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Posts tagged ‘Research and the JDRF’

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Apr

Where Does $100 to JDRF Go (2021)

JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) claims to be the “leading global organization funding Type 1 diabetes research” which would appear to mean that JDRF is either awarding most revenue raised to research grants or conducting the research themselves, neither of which seems to be the case.

So, if you donated $100 to JDRF in 2021, how were those dollars spent?  The short answer is that that only $13 was awarded in grants and $2 in outreach fees, about $34 was used to compensate employees, pay office expenses, fees and advertising and promotion costs, and about $50 was allocated to the general fund (think savings account as JDRF appears to be more focused on growing their endowment than allocating funds to research). Read more »