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Les Turner ALS Foundation

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Care Community Cure

Founded in 1977, the Les Turner ALS Foundation is the leader in comprehensive ALS care in Chicagoland. Although we're one of the largest independent ALS groups in the country, we treat each person like family and we're committed to supporting them every step of the way. Our individualized approach ensures each person living with the disease receives the best quality of care, and our local community of support provides their loved ones with answers and encouragement. Our Les Turner ALS Center at Northwestern Medicine is led by the most well-respected and successful clinicians and researchers in the field, advancing vital care and research in pursuit of life-enhancing treatments and a cure.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

85.71Overall score
out of 100

79.80Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,391,944

Total expenses · USD$2,469,145

Program expenses

$2,081,489.23 recorded amount

84.3%

Fundraising expenses

$160,494.43 recorded amount

6.5%

Administrative expenses

$224,692.20 recorded amount

9.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.07 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Andrea Pauls Backman
Recorded compensation: $181,000.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 7.33%

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All 23 original fields for Les Turner ALS Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Health
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1977, the Les Turner ALS Foundation is the leader in comprehensive ALS care in Chicagoland. Although we're one of the largest independent ALS groups in the country, we treat each person like family and we're committed to supporting them every step of the way. Our individualized approach ensures each person living with the disease receives the best quality of care, and our local community of support provides their loved ones with answers and encouragement. Our Les Turner ALS Center at Northwestern Medicine is led by the most well-respected and successful clinicians and researchers in the field, advancing vital care and research in pursuit of life-enhancing treatments and a cure.
`ein` EIN	36-2916466
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2469145.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.091
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.07
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.065
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.843
`fscore` Financial score	79.8
`leader` Recorded leader	Andrea Pauls Backman
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	181000.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0733
`motto` Tagline	Care Community Cure
`name` Charity name	Les Turner ALS Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2391944.0
`score` Overall score	85.71
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Diseases, Disorders, and Disciplines
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2081489.2349999999
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	160494.42500000002
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	224692.195

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 36-2916466
Source category: Health
Source subcategory: Diseases, Disorders, and Disciplines
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.