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Thomas Irvine Dodge Nature Center

EIN 41-6081794Environment Minnesota Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

An environmental educational and habitat restoration organization

The Thomas Irvine Dodge Nature Center was founded in 1967 by Olivia Irvine Dodge. A pioneer in environmental education, Dodge was one of the first nature centers in the state of Minnesota. Over the past 41 years, Dodge staff has developed an expansive environmental education curriculum delivered to hundreds of thousands of school children in our surrounding communities. Dodge offers a variety of unique experiences for people of all ages. Its many landscapes provide the outdoor classrooms for more than 50 different curriculum topics for visiting school groups, space for exploring preschoolers attending our premier preschool, community education on evenings and weekends, day camp programs for school-aged children, miles of hiking trails and prairie and oak savanna restoration projects.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

89.57Overall score
out of 100

90.19Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$3,697,576

Total expenses · USD$2,497,503

Program expenses

$2,010,489.92 recorded amount

80.5%

Fundraising expenses

$142,357.67 recorded amount

5.7%

Administrative expenses

$339,660.41 recorded amount

13.6%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.17 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Jason Sanders
Recorded compensation: $91,544.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.66%

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All 23 original fields for Thomas Irvine Dodge Nature Center
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Environment
`description` Mission & description	The Thomas Irvine Dodge Nature Center was founded in 1967 by Olivia Irvine Dodge. A pioneer in environmental education, Dodge was one of the first nature centers in the state of Minnesota. Over the past 41 years, Dodge staff has developed an expansive environmental education curriculum delivered to hundreds of thousands of school children in our surrounding communities. Dodge offers a variety of unique experiences for people of all ages. Its many landscapes provide the outdoor classrooms for more than 50 different curriculum topics for visiting school groups, space for exploring preschoolers attending our premier preschool, community education on evenings and weekends, day camp programs for school-aged children, miles of hiking trails and prairie and oak savanna restoration projects.
`ein` EIN	41-6081794
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2497503.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.136
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.17
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.057
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.805
`fscore` Financial score	90.19
`leader` Recorded leader	Jason Sanders
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	91544.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0366
`motto` Tagline	An environmental educational and habitat restoration organization
`name` Charity name	Thomas Irvine Dodge Nature Center
`tot_rev` Total revenue	3697576.0
`score` Overall score	89.57
`state` State code	MN
`subcategory` Subcategory	Botanical Gardens, Parks, and Nature Centers
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2010489.915
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	142357.671
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	339660.408

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 41-6081794
Source category: Environment
Source subcategory: Botanical Gardens, Parks, and Nature Centers
Recorded location: Minnesota (MN)
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.