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Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation

EIN 13-1933825Health New York Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Discovering the talent to discover the cure.

To accelerate breakthroughs, the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation provides today's best young scientists with funding to pursue innovative cancer research. We support emerging leaders who have great potential to achieve breakthroughs in how we diagnose, treat and prevent cancer. Our goals are to: Identify the best and brightest early career scientists in cancer research; Accelerate the translation of scientific discoveries into new diagnostic tools and treatments; Enable risk taking on bold new ideas. Since 1946, the Foundation has invested over $250 million in more than 3,350 of the best and brightest scientists in the nation.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

94.78Overall score
out of 100

92.62Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$16,558,922

Total expenses · USD$19,596,662

Program expenses

$17,029,499.28 recorded amount

86.9%

Fundraising expenses

$1,959,666.20 recorded amount

10.0%

Administrative expenses

$587,899.86 recorded amount

3.0%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.16 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Lorraine W. Egan
Recorded compensation: $474,008.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.41%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Health
`description` Mission & description	To accelerate breakthroughs, the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation provides today's best young scientists with funding to pursue innovative cancer research. We support emerging leaders who have great potential to achieve breakthroughs in how we diagnose, treat and prevent cancer. Our goals are to: Identify the best and brightest early career scientists in cancer research; Accelerate the translation of scientific discoveries into new diagnostic tools and treatments; Enable risk taking on bold new ideas. Since 1946, the Foundation has invested over $250 million in more than 3,350 of the best and brightest scientists in the nation.
`ein` EIN	13-1933825
`tot_exp` Total expenses	19596662.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.03
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.16
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.1
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8690000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	92.62
`leader` Recorded leader	Lorraine W. Egan
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	474008.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0241
`motto` Tagline	Discovering the talent to discover the cure.
`name` Charity name	Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	16558922.0
`score` Overall score	94.78
`state` State code	NY
`subcategory` Subcategory	Medical Research
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	17029499.278
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1959666.2000000002
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	587899.86

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 13-1933825
Source category: Health
Source subcategory: Medical Research
Recorded location: New York (NY)
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.