For Pete'S Sake Cancer Respite Foundation

“Review of the 990 has been extensive, beginning with staff and accounting review to formulating a draft product. The drafts of both the 990 and audited financial statements were then reviewed by the fps finance committee with comments and suggestions directed to the fps treasurer. After review and approval by the finance committee and treasurer, the drafts are forwarded to the board of directors for review and comments. The audit and form 990 are considered final after the review period has passed.”

“As part of its standards for excellence accreditation, fps has developed strategies for monitoring and enforcing potential conflicts of interest. Annually, individual board member performance evaluations are distributed with the conflict of interest forms. The secretary is then charged with collection of these forms and reporting of results to the chair of the governance committee.”

“As part of its standards for excellence accreditation, fps has developed strategies for determining review of its current compensation structure which begins with the presentation of the preliminary budget to the finance committee and the board. This compensation review takes into account comparative salaries in similarly budgeted organizations. All salaries are individually listed in the preliminary budget based upon said comparisons. Final budget approval is then granted after the final budget presentation in june of each fiscal year.”

“As part of its standards for excellence accreditation, fps has developed strategies for determining review of its current compensation structure which begins with the presentation of the preliminary budget to the finance committee and the board. This compensation review takes into account comparative salaries in similarly budgeted organizations. All salaries are individually listed in the preliminary budget based upon said comparisons. Final budget approval is then granted after the final budget presentation in june of each fiscal year.”

“Fps is proud of its financial integrity and its commitment to stewardship using the financial resources entrusted to us by our community of family and friends. As part of the commitment, fps believes in transparency and posts its audit and form 990 on www.takeabreakfromcancer.org and continually educates its stakeholders about its strategic initiatives, via our website. We also invite prospective donors to visit our financial and program information available on www.guidestar.org and read over reviews on www.greatnonprofits.org. Fps is a platinum-level guidestar exchange participant, demonstrating its commitment to transparency. Any additional documentation is available upon request.”

“The reduction in revenue was the result of fps not making a strategic effort to acquire major gifts to support the ongoing endowment efforts. In the prior fiscal year one large gift of 300,000 was received, while this year there were no large gifts.”

“Fps enables cancer patients and their loved ones the opportunity to strengthen, deepen and unify their relationships by creating unforgettable and lasting respite experiences. In fy20, fps provided services to 190 patients and their families, resulting in 124 respite experiences with 438 travelers. Additionally, 158 people were served through ancillary services. Fps served a total of 596 people. These numbers reflect the changes made to our program because of the covid-19 pandemic and our need to suspend any new nominations from march 2020 through june 2020. The two main changes to our program include our focused approach to community respites with our travel partner woodloch and the formalization of our staycation respite program. When the pandemic occurred, we had nearly 50 families in que for our travel respite program. Because of our swift reaction, we were able to send 21 families on community respites in june and the remaining families were part of the newly formed staycation respite program.”

“Families in the fps respite program are supported in several ways. Based upon the health of the patient, they either receive a travel respite or a staycation respite. Both are tailored to the family and the relevant needs as determined by the nominator and the fps program coordinator via conversations with the patient and caregiver. Following the travel respite or staycation respite, fps continues to provide ancillary support to the patient, caregiver, and family. To be eligible for the program, a patient must be nominated by a member of his/her oncology team. Fps nominators use clinical assessment factors to best identify patients in need of respite. New nominators participate in a short educational program about the mission of fps. Some nominators serve as members of the fps patient advisory committee, charged with overseeing the entire patient program, program guidelines, and clinical assessment factors. Our top five nominating medical institutions in fy21 include lehigh valley, university of pennsylvania abramson cancer center, md anderson cancer center, temple health and montefiore health.”

“Pano certification: fps is a proud recipient of the pennsylvania association of nonprofit organizations (pano) standards for excellence certification. This award recognizes fps as an ethical and accountable organization dedicated to the highest level of excellence within the nonprofit sector and is bestowed only to the most well-managed and responsibly governed nonprofit organizations that have demonstrated compliance with the 56 specific standards for excellence based on honesty. Fps is one of only 200 nonprofits nationwide and the first nonprofit in montgomery county to hold this honor from over 11,000 registered pa charities. Fps is proud to hold this certification since 2005 and in december, 2020 was reaccredited under this program. In addition to our pano accreditation, fps received a four-star charity rating with charity navigator in march, 2021. Charity navigator is an organization with more than 160,000 nonprofits rated, and their ratings show charitable givers/ social investors how efficiently a charity will use support today, how well it has sustained its programs and services over time, and their level of commitment to good governance, best practices, and openness with information. Lastly, we encourage our stakeholders to read patient reviews in the fps profile on greatnonprofits.org.”

“Fps also provides emotional support to our travelers and their caregivers. In fy21, fps provided 5,388 ancillary support contacts and responded to 290 program inquiries. Furthermore, social media and the internet has allowed fps to reach over 14,800 people. These touchpoints include facebook, patient self-care newsletter, and cancer care books. Fps has been collecting outcome measures of its community respite model to gauge program effectiveness and the therapeutic benefits of respite. This data is critical in assessing the organizations continued advocacy of its mission and has become the basis for its strategic approach to changing the continuum of care for cancer patients and their families. Please review this data on the for pete's sake website under about us strategic initiatives https://takeabreakfromcancer.org/strategic-initiatives/ this data is continually updated. In addition to this community respite data, fps continues to use a measurement that has been in place since 2005. Such measurement indicates an overall rating in the improved ability to cope with cancer. The rating is 3.88 on a scale of one to four. Further, one hundred percent of all nominating professionals recognize post-respite improvement in the patients and patient's family/caregiver's ability to cope with cancer. Specifically, they note a 51% increase in the patient's coping ability, a 44% increase in the caregiver's coping ability, and a 48% increase in the children's coping ability. As part of the fps commitment to transparency, fps posts its patient and nominator outcome measures on its website under the impact section. Fps also began a research study to correlate the significance of respite with improved outcomes related to communication, treatment, mental health, relationships (both within family and treatment team) and other generalized daily activities. This study was completed during the fiscal year and the data is currently being scored and will be available upon completion.”

“Present value adjustment 9,504 special event expenses 23,356 special event expenses -23,356 total 9,504”