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Name:	Breast Cancer Research Foundation
Address:	60 East 56th Street, 8th Floor
	New York, NY 10022
Phone:	646-497-2600 866-346-3228
Web Address:	www.bcrfcure.org

BCRF meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

BCRF raises funds to support breast cancer research programs. BCRF is committed to ensuring that scientists receive the funding they need to continue with their investigations as it relates to the prevention and cure of breast cancer. BCRF’s research grant program is monitored by scientific advisors who invite proposals each year and review funded projects semi-annually. Scientists who receive BCRF grants work to discover new methods of preventing, diagnosing, and treating breast cancer. The organization reports that scientists' accomplishments include the development of new drugs and treatment methods, the discovery of genetic markers for breast cancer, the detection of fundamental properties of breast cancer “stem” cells, or tumor-origination cells, the inception and completion of national and international breast cancer clinical trials, and the discovery of links between breast cancer risk and lifestyle factors, such as diet and exercise.

For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011, BCRF's program expenses were:

Program services	37,579,572
Total Program Expenses:	$37,579,572

Chief Executive : Myra J. Biblowit, President

Compensation*:

$715,226

Chair of the Board: Leonard A. Lauder
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Chairman Emeritus of the Estee Lauder Companies

Board Size: 9

Paid Staff Size: 21

*July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2011 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:

Special events, grant proposals, Internet appeals, planned giving, cause-related marketing, and mail appeals to current prospective donors

Fund raising costs were 6% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $40,999,226, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on BCRF's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011.

Source of Funds
Contributions	33,035,027
Special events, net	7,964,199
Investment income, net	2,843,276
Total Income	$43,842,502

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 90%  Fund Raising: 6%  Administrative: 4%

Total income				$43,842,502
	Program expenses			$37,579,572
	Fund raising expenses			2,379,655
	Administrative expenses			1,537,875
Total expenses				$41,497,102
Income in Excess of Expenses				2,345,400
Beginning net assets				10,264,185
Ending net assets				12,609,585
Total liabilities				37,269,572
Total assets				$49,879,157

Note: According to BCRF's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011, the organization received contributions in the amount of $414,000 for legal services.