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Seed Savers Exchange

EIN 43-1214133Environment Iowa Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Saving and Sharing America's Heirloom Seed

Our nonprofit mission is to conserve and promote America's culturally diverse but endangered garden and food crop heritage for future generations by collecting, growing, and sharing heirloom seeds and plants.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

84.73Overall score
out of 100

81.42Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$5,483,773

Total expenses · USD$5,385,772

Program expenses

$3,823,898.12 recorded amount

71.0%

Fundraising expenses

$75,400.81 recorded amount

1.4%

Administrative expenses

$1,475,701.53 recorded amount

27.4%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.06 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: Lee Buttala
Recorded compensation: $59,549.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.10%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Seed Savers Exchange
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Environment
`description` Mission & description	Our nonprofit mission is to conserve and promote America's culturally diverse but endangered garden and food crop heritage for future generations by collecting, growing, and sharing heirloom seeds and plants.
`ein` EIN	43-1214133
`tot_exp` Total expenses	5385772.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.27399999999999997
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.06
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.013999999999999999
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.71
`fscore` Financial score	81.42
`leader` Recorded leader	Lee Buttala
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	59549.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.011000000000000001
`motto` Tagline	Saving and Sharing America's Heirloom Seed
`name` Charity name	Seed Savers Exchange
`tot_rev` Total revenue	5483773.0
`score` Overall score	84.73
`state` State code	IA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Environmental Protection and Conservation
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	3823898.1199999996
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	75400.80799999999
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1475701.5279999997

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 43-1214133
Source category: Environment
Source subcategory: Environmental Protection and Conservation
Recorded location: Iowa (IA)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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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.