Charity profile · Historical source record

Walking Mountains Science Center

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Raising environmental awareness and inspiring stewardship and sustainability.

Walking Mountains Science Center works to awaken a sense of wonder and inspire environmental stewardship and sustainability through natural science education. As a science learning center, we offer hands-on, innovative field science programs for over 3,500 students each school year, summer youth science camps, adult seminars, guided half and full day hikes, and year-round interpretive programs for people of all ages. Residents and visitors can participate in our programs at our main campus in Avon, the Vail Nature Center, and the Nature Discovery Center at the top of Vail Mountain. Previously called the Gore Range Natural Science School when it was founded in 1998, Walking Mountains began as a grassroots effort that has grown year-by-year, bolstered by tremendous support from the community. At Walking Mountains Science Center, we believe that nature is for everyone.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

96.59Overall score
out of 100

97.32Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & 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$6,137,041

Total expenses · USD$3,079,751

Program expenses

$2,599,309.84 recorded amount

84.4%

Fundraising expenses

$258,699.08 recorded amount

8.4%

Administrative expenses

$215,582.57 recorded amount

7.0%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.06 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: Markian Feduschak
Recorded compensation: $121,662.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.95%

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

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All 23 original fields for Walking Mountains Science Center
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	Walking Mountains Science Center works to awaken a sense of wonder and inspire environmental stewardship and sustainability through natural science education. As a science learning center, we offer hands-on, innovative field science programs for over 3,500 students each school year, summer youth science camps, adult seminars, guided half and full day hikes, and year-round interpretive programs for people of all ages. Residents and visitors can participate in our programs at our main campus in Avon, the Vail Nature Center, and the Nature Discovery Center at the top of Vail Mountain. Previously called the Gore Range Natural Science School when it was founded in 1998, Walking Mountains began as a grassroots effort that has grown year-by-year, bolstered by tremendous support from the community. At Walking Mountains Science Center, we believe that nature is for everyone.
`ein` EIN	84-1436731
`tot_exp` Total expenses	3079751.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.07
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.06
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.084
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8440000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	97.32
`leader` Recorded leader	Markian Feduschak
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	121662.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0395
`motto` Tagline	Raising environmental awareness and inspiring stewardship and sustainability.
`name` Charity name	Walking Mountains Science Center
`tot_rev` Total revenue	6137041.0
`score` Overall score	96.59
`state` State code	CO
`subcategory` Subcategory	Youth Education Programs and Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2599309.844
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	258699.084
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	215582.57

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.