National Ataxia Foundation Earns Four-Star Rating from Charity Navigator for Fourth Consecutive Year

Minneapolis, July 19, 2016 ¬– The National Ataxia Foundation, based in Minneapolis, received a four-star rating from Charity Navigator, America’s premier charity evaluator, for the fourth consecutive year. ¬Charity Navigator annually reviews thousands of charities, rating only one in four organizations with four stars.

Established in 1957, NAF is a membership-supported nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of persons affected by Ataxia through support, education and research. Its primary goal is to support promising Ataxia research and to provide essential programs and services for Ataxia families.

Ataxia is a group of devastating, often fatal, rare neurological disorders. It’s progressive, too often strikes children, and can affect anyone. People with Ataxia have issues with coordination, balance, fine motor skills, speech, swallowing, and eye movements. Ataxia can be hereditary or non-hereditary.

Charity Navigator is the nation’s largest and most-utilized evaluator of charities. Its team of professional analysts strives to help donors by examining thousands of nonprofit financial documents to develop an unbiased, objective, number-based rating system of America’s charities. Charity Navigator focuses on a charity’s performance in terms of financial health, accountability and transparency, with the goal of helping donors make intelligent giving decisions.

“We are proud to yet again be honored with a four-star rating from Charity Navigator,” said Michael Parent, executive director of the National Ataxia Foundation. “It is always a pleasure to be recognized for the work we put in to help all of those affected by Ataxia.”

For more informational about the National Ataxia Foundation, visit www.ataxia.org.

Since 1957, The National Ataxia Foundation is dedicated to improving the lives of persons affected by Ataxia through support, education and research. NAF research programs fund research studies throughout the world. The Foundation supports research in dominant, recessive and sporadic Ataxia. Learn more about the National Ataxia Foundation at http://www.ataxia.org.

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