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WILDCOAST

EIN 77-0536297Environment California Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Protecting and preserving coastal ecosystems and wildlife in the California's and Latin America

WiLDCOAST protects and preserves coastal ecosystems and wildlife in the Californias and Latin America by building grassroots support, conducting media campaigns and establishing protected areas. WiLDCOAST was founded in 2000 in order to protect some of the most ecologically important coastal wildlands, islands and marine areas that remain in California and Baja California. Since its inception, WiLDCOAST has successfully protected more than one million acres of coastal wildlands and halted the development plans of illegal mega-resorts throughout the Baja California Peninsula and the Sea of Cortez. Through its innovative conservation campaigns, WiLDCOAST has brought critical attention to pressing environmental issues in the Californias.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

92.56Overall score
out of 100

89.48Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,695,948

Total expenses · USD$2,120,052

Program expenses

$1,763,883.26 recorded amount

83.2%

Fundraising expenses

$72,081.77 recorded amount

3.4%

Administrative expenses

$281,966.92 recorded amount

13.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.02 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: Serge Dedina
Recorded compensation: $117,601.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 5.54%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for WILDCOAST
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Environment
`description` Mission & description	WiLDCOAST protects and preserves coastal ecosystems and wildlife in the Californias and Latin America by building grassroots support, conducting media campaigns and establishing protected areas. WiLDCOAST was founded in 2000 in order to protect some of the most ecologically important coastal wildlands, islands and marine areas that remain in California and Baja California. Since its inception, WiLDCOAST has successfully protected more than one million acres of coastal wildlands and halted the development plans of illegal mega-resorts throughout the Baja California Peninsula and the Sea of Cortez. Through its innovative conservation campaigns, WiLDCOAST has brought critical attention to pressing environmental issues in the Californias.
`ein` EIN	77-0536297
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2120052.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.133
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.02
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.034
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8320000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	89.48
`leader` Recorded leader	Serge Dedina
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	117601.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0554
`motto` Tagline	Protecting and preserving coastal ecosystems and wildlife in the California's and Latin America
`name` Charity name	WILDCOAST
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2695948.0
`score` Overall score	92.56
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Environmental Protection and Conservation
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1763883.2640000002
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	72081.76800000001
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	281966.916

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 77-0536297
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.