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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: July 2025 Expires: July 2027

Death with Dignity National Center

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards

Accreditation seal
Post Office Box 2009
Portland, OR, 97208

Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Death with Dignity National Center meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"to improve end-of-life care by expanding options for those who are dying and confronting injustices in the health care system."

Year, State Incorporated:
1994, OR

Death with Dignity National Center (DDNC) accomplishes its service with provision of funding, resources, information, training, and referrals, all focused on end-of-life care issues and decision-making. DDNC's priorities include promoting existing death with dignity laws, expanding freedom of terminally ill individuals to choose a dignified death, partnering with state grassroots coalitions, and mounting legal defenses when necessary to defend existing aid-in-dying legislation.

For the year ended March 31, 2024, Death with Dignity National Center's program expenses were:

Program services: $1,191,964

Total Program Expenses: $1,191,964

Chief Executive
Peg Sandeen, PhD, MSW, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director

Compensation*
$191,616

Chair of the Board
Lisa Vigil Schattinger, MSN, RN

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Founder and Executive Director, Ohio End of Life Options

Board Size
7

Paid Staff Size
7

*2023 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Internet, Radio

Fundraising costs were 22% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $1,131,058, are donations received as a result of fundraising 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 Death with Dignity National Center's audited financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2024.

Source of Funds
Contributions and grants $1,131,058
Investment income, net $430,502
Total Income $1,561,560

Programs: 73% Fundraising: 15% Administrative: 11%

Total Income $1,561,560
Total expenses: $1,622,653
  Program expenses $1,191,964
  Fundraising expenses $249,020
  Administrative expenses $181,669
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $-61,093
Beginning Net Assets $4,219,556
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $4,158,463
Total Liabilities $154,295
Total Assets $4,312,758

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