Charity profile · Historical source record

Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer

EIN 35-2058177Health Indiana Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Hoping for a future free from breast cancer

Founded in 1998, the Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer is committed to funding breast cancer research. The mission of the foundation is to raise funds for breast cancer research to find a cure and to improve the lives of the many affected by this disease. Currently, we fund research at the Vera Bradley Foundation Center for Breast Cancer Research at the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, Indiana. Knowing that cancer will not be cured in a vacuum, members of our team are well known worldwide for their collaborative approach. It's this sharing of information, talents and resources that will accelerate the pace of research.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

80.93Overall score
out of 100

75.39Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & 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$2,596,641

Total expenses · USD$2,496,199

Program expenses

$2,316,472.67 recorded amount

92.8%

Fundraising expenses

$67,397.37 recorded amount

2.7%

Administrative expenses

$107,336.56 recorded amount

4.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.03 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: Lynda Houk
Recorded compensation: $0.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.00%

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 Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Health
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1998, the Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer is committed to funding breast cancer research. The mission of the foundation is to raise funds for breast cancer research to find a cure and to improve the lives of the many affected by this disease. Currently, we fund research at the Vera Bradley Foundation Center for Breast Cancer Research at the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, Indiana. Knowing that cancer will not be cured in a vacuum, members of our team are well known worldwide for their collaborative approach. It's this sharing of information, talents and resources that will accelerate the pace of research.
`ein` EIN	35-2058177
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2496199.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.043
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.03
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.027000000000000003
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.9279999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	75.39
`leader` Recorded leader	Lynda Houk
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	0.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0
`motto` Tagline	Hoping for a future free from breast cancer
`name` Charity name	Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2596641.0
`score` Overall score	80.93
`state` State code	IN
`subcategory` Subcategory	Medical Research
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2316472.672
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	67397.373
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	107336.55699999999

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.