diabetes charities

I don't support the American Diabetes Association because they give too much outdated advice (for better information see Blood Sugar 101). But these figures from David Mendosa are interesting:

Of funds that the Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation raises, in fact 92.2 percent goes to program services and only 6.5 percent for fund raising. Its highest paid officer earned $93,221 in the most recent year for which data are available.

The ADA by comparison puts 76.2 percent of the funds that it raises into programs, spending 20.2 percent of its income on fund raising. The ADA rewarded its CEO with a salary of $383,843 in the most recent year for which data are available.

The JDRF comes close to the Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation in the percentage that goes to program services, 86.1 percent and in the small amount for fund raising, 6.7 percent. However, its CEO is certainly well compensated, taking home $616,875 in the most recent year for which data are available.

The Diabetes Research Institute Foundation has good fund-raising numbers too. Of the funds that it raises 83.2 percent goes to program services and only 11.1 percent to fund raising. Its CEO did earn a handsome $446,373 in the most recent year for which data are available.

The Joslin Diabetes Center used 80.2 percent of the funds raised for program services and only 4.9 percent for fund raising. Great numbers. But it also paid its top people awfully well, one of them taking home $660,569 in the most recent year for which data are available.