relatives and the role these seeds play in cultures of the American Southwest and Northwest Mexico. We envision the Greater Southwest as a place where farms and gardens, kitchens and tables, stores and restaurants are brimming with the full diversity of arid lands-adapted heirloom crops; people are keeping the unique seeds and agricultural heritage alive; and the crops, in turn, are nourishing humankind.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

78.07Overall score
out of 100

75.50Financial score
out of 100

81.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$801,379

Total expenses · USD$1,068,375

Program expenses

$820,512.00 recorded amount

76.8%

Fundraising expenses

$137,820.38 recorded amount

12.9%

Administrative expenses

$107,905.87 recorded amount

10.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.25 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Joy Hought
Recorded compensation: $17,416.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.63%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Native Seeds/SEARCH
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	81.0
`category` Category	Environment
`description` Mission & description	For 25 years, Native Seeds/SEARCH (NS/S) has endeavored to conserve the rich legacy of agro-biodiversity in the arid Southwest because of its genetic potential and cultural importance. NS/S conserves, distributes, and documents the adapted and diverse varieties of agricultural seeds, their wild relatives and the role these seeds play in cultures of the American Southwest and Northwest Mexico. We envision the Greater Southwest as a place where farms and gardens, kitchens and tables, stores and restaurants are brimming with the full diversity of arid lands-adapted heirloom crops; people are keeping the unique seeds and agricultural heritage alive; and the crops, in turn, are nourishing humankind.
`ein` EIN	94-2899356
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1068375.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.10099999999999999
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.25
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.129
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.768
`fscore` Financial score	75.5
`leader` Recorded leader	Joy Hought
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	17416.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0163
`motto` Tagline	Regional Seed Solution Model
`name` Charity name	Native Seeds/SEARCH
`tot_rev` Total revenue	801379.0
`score` Overall score	78.07
`state` State code	AZ
`subcategory` Subcategory	Environmental Protection and Conservation
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	820512.0
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	137820.375
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	107905.87499999999

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 94-2899356
Source category: Environment
Source subcategory: Environmental Protection and Conservation
Recorded location: Arizona (AZ)
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.