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National Foundation for Transplants

EIN 58-1527254Health Tennessee Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Raising Hope. Changing Lives.

National Foundation for Transplants (NFT) offers hope to transplant patients by helping them overcome financial obstacles that may prevent or delay their lifesaving transplants. NFT provides advocacy, fundraising expertise and grants to organ and tissue transplant patients for medical care, medications and travel needs they otherwise could not afford. Founded in 1983, NFT has generated more than $56 million to help patients during their transplant journey. NFT serves solid organ and tissue transplant patients in all 50 states and U.S. territories.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

90.69Overall score
out of 100

92.79Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$4,003,249

Total expenses · USD$3,529,484

Program expenses

$3,194,183.02 recorded amount

90.5%

Fundraising expenses

$120,002.46 recorded amount

3.4%

Administrative expenses

$208,239.56 recorded amount

5.9%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.03 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Michelle Gilchrist
Recorded compensation: $146,640.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 4.15%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for National Foundation for Transplants
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Health
`description` Mission & description	National Foundation for Transplants (NFT) offers hope to transplant patients by helping them overcome financial obstacles that may prevent or delay their lifesaving transplants. NFT provides advocacy, fundraising expertise and grants to organ and tissue transplant patients for medical care, medications and travel needs they otherwise could not afford. Founded in 1983, NFT has generated more than $56 million to help patients during their transplant journey. NFT serves solid organ and tissue transplant patients in all 50 states and U.S. territories.
`ein` EIN	58-1527254
`tot_exp` Total expenses	3529484.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.059000000000000004
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.03
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.034
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.905
`fscore` Financial score	92.79
`leader` Recorded leader	Michelle Gilchrist
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	146640.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0415
`motto` Tagline	Raising Hope. Changing Lives.
`name` Charity name	National Foundation for Transplants
`tot_rev` Total revenue	4003249.0
`score` Overall score	90.69
`state` State code	TN
`subcategory` Subcategory	Patient and Family Support
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	3194183.02
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	120002.456
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	208239.556

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 58-1527254
Source category: Health
Source subcategory: Patient and Family Support
Recorded location: Tennessee (TN)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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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.