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Water Education Foundation

EIN 94-2419885Environment California Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Creating a better understanding of water issues

Water Education Foundation, an impartial organization, works to create a better understanding of water issues and help resolve water resource problems through educational programs. The Foundation reaches a broad audience, including policy makers and leading stakeholders in the agricultural, environmental, and urban water groups; journalists, who assist our efforts to educate the general public; and school children - and their families - in grades K-12. The Foundation's goal is to explain the complexities of various opinions and ideas so that people can make better-informed decisions about one of our most critical resources - water.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

86.08Overall score
out of 100

83.68Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,689,586

Total expenses · USD$1,628,426

Program expenses

$1,309,254.50 recorded amount

80.4%

Fundraising expenses

$127,017.23 recorded amount

7.8%

Administrative expenses

$190,525.84 recorded amount

11.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.12 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: J. Bowles
Recorded compensation: $120,618.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 7.40%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Water Education Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Environment
`description` Mission & description	Water Education Foundation, an impartial organization, works to create a better understanding of water issues and help resolve water resource problems through educational programs. The Foundation reaches a broad audience, including policy makers and leading stakeholders in the agricultural, environmental, and urban water groups; journalists, who assist our efforts to educate the general public; and school children - and their families - in grades K-12. The Foundation's goal is to explain the complexities of various opinions and ideas so that people can make better-informed decisions about one of our most critical resources - water.
`ein` EIN	94-2419885
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1628426.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.11699999999999999
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.12
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.078
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.804
`fscore` Financial score	83.68
`leader` Recorded leader	J. Bowles
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	120618.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.07400000000000001
`motto` Tagline	Creating a better understanding of water issues
`name` Charity name	Water Education Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1689586.0
`score` Overall score	86.08
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Environmental Protection and Conservation
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1309254.5040000002
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	127017.228
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	190525.84199999998

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 94-2419885
Source category: Environment
Source subcategory: Environmental Protection and Conservation
Recorded location: California (CA)
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.