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AORN Foundation

EIN 84-1193583Health Colorado Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Advancing patient safety

The mission of the AORN Foundation is to advance patient safety by supporting nurses who make surgery safe through education, research and patient safety initiatives. The philanthropic arm of AORN, the Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that funds: academic scholarships; research grants; professional development scholarships; patient safety resources such as tool kits, webinars, and seminar series. The AORN Foundation impacts over 45,000 perioperative nurses and the patients they serve on a daily basis.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

87.08Overall score
out of 100

96.89Financial score
out of 100

82.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,676,692

Total expenses · USD$1,800,377

Program expenses

$1,593,333.65 recorded amount

88.5%

Fundraising expenses

$113,423.75 recorded amount

6.3%

Administrative expenses

$91,819.23 recorded amount

5.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.06 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Twilla Barlow
Recorded compensation: $151,829.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 8.43%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for AORN Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	82.0
`category` Category	Health
`description` Mission & description	The mission of the AORN Foundation is to advance patient safety by supporting nurses who make surgery safe through education, research and patient safety initiatives. The philanthropic arm of AORN, the Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that funds: academic scholarships; research grants; professional development scholarships; patient safety resources such as tool kits, webinars, and seminar series. The AORN Foundation impacts over 45,000 perioperative nurses and the patients they serve on a daily basis.
`ein` EIN	84-1193583
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1800377.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.051
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.06
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.063
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.885
`fscore` Financial score	96.89
`leader` Recorded leader	Twilla Barlow
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	151829.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0843
`motto` Tagline	Advancing patient safety
`name` Charity name	AORN Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1676692.0
`score` Overall score	87.08
`state` State code	CO
`subcategory` Subcategory	Treatment and Prevention Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1593333.645
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	113423.751
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	91819.227

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 84-1193583
Source category: Health
Source subcategory: Treatment and Prevention Services
Recorded location: Colorado (CO)
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.