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Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Eliminating pediatric cancer and providing hope and support to those who are touched by it

Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation is a national organization founded in 1992 and has been actively contributing to children stricken with cancer. Bear Necessities' mission is to eliminate pediatric cancer and to provide hope and support to those who are touched by it. The foundation has two main programs: the Bear Hugs Program is designed to brighten the lives of pediatric cancer patients by granting special requests to them and to ease the burdens of the families through assistance with some of the immediate needs that they may be facing while fighting this physically, emotionally, and financially devastating disease. Each year the Bear Discoveries program awards medical research grants nationally, primarily to junior investigative researchers who make meaningful advancements and discoveries towards finding a cure and therapies for various types of pediatric cancer.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

81.66Overall score
out of 100

74.07Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,889,260

Total expenses · USD$1,914,328

Program expenses

$1,422,345.70 recorded amount

74.3%

Fundraising expenses

$379,036.94 recorded amount

19.8%

Administrative expenses

$111,031.02 recorded amount

5.8%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.18 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Kathleen Casey
Recorded compensation: $119,393.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 6.23%

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All 23 original fields for Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Health
`description` Mission & description	Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation is a national organization founded in 1992 and has been actively contributing to children stricken with cancer. Bear Necessities' mission is to eliminate pediatric cancer and to provide hope and support to those who are touched by it. The foundation has two main programs: the Bear Hugs Program is designed to brighten the lives of pediatric cancer patients by granting special requests to them and to ease the burdens of the families through assistance with some of the immediate needs that they may be facing while fighting this physically, emotionally, and financially devastating disease. Each year the Bear Discoveries program awards medical research grants nationally, primarily to junior investigative researchers who make meaningful advancements and discoveries towards finding a cure and therapies for various types of pediatric cancer.
`ein` EIN	36-3874655
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1914328.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.057999999999999996
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.18
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.198
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.743
`fscore` Financial score	74.07
`leader` Recorded leader	Kathleen Casey
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	119393.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0623
`motto` Tagline	Eliminating pediatric cancer and providing hope and support to those who are touched by it
`name` Charity name	Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1889260.0
`score` Overall score	81.66
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Patient and Family Support
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1422345.704
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	379036.944
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	111031.02399999999

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 36-3874655
Source category: Health
Source subcategory: Patient and Family Support
Recorded location: Illinois (IL)
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.