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BrightFocus Foundation

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Cure in Mind. Cure in Sight.

BrightFocus funds exceptional scientific research worldwide to defeat Alzheimer's disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma and provides expert information on these heartbreaking diseases.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

82.58Overall score
out of 100

75.56Financial score
out of 100

97.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$34,904,505

Total expenses · USD$35,815,491

Program expenses

$25,608,076.06 recorded amount

71.5%

Fundraising expenses

$6,733,312.31 recorded amount

18.8%

Administrative expenses

$3,402,471.65 recorded amount

9.5%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.20 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: Stacy Pagos Haller
Recorded compensation: $395,786.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.10%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for BrightFocus Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	97.0
`category` Category	Health
`description` Mission & description	BrightFocus funds exceptional scientific research worldwide to defeat Alzheimer's disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma and provides expert information on these heartbreaking diseases.
`ein` EIN	23-7337229
`tot_exp` Total expenses	35815491.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.095
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.2
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.188
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.715
`fscore` Financial score	75.56
`leader` Recorded leader	Stacy Pagos Haller
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	395786.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.011000000000000001
`motto` Tagline	Cure in Mind. Cure in Sight.
`name` Charity name	BrightFocus Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	34904505.0
`score` Overall score	82.58
`state` State code	MD
`subcategory` Subcategory	Medical Research
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	25608076.064999998
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	6733312.308
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	3402471.645

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 23-7337229
Source category: Health
Source subcategory: Medical Research
Recorded location: Maryland (MD)
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.