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DIFFA

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Mobilizing the resources of the design community to hundreds of AIDS service organizations

DIFFA (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS) is one of the country's largest supporters of direct care for people living with HIV/AIDS and preventive education for those at risk. Merging care and commerce, supporters of DIFFA come from all fields of fine design and the visual arts, including: architecture, fashion design, interior design, photography and consumer product design. Since being founded in 1984 by Patricia Green and Larry Pond, DIFFA has granted funds to organizations which fight AIDS by providing: preventive education programs targeted to populations at risk of infection; treatment and direct-care services for people living with HIV/AIDS; and public policy initiatives which add resources to private sector efforts.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

79.35Overall score
out of 100

70.80Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,978,761

Total expenses · USD$2,754,888

Program expenses

$1,705,275.67 recorded amount

61.9%

Fundraising expenses

$647,398.68 recorded amount

23.5%

Administrative expenses

$396,703.87 recorded amount

14.4%

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: Johanna Osburn
Recorded compensation: $130,602.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 4.74%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for DIFFA
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Health
`description` Mission & description	DIFFA (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS) is one of the country's largest supporters of direct care for people living with HIV/AIDS and preventive education for those at risk. Merging care and commerce, supporters of DIFFA come from all fields of fine design and the visual arts, including: architecture, fashion design, interior design, photography and consumer product design. Since being founded in 1984 by Patricia Green and Larry Pond, DIFFA has granted funds to organizations which fight AIDS by providing: preventive education programs targeted to populations at risk of infection; treatment and direct-care services for people living with HIV/AIDS; and public policy initiatives which add resources to private sector efforts.
`ein` EIN	13-3224150
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2754888.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.14400000000000002
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.2
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.235
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.619
`fscore` Financial score	70.8
`leader` Recorded leader	Johanna Osburn
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	130602.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.047400000000000005
`motto` Tagline	Mobilizing the resources of the design community to hundreds of AIDS service organizations
`name` Charity name	DIFFA
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2978761.0
`score` Overall score	79.35
`state` State code	NY
`subcategory` Subcategory	Diseases, Disorders, and Disciplines
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1705275.672
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	647398.6799999999
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	396703.87200000003

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 13-3224150
Source category: Health
Source subcategory: Diseases, Disorders, and Disciplines
Recorded location: New York (NY)
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.