MMRF Receives Four Star Rating From Charity Navigator

Minneapolis, 5 January 2003 - The Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation has received a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator. Charity Navigator helps charitable givers make intelligent giving decisions by providing information on more than seventeen hundred charities and by evaluating the financial health of each of these charities.

In a letter, Leonie Giles of Charity Navigator said, "We applaud your charitable efforts. Receiving four out of a possible four stars is an "Exceptional" rating. Your organization exceeds industry standards and outperforms most charities in our database."

If you would like to see the full review, go to: www.charitynavigator.org and search under Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation.

The MMRF oversees the research on the campus of Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC), a nationally recognized research and teaching hospital. The mission of the MMRF is to improve patient care and the health of our community through research and education. The MMRF is the third largest non-profit medical research organization in Minnesota and it ranks in the top 10% of all institutions receiving research funding from the NIH.

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