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SoundWaters

EIN 06-1263947Environment Connecticut Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Protecting Long Island Sound through education

Founded in 1989, SoundWaters works to educate children and adults about the wonders and beauty of Long Island Sound and its watershed. Through education, SoundWaters provides people with an understanding and awareness of the changes they can make in their lives and communities to restore, protect, and preserve Long Island Sound and the environment. SoundWaters offers a wide array of educational opportunities for students from kindergarten to college. Programs are offered aboard the schooner SoundWaters, at the SoundWaters Costal Education Center, and at classrooms and field sites throughout the area.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

94.48Overall score
out of 100

93.31Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,023,201

Total expenses · USD$2,007,465

Program expenses

$1,587,904.81 recorded amount

79.1%

Fundraising expenses

$196,731.57 recorded amount

9.8%

Administrative expenses

$218,813.68 recorded amount

10.9%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.16 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: Leigh Shemitz
Recorded compensation: $169,947.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 8.46%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for SoundWaters
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Environment
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1989, SoundWaters works to educate children and adults about the wonders and beauty of Long Island Sound and its watershed. Through education, SoundWaters provides people with an understanding and awareness of the changes they can make in their lives and communities to restore, protect, and preserve Long Island Sound and the environment. SoundWaters offers a wide array of educational opportunities for students from kindergarten to college. Programs are offered aboard the schooner SoundWaters, at the SoundWaters Costal Education Center, and at classrooms and field sites throughout the area.
`ein` EIN	06-1263947
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2007465.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.109
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.16
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.098
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7909999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	93.31
`leader` Recorded leader	Leigh Shemitz
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	169947.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.08460000000000001
`motto` Tagline	Protecting Long Island Sound through education
`name` Charity name	SoundWaters
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2023201.0
`score` Overall score	94.48
`state` State code	CT
`subcategory` Subcategory	Environmental Protection and Conservation
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1587904.815
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	196731.57
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	218813.685

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 06-1263947
Source category: Environment
Source subcategory: Environmental Protection and Conservation
Recorded location: Connecticut (CT)
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.