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Transportation Alternatives

EIN 51-0186015Environment New York Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Your advocate for bicycling, walking and public transit

Transportation Alternatives (TransAlt) was founded in 1973 during the explosion of environmental consciousness that also produced the Clean Air and Clean Water Act and the Environmental Protection Agency. Our mission is to reclaim New York City's streets from the automobile, and to advocate for bicycling, walking and public transit as the best transportation alternatives. Since our founding, TA has helped win numerous improvements for cyclists and pedestrians and has been the leading voice for reducing car use in the city. TA's roots are in bicycling, and many of our members are everyday cyclists. But winning a cycling-friendly city means changing the overall transportation system, which, even in mass transit-centered New York City, is still dominated by the private automobile.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

83.96Overall score
out of 100

77.68Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$3,910,060

Total expenses · USD$4,074,816

Program expenses

$3,166,132.03 recorded amount

77.7%

Fundraising expenses

$358,583.81 recorded amount

8.8%

Administrative expenses

$541,950.53 recorded amount

13.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.11 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Paul White
Recorded compensation: $193,387.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 4.74%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Transportation Alternatives
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Environment
`description` Mission & description	Transportation Alternatives (TransAlt) was founded in 1973 during the explosion of environmental consciousness that also produced the Clean Air and Clean Water Act and the Environmental Protection Agency. Our mission is to reclaim New York City's streets from the automobile, and to advocate for bicycling, walking and public transit as the best transportation alternatives. Since our founding, TA has helped win numerous improvements for cyclists and pedestrians and has been the leading voice for reducing car use in the city. TA's roots are in bicycling, and many of our members are everyday cyclists. But winning a cycling-friendly city means changing the overall transportation system, which, even in mass transit-centered New York City, is still dominated by the private automobile.
`ein` EIN	51-0186015
`tot_exp` Total expenses	4074816.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.133
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.11
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.08800000000000001
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.777
`fscore` Financial score	77.68
`leader` Recorded leader	Paul White
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	193387.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.047400000000000005
`motto` Tagline	Your advocate for bicycling, walking and public transit
`name` Charity name	Transportation Alternatives
`tot_rev` Total revenue	3910060.0
`score` Overall score	83.96
`state` State code	NY
`subcategory` Subcategory	Environmental Protection and Conservation
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	3166132.032
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	358583.808
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	541950.528

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 51-0186015
Source category: Environment
Source subcategory: Environmental Protection and Conservation
Recorded location: New York (NY)
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.