Forbes has given Direct Relief International a perfect score of 100% for fundraising efficiency for the fifth straight year in the magazines annual evaluation of America's leading nonprofit organizations.

The results were posted on Wednesday on Forbes.com.

Forbes' analysis of 200 top American charities states that it "calculates three major efficiency ratios for each nonprofit," -- charitable commitment, fundraising efficiency, and donor dependency.

In the category of donor dependency, which "tries to measure how badly a nonprofit needs [a] contribution to break even," Direct Relief was assigned the highest score of any U.S. charity, 154%.

The organization also received a score of 99% in the "charitable commitment" category, which measures "how much of the total expense went directly to the charitable purpose."

Direct Relief is the only California nonprofit organization and one of two charities nationwide to have received a perfect fundraising efficiency score from Forbes for each of the past five years.

"We are pleased that Forbes' efficiency ratings score so highly," said CEO Thomas Tighe. "Being efficient with money allows us to help more people who need it."

About Direct Relief International

• Founded in 1948, nonsectarian, and funded entirely by private contributions;
  
• Provides humanitarian medical material assistance to people in developing countries and areas hit by natural disaster or civil strife;
  
• In fiscal year 2006-- $190 million wholesale value in medical material assistance to 56 countries;
  
• $10 million in cash investments to strengthen local health services;
  
• 23.8 million courses of treatment provided;
  
• $30 million in aid to the U.S Gulf States following Katrina;
  
• Over $15.5 million in aid furnished to California nonprofit clinics since 2003.
  

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