| Outrageous salaries, drug company ties, and less than a dime of every dollar looks for a cure. Susan G. Komen for the Cure is a multimillion-dollar company with assets totaling over $390 million. Only 20.9% of these funds were reportedly used in the 2009-2010 fiscal year for research � ���"for the cure.� �� � Where does the rest of the money go? Let� �� � s have a look. Health screening is 13.0%. Treatment is 5.6%. Fundraising is 10.0%. The largest chunk of the pie is going toward � ���"public health education,� �� � 39.1%. More on that later, but for now I� �� � d like to take a look at the millions, or 11.3%, spent on � ���"administrative costs.� �� � |
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