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Occidental Arts and Ecology Center

EIN 68-0359676Environment California Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Promoting ecologically and culturally sustainable communities

Occidental Arts and Ecology Center (OAEC) is an education center, organic demonstration farm and intentional community located on 80 acres that encompass wildlands of meadows and mixed oak, fir and redwood forests. Much of the Center's work is in response to the challenge of how to create ecologically, economically and culturally sustainable communities that are democratic and serve as a counterpoint to privatized and corporatized society. The Center's bio-intensive organic gardens and orchards have been a source of inspiration and training for thousands of gardeners, farmers and landscapers for over 35 years: first as the Farallones Institute (1974 - 1990); then as the Center for Seven Generations (1990 - 1993); and now as OAEC (1994 - present).

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

77.79Overall score
out of 100

82.38Financial score
out of 100

74.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$3,523,060

Total expenses · USD$1,944,634

Program expenses

$1,295,126.24 recorded amount

66.6%

Fundraising expenses

$167,238.52 recorded amount

8.6%

Administrative expenses

$480,324.60 recorded amount

24.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.07 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Dave Henson
Recorded compensation: $79,924.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 4.10%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Occidental Arts and Ecology Center
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	74.0
`category` Category	Environment
`description` Mission & description	Occidental Arts and Ecology Center (OAEC) is an education center, organic demonstration farm and intentional community located on 80 acres that encompass wildlands of meadows and mixed oak, fir and redwood forests. Much of the Center's work is in response to the challenge of how to create ecologically, economically and culturally sustainable communities that are democratic and serve as a counterpoint to privatized and corporatized society. The Center's bio-intensive organic gardens and orchards have been a source of inspiration and training for thousands of gardeners, farmers and landscapers for over 35 years: first as the Farallones Institute (1974 - 1990); then as the Center for Seven Generations (1990 - 1993); and now as OAEC (1994 - present).
`ein` EIN	68-0359676
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1944634.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.247
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.07
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.086
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.6659999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	82.38
`leader` Recorded leader	Dave Henson
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	79924.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.040999999999999995
`motto` Tagline	Promoting ecologically and culturally sustainable communities
`name` Charity name	Occidental Arts and Ecology Center
`tot_rev` Total revenue	3523060.0
`score` Overall score	77.79
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Environmental Protection and Conservation
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1295126.244
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	167238.52399999998
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	480324.598

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 68-0359676
Source category: Environment
Source subcategory: Environmental Protection and Conservation
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.