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Property and Environment Research Center

EIN 81-0393444Environment Montana Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Improving environmental quality through markets

PERC is dedicated to improving environmental quality through property rights and markets.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

90.88Overall score
out of 100

87.46Financial score
out of 100

97.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,586,687

Total expenses · USD$2,268,821

Program expenses

$1,667,583.44 recorded amount

73.5%

Fundraising expenses

$245,032.67 recorded amount

10.8%

Administrative expenses

$351,667.26 recorded amount

15.5%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.11 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

Expense shares are displayed as percentages. Component amounts in this collection match total expenses multiplied by the source ratios; rounding can leave a small difference from the total. The source does not supply a row-specific fiscal year. Field definitions ↗

Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Lawrence Reed Watson
Recorded compensation: $190,167.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 8.38%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Property and Environment Research Center
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	97.0
`category` Category	Environment
`description` Mission & description	PERC is dedicated to improving environmental quality through property rights and markets.
`ein` EIN	81-0393444
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2268821.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.155
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.11
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.10800000000000001
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.735
`fscore` Financial score	87.46
`leader` Recorded leader	Lawrence Reed Watson
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	190167.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.08380000000000001
`motto` Tagline	Improving environmental quality through markets
`name` Charity name	Property and Environment Research Center
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2586687.0
`score` Overall score	90.88
`state` State code	MT
`subcategory` Subcategory	Environmental Protection and Conservation
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1667583.435
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	245032.66800000003
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	351667.255

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 81-0393444
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.