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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

EIN 04-2263040Health Massachusetts Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Discover. Care. Believe.

Founded in 1947, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute provides expert, compassionate care to children and adults with cancer while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. Since 1948, the Jimmy Fund has supported the fight against cancer in children and adults at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, helping to raise the chances of survival for cancer patients around the world. The Institute employs about 4,000 people supporting more than 250,000 patient visits a year, is involved in some 700 clinical trials, and is internationally renowned for its blending of research and clinical excellence.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

92.74Overall score
out of 100

92.50Financial score
out of 100

93.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,495,111,225

Total expenses · USD$1,528,239,259

Program expenses

$1,334,152,873.11 recorded amount

87.3%

Fundraising expenses

$35,149,502.96 recorded amount

2.3%

Administrative expenses

$157,408,643.68 recorded amount

10.3%

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: Laurie Glimcher
Recorded compensation: $660,218.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.04%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	93.0
`category` Category	Health
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1947, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute provides expert, compassionate care to children and adults with cancer while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. Since 1948, the Jimmy Fund has supported the fight against cancer in children and adults at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, helping to raise the chances of survival for cancer patients around the world. The Institute employs about 4,000 people supporting more than 250,000 patient visits a year, is involved in some 700 clinical trials, and is internationally renowned for its blending of research and clinical excellence.
`ein` EIN	04-2263040
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1528239259.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.10300000000000001
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.06
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.023
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.873
`fscore` Financial score	92.5
`leader` Recorded leader	Laurie Glimcher
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	660218.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0004
`motto` Tagline	Discover. Care. Believe.
`name` Charity name	Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1495111225.0
`score` Overall score	92.74
`state` State code	MA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Medical Research
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	1334152873.107
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	35149502.957
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	157408643.67700002

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 04-2263040
Source category: Health
Source subcategory: Medical Research
Recorded location: Massachusetts (MA)
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.