Charity profile · Historical source record

Student Conservation Association

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Conservation Begins Here.
The Student Conservation Association is the only national organization that builds new generations of conservation leaders and inspires lifelong stewardship of our environment and communities by providing high school and college students with service opportunities in all 50 states, from urban communities to national parks and forests. More than 4,000 SCA members annually render over two million hours of conservation service, an experience that transforms both the land and the individual. Founded in 1957, SCA is headquartered in Washington D.C., and operates the SCA National Conservation Center in Charlestown, NH as well as regional offices in Anchorage, AK, Boise, ID, Oakland, CA, Pittsburgh, PA, and Seattle, WA. For more information, visit http://www.thesca.org.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

89.65Overall score
out of 100
85.68Financial score
out of 100
97.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$51,007,381
Total expenses · USD$43,289,688

Program expenses

$36,752,945.11 recorded amount
84.9%

Fundraising expenses

$3,246,726.60 recorded amount
7.5%

Administrative expenses

$3,246,726.60 recorded amount
7.5%
Fundraising efficiency
$0.25 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
Jaime Matyas
Recorded compensation
$330,000.00
Recorded compensation percentage
0.76%

These fields do not establish the current officeholder or current compensation. The metadata does not specify the denominator of the leader compensation percentage. Read with context ↗

Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Student Conservation Association
Source fieldOriginal source value
ascore
Accountability & transparency score
97.0
category
Category
Environment
description
Mission & description
The Student Conservation Association is the only national organization that builds new generations of conservation leaders and inspires lifelong stewardship of our environment and communities by providing high school and college students with service opportunities in all 50 states, from urban communities to national parks and forests. More than 4,000 SCA members annually render over two million hours of conservation service, an experience that transforms both the land and the individual. Founded in 1957, SCA is headquartered in Washington D.C., and operates the SCA National Conservation Center in Charlestown, NH as well as regional offices in Anchorage, AK, Boise, ID, Oakland, CA, Pittsburgh, PA, and Seattle, WA. For more information, visit http://www.thesca.org.
ein
EIN
91-0880684
tot_exp
Total expenses
43289688.0
admin_exp_p
Administrative expense fraction
0.075
fund_eff
Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)
0.25
fund_exp_p
Fundraising expense fraction
0.075
program_exp_p
Program expense fraction
0.8490000000000001
fscore
Financial score
85.68
leader
Recorded leader
Jaime Matyas
leader_comp
Recorded leader compensation
330000.0
leader_comp_p
Recorded leader compensation fraction
0.0076
motto
Tagline
Conservation Begins Here.
name
Charity name
Student Conservation Association
tot_rev
Total revenue
51007381.0
score
Overall score
89.65
state
State code
VA
subcategory
Subcategory
Environmental Protection and Conservation
size
Source size label
big
program_exp
Program expenses
36752945.112
fund_exp
Fundraising expenses
3246726.6
admin_exp
Administrative expenses
3246726.6

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.