Charity profile · Historical source record

Retina Foundation of the Southwest

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Leading Research . . .Saving Sight

The Retina Foundation of the Southwest (RFSW), founded in 1982, has grown into one of the leading independent vision research centers in the United States, with a staff dedicated to finding the causes, treatments and potential cures for blinding eye diseases. The mission of RFSW is to prevent vision loss and restore sight through innovative research and treatment. Our research scientists are on the cutting edge of technology to understand the intricacy of retinal function and conduct studies for age-related macular degeneration, inherited eye diseases and pediatric eye disorders.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

92.62Overall score
out of 100

89.57Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$4,582,419

Total expenses · USD$3,799,510

Program expenses

$2,986,414.86 recorded amount

78.6%

Fundraising expenses

$303,960.80 recorded amount

8.0%

Administrative expenses

$501,535.32 recorded amount

13.2%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.06 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: Jean Buys
Recorded compensation: $151,000.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.97%

These fields do not establish the current officeholder or current compensation. The metadata does not specify the denominator of the leader compensation percentage. Read with context ↗

Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Retina Foundation of the Southwest
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Health
`description` Mission & description	The Retina Foundation of the Southwest (RFSW), founded in 1982, has grown into one of the leading independent vision research centers in the United States, with a staff dedicated to finding the causes, treatments and potential cures for blinding eye diseases. The mission of RFSW is to prevent vision loss and restore sight through innovative research and treatment. Our research scientists are on the cutting edge of technology to understand the intricacy of retinal function and conduct studies for age-related macular degeneration, inherited eye diseases and pediatric eye disorders.
`ein` EIN	51-0151514
`tot_exp` Total expenses	3799510.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.132
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.06
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.08
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7859999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	89.57
`leader` Recorded leader	Jean Buys
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	151000.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0397
`motto` Tagline	Leading Research . . .Saving Sight
`name` Charity name	Retina Foundation of the Southwest
`tot_rev` Total revenue	4582419.0
`score` Overall score	92.62
`state` State code	TX
`subcategory` Subcategory	Medical Research
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	2986414.86
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	303960.8
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	501535.32

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.