Mongabay
Mongabay
1259 EL CAMINO REAL 150
Menlo Park CA 94025-4208
Menlo Park CA | IRS ruling year: 2012 | EIN: 45-3714703
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1259 EL CAMINO REAL 150
Menlo Park CA 94025-4208
Menlo Park CA | IRS ruling year: 2012 | EIN: 45-3714703
PROVIDING NEWS AND INFORMATION FROM NATURE'S FRONTLINE WITH DAILY, GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS.
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This charity's score is 100%, earning it a Four-Star rating. If this organization aligns with your passions and values, you can give with confidence.
This overall score is calculated entirely from a single beacon score: 100% Accountability & Finance. Learn more about our criteria and methodology.
We recognize that not all metrics and beacons equally predict a charity’s success. The percentage each beacon contributes to the organization’s overall rating depends on the number of beacons an organization has earned.
Use the tool below to select different beacons to see how the weighting shifts when only one, two, or three beacons are earned.
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The IRS is significantly delayed in processing nonprofits' annual tax filings (Forms 990). As a result, the Accountability & Finance score for Mongabay is outdated and the overall rating may not be representative of its current operations. Please check with the charity directly for any questions you may have.
Mongabay has earned a 100% for the Accountability & Finance beacon. See the metrics below for more information.
This beacon provides an assessment of a charity's financial health (financial efficiency, sustainability, and trustworthiness) and its commitment to governance practices and policies.
This Accountability & Finance score represents IRS Form 990 data up until FY 2019, which is the most recent Form 990 currently available to us.
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Charity Navigator looks for at least 3 board members, with more than 50% of those members identified as independent (not salaried).
The presence of an independent governing body is strongly recommended by many industry professionals to allow for full deliberation and diversity of thinking on governance and other organizational matters.
Source: IRS Form 990
An Audit, Review, or Compilation provides important information about financial accountability and accuracy. Organizations are scored based on their Total Revenue Amount:
Total Revenue Amount | Expectation to Receive Credit |
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$1 million or higher | Expected to complete an audit |
$500,000 - $1 million | Expected to complete an audit, review, or compilation |
Less than $500,000 | No expectation (removed from scoring methodology) |
Source: IRS Form 990
Charity Navigator looks for the existence of a conflict of interest policy on the Form 990 as an accountability and transparency measure.
This policy protects the organization and by extension those it serves, when it is considering entering into a transaction that may benefit the private interest of an officer, director and/or key employee of the organization.
Source: IRS Form 990
Charity Navigator looks to confirm on the Form 990 that the organization has this process in place as an accountability and transparency measure.
An official record of the events that take place during a board meeting ensures that a contemporaneous document exists for future reference.
Source: IRS Form 990
Charity Navigator looks for the existence of a document retention and destruction policy per the Form 990 as an accountability and transparency measure.
This policy establishes guidelines for the handling, backing up, archiving and destruction of documents. These guidelines foster good record keeping procedures that promote data integrity.
Source: IRS Form 990
Charity Navigator looks for the existence of a whistleblower policy per the Form 990 as an accountability and transparency measure.
This policy outlines procedures for handling employee complaints, as well as a confidential way for employees to report financial or other types of mismanagement.
Source: IRS Form 990
Charity Navigator looks for a website on the Form 990 as an accountability and transparency metric.
Nonprofits act in the public trust and reporting publicly on activities is an important component.
Source: IRS Form 990
The Liabilities to Assets Ratio is determined by Total Liabilities divided by Total Assets (most recent 990). This ratio is an indicator of an organization’s solvency and/or long-term sustainability.
Liabilities to Assets Ratio | Amount of Credit Received |
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Less than 50% | Full Credit |
50% - 59.9% | Partial Credit |
60% or more | No Credit |
Source: IRS Form 990
The Program Expense Ratio is determined by Program Expenses divided by Total Expense (average of most recent three 990s). This measure reflects the percent of its total expenses a charity spends on the programs and services it exists to deliver.
Program Expense Percentage | Amount of Credit Received |
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70% or higher | Full Credit |
60% - 69.9% | Partial Credit |
50% - 59.9% | Zero Points for Program Expense Score |
Below 50% | Zero Points for Both Program Expense AND Liabilities to Assets Scores |
Source: IRS Form 990
This chart displays the trend of revenue and expenses over the past several years for this organization, as reported on their IRS Form 990.
Presented here are up to five of this organization's highest compensated employees. This compensation data includes salary, cash bonuses, and expense accounts and is displayed exactly how it is reported to the IRS. The amounts do not include nontaxable benefits, deferred compensation, or other amounts not reported on Form W-2. In some cases, these amounts may include compensation from related organizations. Read the IRS policies for compensation reporting
Source: IRS Form 990 (page 7), filing year 2019
Below are some key data points from the Exempt Organization IRS Business Master File (BMF) for this organization. Learn more about the BMF on the IRS website
Activities:
Activity data not reported from the IRS
Foundation Status:
Organization which receives a substantial part of its support from a governmental unit or the general public 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) (BMF foundation code: 15)
Affiliation:
Independent - the organization is an independent organization or an independent auxiliary (i.e., not affiliated with a National, Regional, or Geographic grouping of organizations). (BMF affiliation code: 3)
The Form 990 is a document that nonprofit organizations file with the IRS annually. We leverage finance and accountability data from it to form Encompass ratings. Click here to search for this organization's Forms 990 on the IRS website (if any are available). Simply enter the organization's name (Mongabay) or EIN (453714703) in the 'Search Term' field.
Not Currently Scored
Mongabay cannot currently be evaluated by our Impact & Results methodology because either (A) it is eligible, but we have not yet received data; (B) we have not yet developed an algorithm to estimate its programmatic impact; (C) its programs are not direct services; or (D) it is not heavily reliant on contributions from individual donors.
Note: The absence of a score does not indicate a positive or negative assessment, it only indicates that we have not yet evaluated the organization.
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Mongabay reported its two largest programs on its FY 2019 Form 990 as:
Spent in most recent FY
Percent of program expenses
MONGABAY NEWSOVERALL, MONGABAY EXPERIENCED STRONG GROWTH IN READERSHIP, INFLUENCE AND IMPACT IN 2019. MONGABAY DELIVERS ITS JOURNALISM IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES, PRIORITIZING CONTENT IN REGIONS FACING ACU ... (More)
MONGABAY NEWSOVERALL, MONGABAY EXPERIENCED STRONG GROWTH IN READERSHIP, INFLUENCE AND IMPACT IN 2019. MONGABAY DELIVERS ITS JOURNALISM IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES, PRIORITIZING CONTENT IN REGIONS FACING ACUTE THREATS. MONGABAY IS ABLE TO PRIORITIZE TOPIC SELECTION THANKS TO A NETWORK OF ROUGHLY 500 CONTRIBUTORS IN AROUND 70 COUNTRIES WHO ARE LOCALLY BASED AND THEREFORE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, UNDERSTAND AND REPORT ON SUCH COMPLEX ISSUES. MONGABAY ALSO ADDS CONSIDERABLE DEPTH AND RELEVANCE TO THESE STORIES THROUGH INNOVATIVE USE OF DIGITAL MEDIA TOOLS INCLUDING VIDEO, PODCASTS, DATA VISUALIZATION AND SOCIAL MEDIA TO ENGAGE A WIDE RANGE OF AUDIENCES. MONGABAY CELEBRATED ITS 20TH YEAR IN 2019 WITH RECORD TRAFFIC AND STORY PRODUCTION AS WELL AS EXPANSION INTO NEW MARKETS, INCLUDING BRAZIL, SRI LANKA, THE PHILIPPINES, MADAGASCAR, AND THE AFRICAN CONTINENT. MONGABAY'S GLOBAL TRAFFIC INCREASED 35% INCREASE OVER 2018, AMOUNTING TO OVER 100 MILLION PAGEVIEWS FOR THE YEAR. MONGABAY PRODUCED MORE THAN 4,800 ARTICLES AND 800 VIDEOS. MONGABAY-GLOBAL IN 2019, OUR FLAGSHIP ENGLISH NEWS SITE EXPERIENCED A 107% INCREASE IN USERS OVER 2018. WE COVERED STORIES IN 140 COUNTRIES. MONGABAY DEDICATED A LOT OF ATTENTION IN 2019 TO BRAZIL GIVEN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF JAIR BOLSONARO, COUPLED WITH THE DEVASTATING FIRES. OUR 2019 COVERAGE WAS BOLSTERED WITH THE GROWTH OF OUR EDITORIAL TEAM IN BRAZIL, INCLUDING THE HIRING OF BOTH A CONTRIBUTING EDITOR AND BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE EDITOR. AS SOON FIRES BEGAN TO BURN THROUGH THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON, MONGABAY WAS ON THE FRONTLINES COVERING EVERYTHING FROM THE SCOPE AND CAUSE OF THE FIRES TO THEIR SOCIAL AND ECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS. MONGABAY WAS THE FIRST MEDIA OUTLET TO PUBLISH NEAR REAL-TIME SATELLITE IMAGES OF THE FIRES, AND DID SO WITH A CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSE SO THEY COULD BE USED IN OTHER NEWS OUTLETS. THESE IMAGES CAPTURED THE WORLD'S ATTENTION, AND ALONG WITH OUR EXCLUSIVE ON RECENT RESEARCH, OFFERED INSIGHT INTO WHAT IS FUELING THE FIRES. OUR COVERAGE TOOK READERS BEYOND THE IMMEDIATE PANIC AND PUT THE 2019 FIRES IN PERSPECTIVE. REFLECTIVE OF MONGABAY'S RESPECTED STATURE AND EXPERTISE IN SCIENCE JOURNALISM, WE BECAME A GO-TO SOURCE OF INFORMATION, WITH MONGABAY EXPERTS INTERVIEWED BY DOZENS OF TV, RADIO, AND PRINT OUTLETS. BEYOND BRAZIL, MONGABAY CONTINUED TO PRODUCE IN-DEPTH COVERAGE FOR SEVERAL LONG-RUNNING SPECIAL REPORTING PROJECTS ON PALM OIL, TROPICAL FORESTS, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND FISHERIES MANAGEMENT, AMONG OTHERS. THE INDONESIA FOR SALE SERIES, PRODUCED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GECKO PROJECT, GARNERED A LOT OF ATTENTION AND RECEIVED RECOGNITION FROM THE SOCIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISTS AND THE FETISOV JOURNALISM AWARDS. MONGABAY-INDONESIA MONGABAY-INDONESIA CELEBRATED ITS EIGHTH BIRTHDAY IN 2019 AND REGISTERED NEARLY 10 MILLION USERS, A RECORD FOR THE SITE. TO CAPITALIZE ON GROWING VIDEO CONSUMPTION IN INDONESIA, MONGABAY-INDONESIA BEGAN PRODUCING SHORT-FORM VIDEOS ON A REGULAR BASIS. MONGABAY-INDONESIA ALSO CONTINUED A LONG-RUNNING SERIES ON FORESTS, MARINE FISHERIES MANAGEMENT, WILDLIFE CONSERVATION, AND SUCCESS STORIES WHERE COMMUNITY TENURE AND CONTROL OVER FOREST AREAS IS HAVING POSITIVE SOCIAL AND CONSERVATION BENEFITS. MONGABAY-LATAM THE SPANISH-LANGUAGE BUREAU HAD A 59% INCREASE IN USERS, AND WELCOMED THE ADDITION OF A MEXICO CITY-BASED CONTRIBUTING EDITOR. COUPLED WITH A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN ARTICLES PUBLISHED, LATAM ENHANCED REGIONAL ALLIANCES IN BOLIVIA AND CHILE, INCLUDING REPUBLICATION PARTNERSHIPS WITH BIO BIO, EL DESCONCIERTO, EL MERCURIO DE ANTOFAGASTA, AND PGINA SIETE, AND STRENGTHENED RELATIONS WITH EL DEBER VIA A COLLABORATION ON CROSS-BORDER SPECIALS LIKE TIERRA DE RESISTENTES, WHICH TOLD THE STORIES OF ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDERS UNDER THREAT ACROSS LATIN AMERICA. MONGABAY-INDIA OUR MOST RECENTLY ESTABLISHED BUREAU, MONGABAY INDIA, EXPERIENCED A 58% INCREASE IN USERS IN 2019, WITH MAJOR EXPANSION OF ITS SYNDICATION RELATIONSHIPS WITH LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND NATIONAL MEDIA OUTLETS. THESE PARTNERS GREATLY EXPANDED THE REACH OF MONGABAY INDIA'S CONTENT. THE TEAM OF SEVEN CONTINUES TO PROVIDE UNPRECEDENTED COVERAGE IN THE COUNTRY, SUCH AS THE 2019 SERIES ENVIRONMENT AND ELECTIONS, WHICH YIELDED 97 STORIES AND 19 MULTIMEDIA PIECES DETAILING ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES FROM STATES ACROSS INDIA, AND ENVIRONMENT AND HER, WHICH LOOKS AT THE ENVIRONMENT FROM A GENDER PERSPECTIVE. (Less)
Spent in most recent FY
Percent of program expenses
MONGABAY VIDEOTHE ADDITION OF A DIGITAL EDITOR IN MID-2019 WAS INSTRUMENTAL TO THE PRODUCTION OF OVER 800 SHORT-FORM VIDEOS DISSEMINATED MAINLY VIA YOUTUBE AND FACEBOOK. REFLECTIVE OF THE IMPLEMENTATI ... (More)
MONGABAY VIDEOTHE ADDITION OF A DIGITAL EDITOR IN MID-2019 WAS INSTRUMENTAL TO THE PRODUCTION OF OVER 800 SHORT-FORM VIDEOS DISSEMINATED MAINLY VIA YOUTUBE AND FACEBOOK. REFLECTIVE OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A STRATEGIC PUBLISHING SCHEDULE, MONGABAY'S VIDEO (Less)
Mongabay cannot currently be evaluated by our Culture & Community methodology because we have not received data from the charity regarding its Constituent Feedback or Equity Practices strategies.
Note: The absence of a score does not indicate a positive or negative assessment, it only indicates that we have not yet evaluated the organization.
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Mongabay cannot currently be evaluated by our Leadership & Adaptability methodology because we have not received data from the charity regarding its leadership capacity, strategic thinking and planning, and ability to innovate or respond to changes.
Note: The absence of a score does not indicate a positive or negative assessment, it only indicates that we have not yet evaluated the organization.
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