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The Rodale Institute

EIN 23-7206884Research and Public Policy Pennsylvania Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Leaders in organic solutions since 1947

Founded in 1947, The Rodale Institute is a 333-acre education and research center and has been a leader in the science of regenerative and organic agriculture and its impact on global warming, nutrition, and human health. For 60 years, The Rodale Institute has been a pioneer in organic research, education and outreach, advocating organic food production techniques as a means of renewing human and environmental health. The Institute's research program helped launch today's organic movement and continues to direct cutting-edge trials documenting the ability of organic farming to reverse global warming. Our international program is providing locally-adapted solutions to the issues of nutrition, hunger, poverty and community degradation across the world.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

95.85Overall score
out of 100

95.72Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$4,382,987

Total expenses · USD$4,280,099

Program expenses

$3,372,718.01 recorded amount

78.8%

Fundraising expenses

$410,889.50 recorded amount

9.6%

Administrative expenses

$487,931.29 recorded amount

11.4%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.16 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Jeff Moyer
Recorded compensation: $142,158.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.32%

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All 23 original fields for The Rodale Institute
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Research and Public Policy
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1947, The Rodale Institute is a 333-acre education and research center and has been a leader in the science of regenerative and organic agriculture and its impact on global warming, nutrition, and human health. For 60 years, The Rodale Institute has been a pioneer in organic research, education and outreach, advocating organic food production techniques as a means of renewing human and environmental health. The Institute's research program helped launch today's organic movement and continues to direct cutting-edge trials documenting the ability of organic farming to reverse global warming. Our international program is providing locally-adapted solutions to the issues of nutrition, hunger, poverty and community degradation across the world.
`ein` EIN	23-7206884
`tot_exp` Total expenses	4280099.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.114
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.16
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.096
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7879999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	95.72
`leader` Recorded leader	Jeff Moyer
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	142158.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0332
`motto` Tagline	Leaders in organic solutions since 1947
`name` Charity name	The Rodale Institute
`tot_rev` Total revenue	4382987.0
`score` Overall score	95.85
`state` State code	PA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Non-Medical Science & Technology Research
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	3372718.0119999996
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	410889.504
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	487931.286

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 23-7206884
Source category: Research and Public Policy
Source subcategory: Non-Medical Science & Technology Research
Recorded location: Pennsylvania (PA)
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.