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The Conservation Alliance

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Outdoor business giving back to the outdoors

Founded in 1989, The Conservation Alliance's mission is to engage businesses to fund and partner with organizations to protect wild places for their habitat and recreation values. The Conservation Alliance is a group of outdoor industry companies that disburses its collective annual membership dues to grassroots environmental organizations. We direct our funding to community-based campaigns to protect threatened wild habitat, preferably where outdoor enthusiasts recreate.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

87.20Overall score
out of 100

98.12Financial score
out of 100

82.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$3,034,049

Total expenses · USD$2,283,620

Program expenses

$2,094,079.54 recorded amount

91.7%

Fundraising expenses

$63,941.36 recorded amount

2.8%

Administrative expenses

$123,315.48 recorded amount

5.4%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.02 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: John Sterling
Recorded compensation: $131,390.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 5.75%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for The Conservation Alliance
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	82.0
`category` Category	Environment
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1989, The Conservation Alliance's mission is to engage businesses to fund and partner with organizations to protect wild places for their habitat and recreation values. The Conservation Alliance is a group of outdoor industry companies that disburses its collective annual membership dues to grassroots environmental organizations. We direct our funding to community-based campaigns to protect threatened wild habitat, preferably where outdoor enthusiasts recreate.
`ein` EIN	94-3100867
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2283620.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.054000000000000006
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.02
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.027999999999999997
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.917
`fscore` Financial score	98.12
`leader` Recorded leader	John Sterling
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	131390.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0575
`motto` Tagline	Outdoor business giving back to the outdoors
`name` Charity name	The Conservation Alliance
`tot_rev` Total revenue	3034049.0
`score` Overall score	87.2
`state` State code	OR
`subcategory` Subcategory	Environmental Protection and Conservation
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2094079.54
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	63941.35999999999
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	123315.48000000001

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 94-3100867
Source category: Environment
Source subcategory: Environmental Protection and Conservation
Recorded location: Oregon (OR)
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.