Rob Miani joined the MMRF team as Chief Financial Officer in 2016. Most recently he was the Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller of Aptuit, LLC, a global contract research organization providing integrated early discovery to mid-phase drug development services in the pharmaceutical industry. Rob has over 20 years of leadership experience in the private and public sectors, holding managerial positions in the renewable energy, private equity, Internet and technology industries, including Davenport Newberry, Oak Investment Partners and INT Media Group. He began his career with Arthur Anderson LLP in the Assurance and Business Advisory Services Division. Rob is a CPA and received his BS degree in Accounting from Fairfield University.
MMRF Receives Highest Rating from Charity Navigator for Exceptional Fiscal Management
MMRF Receives Highest Rating from Charity Navigator for Exceptional Fiscal Management
MMRF Honored for the Outstanding Stewardship of Donors’ Funds
Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation’s (MMRF) strong financial health and commitment to accountability and transparency has earned a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent charity evaluator. The MMRF has received this prestigious distinction 16 times since 2002. This rating includes data from FY2002 to FY2018 from Charity Navigator.
“Charity Navigator’s 4-star rating underscores our tireless commitment to accountability, efficiency, and measurable results,” said Paul Giusti, CEO of the MMRF. “Our commitment to our patients and donors remains focused on maximizing every dollar we invest to finding a cure for myeloma patients.”
Since 2002, using objective analysis, Charity Navigator has awarded only the most fiscally responsible organizations a 4-star rating. In 2011, Charity Navigator added 17 metrics, focused on governance and ethical practices as well as measures of openness, to its ratings methodology. These Accountability & Transparency metrics, which account for 50 percent of a charity’s overall rating, reveal which charities operate in accordance with industry best practices and whether they are open with their donors and stakeholders. On June 1, 2016, they upgraded their methodology for rating each charity’s’ financial health with CN 2.1. These enhancements further substantiates the financial health of our four star charities.
“The MMRF’s exceptional 4-star rating sets it apart from its peers and demonstrates its trustworthiness to the public, people can trust that their donations are going to a financially responsible and ethical charity when they decide to support the MMRF,” according to Michael Thatcher, President & CEO of Charity Navigator. “Only a quarter of charities rated by us receive the distinction and adds the MMRF to a preeminent group of charities working to overcome our world’s most pressing challenges.”
MMRF’s rating and other information about charitable giving are available free of charge on www.charitynavigator.org. More-detailed information about the MMRF’s rating is available to Charity Navigator site visitors who become registered users, another free service.
About Charity Navigator
Charity Navigator, www.charitynavigator.org, is the largest charity evaluator in America and its website attracts more visitors than all other charity rating groups combined. The organization helps guide intelligent giving by evaluating the Financial Health and Accountability & Transparency of more than 8,000 charities. Charity Navigator accepts no advertising or donations from the organizations it evaluates, ensuring unbiased evaluations, nor does it charge the public for this trusted data. As a result, Charity Navigator, a 501 (c) (3) public charity itself, depends on support from individuals, corporations and foundations that believe it provides a much-needed service to America’s charitable givers. Charity Navigator, can be reached directly by telephone at (201) 818-1288, or by mail at 139 Harristown Road, Suite 101, Glen Rock, N.J., 07452.
