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American Lung Association, National Headquarters

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Fighting For Air

The American Lung Association is the leading organization working to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease, through research, education and advocacy. The work of the American Lung Association is focused on four strategic imperatives: to defeat lung cancer; to improve the air we breathe; to reduce the burden of lung disease on individuals and their families; and to eliminate tobacco use and tobacco-related diseases. The American Lung Association has many programs and initiatives to fight lung disease. Among these are: LUNG FORCE, Freedom From Smoking, Asthma Basics, Better Breathers Clubs, Lung HelpLine, Open Airways For Schools, the Healthy Air Campaign, the Airways Clinical Research Centers Network and other programs encompassing research, healthy air, tobacco control and cessation, public/professional education and lung health advocacy.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

83.94Overall score
out of 100

77.50Financial score
out of 100

97.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$43,217,650

Total expenses · USD$39,339,462

Program expenses

$36,664,378.58 recorded amount

93.2%

Fundraising expenses

$432,734.08 recorded amount

1.1%

Administrative expenses

$2,163,670.41 recorded amount

5.5%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.04 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: Harold Wimmer
Recorded compensation: $414,519.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.05%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for American Lung Association, National Headquarters
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	97.0
`category` Category	Health
`description` Mission & description	The American Lung Association is the leading organization working to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease, through research, education and advocacy. The work of the American Lung Association is focused on four strategic imperatives: to defeat lung cancer; to improve the air we breathe; to reduce the burden of lung disease on individuals and their families; and to eliminate tobacco use and tobacco-related diseases. The American Lung Association has many programs and initiatives to fight lung disease. Among these are: LUNG FORCE, Freedom From Smoking, Asthma Basics, Better Breathers Clubs, Lung HelpLine, Open Airways For Schools, the Healthy Air Campaign, the Airways Clinical Research Centers Network and other programs encompassing research, healthy air, tobacco control and cessation, public/professional education and lung health advocacy.
`ein` EIN	13-1632524
`tot_exp` Total expenses	39339462.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.055
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.04
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.011000000000000001
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.932
`fscore` Financial score	77.5
`leader` Recorded leader	Harold Wimmer
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	414519.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0105
`motto` Tagline	Fighting For Air
`name` Charity name	American Lung Association, National Headquarters
`tot_rev` Total revenue	43217650.0
`score` Overall score	83.94
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Diseases, Disorders, and Disciplines
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	36664378.584
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	432734.08200000005
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	2163670.41

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 13-1632524
Source category: Health
Source subcategory: Diseases, Disorders, and Disciplines
Recorded location: Illinois (IL)
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.