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American Heart Association

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Live a Long and Healthy Life

The American Heart Association is the nation's oldest and largest voluntary organization dedicated to fighting heart disease and stroke.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

88.07Overall score
out of 100

83.62Financial 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$851,806,734

Total expenses · USD$827,059,831

Program expenses

$665,783,163.96 recorded amount

80.5%

Fundraising expenses

$100,901,299.38 recorded amount

12.2%

Administrative expenses

$58,721,248.00 recorded amount

7.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.15 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: Nancy A. Brown
Recorded compensation: $1,598,691.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.19%

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

Exact source strings are retained below, including numeric precision. A blank value is marked as not reported; zero remains zero.

All 23 original fields for American Heart Association
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Health
`description` Mission & description	The American Heart Association is the nation's oldest and largest voluntary organization dedicated to fighting heart disease and stroke.
`ein` EIN	13-5613797
`tot_exp` Total expenses	827059831.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.071
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.15
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.122
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.805
`fscore` Financial score	83.62
`leader` Recorded leader	Nancy A. Brown
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	1598691.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0019
`motto` Tagline	Live a Long and Healthy Life
`name` Charity name	American Heart Association
`tot_rev` Total revenue	851806734.0
`score` Overall score	88.07
`state` State code	TX
`subcategory` Subcategory	Diseases, Disorders, and Disciplines
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	665783163.955
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	100901299.382
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	58721248.000999995

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 13-5613797
Source category: Health
Source subcategory: Diseases, Disorders, and Disciplines
Recorded location: Texas (TX)
Expense-based size: Large
Above $13.5M in total expenses · source label: big

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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.