Environmental Educators of North Carolina

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Environmental Educators of North Carolina

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501(c)(3) organization

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https://eenc.org/

150 HIGHLANDS SQUARE DR PMB 1034

Etowah NC 28792-5852

Mail donations to:150 Highlands Sq DrHendersonville NC 28792

919-213-1918

Etowah NC | IRS ruling year: 1991 | EIN: 56-1715308

An EIN is a unique nine-digit number that identifies a business for tax purposes.

Organization Mission

EENC’s mission is to build connections, provide professional development, and promote excellence for North Carolina's community of environmental educators.

Rating Information

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Historical Ratings

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Accountability & Finance

Not Currently Scored

Environmental Educators of North Carolina cannot currently be evaluated by our Accountability & Finance methodology due to only having one year of electronically-filed IRS Form 990 data.

To ensure year-to-year consistency the Encompass Rating System's Accountability & Finance beacon analyzes the three-year average of some data provided through the IRS 990.

Charity Navigator currently only has one year of consecutive e-filed Forms 990 from the IRS for Environmental Educators of North Carolina under the EIN: 56-1715308.

Before Charity Navigator can evaluate Environmental Educators of North Carolina, Environmental Educators of North Carolina will need to e-file for additional fiscal years.

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Additional Information

Total Revenue and Expenses - No Data Available

No Data Available

Revenue and expense data is not available for this organization. This data is only available if this organization has at least one year of electronically-filed Form 990 data filed within the last $six years.

Salary of Key Persons - No Data Available

No Data Available

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IRS Published Data (Business Master File) - Data Available

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

Foundation Status:

Organization that normally receives no more than one-third of its support from gross investment income and unrelated business income and at the same time more than one-third of its support from contributions, fees, and gross receipts related to exempt purposes. 509(a)(2) (BMF foundation code: 16)

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)

Data Sources (IRS Forms 990) - Data Available

The Form 990 is a document that nonprofit organizations file with the IRS annually. We leverage accountability and finance 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 (Environmental Educators of North Carolina) or EIN (561715308) in the 'Search Term' field.

Culture & Community

Score

87

This beacon provides an assessment of the organization's culture and connectedness to the community it serves.

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Assessments

Constituent Feedback

Unscored

0% of Culture & Community score

Equity Strategies™

87 out of 100 points

100% of Culture & Community score

Full Credit

Partial Credit

No Credit

Equity Strategies™ - Number of Data, Policies & Processes

87 out of 100 points

This organization has not provided information regarding the Equity Practices it is presently implementing. As such, the organization has not earned a score on this metric.

Leadership & Adaptability

Score

100

This beacon provides an assessment of the organization's leadership capacity, strategic thinking and planning, and ability to innovate or respond to changes in constituent demand/need or other relevant social and economic conditions to achieve the organization's mission.

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Strategy

40 out of 40 points

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Partial Credit

No Credit

Mission Statement

10 out of 10 points

The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking through articulating the organization's mission.

EENC’s mission is to build connections, provide professional development, and promote excellence for North Carolina's community of environmental educators.

Vision Statement

10 out of 10 points

The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking through articulating the organization's vision.

EENC envisions a future in which: -Individuals across all NC communities are empowered by their kno

Strategic Goals

20 out of 20 points

The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking and goal setting through sharing their most important strategic goals.

Goal One: Advocacy for the Field of Environmental Education

Goal Two: Partnerships for Building Capacity to Advance Environmental Education

Goal Three: Increase Recognition of EENC as a Go-To Resource for Environmental Educators

Leadership

30 out of 30 points

Full Credit

Partial Credit

No Credit

Investment in Leadership Development

15 out of 15 points

The nonprofit provides evidence of investment in leadership development.

Attendance at the North American Association for Environmental Education's 2022 ee360 Leadership Clinic. EENC's representatives dug into some deep planning for the organization, and also got to share EENC’s experiences and lessons learned with other Affiliates, and participate in sessions with experts on communications, fundraising, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. This leadership clinic inspired EENC to explore shared leadership models, explicitly map out power and decisionmaking in our leadership, and develop a multi-year staffing plan that outlines a gradual plan to shift core operations from the working board to paid staff.

External Focus on Mobilizing Mission

15 out of 15 points

The nonprofit provides evidence of leadership through focusing externally and mobilizing resources for the mission.

Strategic Partnerships
Collaborative Engagement
Thought Leadership
Social Promotion
Civic Engagement
Public Policy Advocacy

Adaptability

30 out of 30 points

Full Credit

Partial Credit

No Credit

Adaptability Statement

30 out of 30 points

The nonprofit has an opportunity to tell the story of how the organization adapted to tremendous external changes in the last year.

In 2022, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NC DPI) initiated the process of revising our state’s science standards. During the last K-12 Science Standard Course of Study revision in 2010, many elements of environmental literacy were incorporated into the standards, so EENC knew it was essential to engage our community in this process to protect and strengthen that connection. In late May, NC DPI announced the first phase: a public “stakeholder survey” to gather feedback on the existing standards. EENC immediately crafted news articles and emails encouraging the EE community to participate. Then in November, NC DPI released the first draft of the new science standards for public review. EENC rapidly compiled all the standards into a preview document and co-hosted a working session with our partners at the NC Office of Environmental Education and Public Affairs to gather comments across the range of expertise of the EE community. EENC then distributed this widely and asked educators to individually submit this collective feedback to amplify our community's priorities. Building on the success of this initial advocacy, EENC plans to continue to inform and engage our community in each opportunity for public feedback. Once those standards are released in 2023, EENC will work to ensure that all educators in our state are aware of the changes and will provide training and resources so that educators understand how environmental education supports high-quality science instruction.

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Rating Information

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Rating Report

Additional Information

87

Assessments

Constituent Feedback

Unscored

Equity Strategies™

87 out of 100 points

100

Strategy

40 out of 40 points

Leadership

30 out of 30 points

Adaptability

30 out of 30 points