Since its founding in 1970 by parents of children with type 1 diabetes, JDRF has awarded more than $1.16 billion to diabetes research, including more than $137 million in FY2007. In FY2007, the Foundation funded 700 centers, grants and fellowships in 20 countries.
JDRF in the News
Charity Navigator
Awarded JDRF its highest rating, 4-stars, in June 2007, and praised the foundation for “outperform[ing] the majority of nonprofits in America with respect to fiscal responsibility. This ‘exceptional’ designation . . . differentiates JDRF from its peers and demonstrates to the public it is worthy of their trust.”
Forbes
JDRF was awarded an efficiency rating of 92 out of 100 in Forbes Magazine’s most recent annual charity ranking. The accompanying article called JDRF “...a tightly run organization that puts almost every dollar spent to work curing disease....”
The New York Times
“The foundation typically outperforms, in lobbying and fundraising, nearly every other interest group built around a particular disease.”
AIP
For the ninth year in a row, JDRF was top ranked by the American Institute of Philanthropy in its most recent survey—the only national diabetes organization to AIP earn an “A” grade.
The Wall Street Journal
“Since its founding in 1970, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation has spent some $900 million on research. It has a pile of discoveries to show for it....”