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Abbreviation | MADD |
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Formation | September 5, 1980[1] |
Founder | Candace Lightner |
94-2707273[2] | |
Legal status | 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization |
Headquarters | Irving, Texas, United States[2] |
Chairman of the Board of Directors | Andrew Robinson [3] |
Tess Rowland [3] | |
Stacey D. Stewart [3] | |
Affiliations | MADD Canada, Mothers Against Drunk Driving Foundation[2] MADD Brazil |
Revenue (2013) | $33,433,562[2] |
Expenses (2013) | $34,327,399[2] |
Endowment | $10,000[2] |
Employees (2013) | 426[2] |
Volunteers (2013) | 8,582[2] |
Website | www |
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is a non-profit organization in the United States, Canada and Brazil that seeks to stop driving with any amount of alcohol in the bloodstream, support those affected by drunk driving, prevent underage drinking, and strive for stricter impaired driving policy, whether that impairment is caused by alcohol or any other drug. The Irving, Texas-based[2] organization was founded on September 5, 1980, in California[1] by Candace Lightner after her 13-year-old daughter, Cari, was killed by a drunk driver.[4] There is at least one MADD office in every state of the United States[5] and at least one in each province of Canada.[6] These offices offer victim services and many resources involving alcohol safety. MADD has claimed that drunk driving has been reduced by half since its founding.[7]