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Organic Consumers Association

EIN 41-1908341Environment Minnesota Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Campaigning for health, justice, sustainability, peace, and democracy

Formed in 1998, the Organic Consumers Association (OCA) is an online and grassroots public interest organization campaigning for health, justice, and sustainability. The OCA deals with crucial issues of food safety, industrial agriculture, genetic engineering, children's health, corporate accountability, Fair Trade, environmental sustainability, and other key topics. We are the only organization in the US focused exclusively on promoting the views and interests of the nation's estimated 50 million organic consumers. OCA represents over 850,000 members, subscribers and volunteers, including several thousand businesses in the natural foods and organic marketplace.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

87.44Overall score
out of 100

90.51Financial score
out of 100

85.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$3,280,453

Total expenses · USD$3,495,920

Program expenses

$2,859,662.56 recorded amount

81.8%

Fundraising expenses

$258,698.08 recorded amount

7.4%

Administrative expenses

$374,063.44 recorded amount

10.7%

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: Ronald Cummins
Recorded compensation: $112,800.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.22%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Organic Consumers Association
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	85.0
`category` Category	Environment
`description` Mission & description	Formed in 1998, the Organic Consumers Association (OCA) is an online and grassroots public interest organization campaigning for health, justice, and sustainability. The OCA deals with crucial issues of food safety, industrial agriculture, genetic engineering, children's health, corporate accountability, Fair Trade, environmental sustainability, and other key topics. We are the only organization in the US focused exclusively on promoting the views and interests of the nation's estimated 50 million organic consumers. OCA represents over 850,000 members, subscribers and volunteers, including several thousand businesses in the natural foods and organic marketplace.
`ein` EIN	41-1908341
`tot_exp` Total expenses	3495920.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.107
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.07
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.07400000000000001
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.818
`fscore` Financial score	90.51
`leader` Recorded leader	Ronald Cummins
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	112800.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0322
`motto` Tagline	Campaigning for health, justice, sustainability, peace, and democracy
`name` Charity name	Organic Consumers Association
`tot_rev` Total revenue	3280453.0
`score` Overall score	87.44
`state` State code	MN
`subcategory` Subcategory	Environmental Protection and Conservation
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2859662.5599999996
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	258698.08000000005
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	374063.44

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 41-1908341
Source category: Environment
Source subcategory: Environmental Protection and Conservation
Recorded location: Minnesota (MN)
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.