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The American Chestnut Foundation

EIN 41-1483019Environment North Carolina Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Working to restore the iconic American chestnut tree to its native range

The mission of The American Chestnut Foundation is to restore the iconic American chestnut to its native range.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

97.35Overall score
out of 100

96.26Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & 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$3,419,378

Total expenses · USD$2,513,795

Program expenses

$2,101,532.62 recorded amount

83.6%

Fundraising expenses

$95,524.21 recorded amount

3.8%

Administrative expenses

$311,710.58 recorded amount

12.4%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.03 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: Lisa Thomson
Recorded compensation: $147,701.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 5.87%

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

Exact source strings are retained below, including numeric precision. A blank value is marked as not reported; zero remains zero.

All 23 original fields for The American Chestnut Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Environment
`description` Mission & description	The mission of The American Chestnut Foundation is to restore the iconic American chestnut to its native range.
`ein` EIN	41-1483019
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2513795.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.124
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.03
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.038
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.836
`fscore` Financial score	96.26
`leader` Recorded leader	Lisa Thomson
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	147701.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0587
`motto` Tagline	Working to restore the iconic American chestnut tree to its native range
`name` Charity name	The American Chestnut Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	3419378.0
`score` Overall score	97.35
`state` State code	NC
`subcategory` Subcategory	Environmental Protection and Conservation
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2101532.62
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	95524.20999999999
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	311710.58

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 41-1483019
Source category: Environment
Source subcategory: Environmental Protection and Conservation
Recorded location: North Carolina (NC)
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.