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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by HNC LIVING FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,162,460
Total expenses
$1,249,027
Contributions and grants received
$969,174
Grants paid
$601,708
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$55,037
Other revenue
$138,249
Total assets, end of year
$1,619,980
Total liabilities, end of year
$205,588
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,414,392
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$935,046
Management and general expenses
$77,630
Fundraising expenses
$236,351
Program service expenses (Part III)
$935,046

Program services were 74.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $181,687

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $787,487

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $11,653

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $32,404 · excluded $32,404

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $22,633

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $22,633

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $22,633 · excluded $22,633

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $347,305

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $181,687

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $222,426

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $124,879 · excluded $124,879

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $13,370 · related or exempt $13,370

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $13,370

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $601,708 · program services $601,708

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $153,434 · program services $97,800 · management and general $11,385 · fundraising $44,249

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $266,769 · program services $170,040 · management and general $19,795 · fundraising $76,934

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $750 · program services $478 · management and general $56 · fundraising $216

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $36,121 · program services $23,024 · management and general $2,680 · fundraising $10,417

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $32,697 · program services $20,841 · management and general $2,426 · fundraising $9,430

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $239 · management and general $239

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $12,246 · management and general $12,246

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $50,000 · fundraising $50,000

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $2,787 · management and general $2,787

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $11,037 · program services $1,200 · management and general $7,339 · fundraising $2,498

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $17,807 · program services $4,350 · management and general $7,438 · fundraising $6,019

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $31,230 · program services $9,059 · management and general $2,183 · fundraising $19,988

  • 17 · Travel

    total $488 · management and general $113 · fundraising $375

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $375 · management and general $375

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $8,853 · program services $5,666 · management and general $620 · fundraising $2,567

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,759 · management and general $3,759

  • 24a · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING EXPENSE

    total $13,658 · fundraising $13,658

  • 24b · Other expenses: MEALS

    total $4,189 · management and general $4,189

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSE

    total $880 · program services $880

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $250,585 · end of year $127,095

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $148,493 · end of year $150,355

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $32,253 · end of year $82,500

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $150 · end of year $190

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $6,473 · end of year $6,619

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $237,723

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $218,573

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $23,047 · end of year $19,150

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,034,635 · end of year $1,063,976

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $1,055 · end of year $527

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $31,157 · end of year $169,568

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $45,888 · end of year $38,520

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $29,240 · end of year $167,068

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,084,757 · end of year $1,072,693

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $367,963 · end of year $341,699

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

HNC LIVING FOUNDATION'S PRIMARY MISSION IS TO HELP HEAD AND NECK CANCER PATIENTS LIVE LIFE FULLY DURING AND AFTER TREATMENT BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL AID.

  • HNC LIVING FOUNDATION EXISTS TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND RESOURCES FOR LOW-INCOME, HEAD AND NECK CANCER PATIENTS WITHSIGNIFICANT BARRIERS TO CARE TO IMPROVE THEIR TREATMENT, RECOVERY, ANDQUALITY OF LIFE. HEAD AND NECK CANCER IS ONE OF THE MOST VISIBLYDEVASTATING TYPES OF CANCER DUE TO ITS LOCATION AND COMPLEXITYAFFECTING A PERSON'S ABILITY TO SWALLOW, CHEW, BREATHE, AND SPEAK.ADDITIONALLY, THIS TYPE OF CANCER OFTEN INVOLVES COMPLEX CARE THATREQUIRES INTENSE TREATMENT THAT PREVENTS A PATIENT FROM WORKING ORMAINTAINING THEIR DAILY ROUTINE.WHILE FOUNDED IN THE GREATER KANSAS CITY REGION, HNC LIVING FOUNDATIONHAS PROVIDED CARE IN ALL 50 STATES AND HAS SERVED MORE THAN 5,000 PATIENTS.HNC LIVING FOUNDATION IS THE ONLY ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES NATIONAL FINANCIALASSISTANCE TO LOW INCOME, HEAD AND NECK CANCER PATIENTS FOR PATIENT CARE SERVICES, TRAVEL, COPAYMENTS, MEAL SUPPLEMENTS, AND DENTAL SERVICES.

    Expenses $935,046 · Grants $601,708 · Revenue $13,370

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Janice Benjamin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Banks Floodman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Monica Nguyen-Francis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gail Gottlieb

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Debby Easum

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bradley Scott

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kristin Tyson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Terry Tsue

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bill White

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mandy Roe

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Teresa Walsh

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rachel Cannon

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Thomas Walsh

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Danielle Puzio

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $153,434
    From this org
    $145,075
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,359
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,075
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,359
    Filer's total
    $153,434

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE USES GUIDESTAR USA FOR COMPARABLE SALARY INFORMATION. IT IS REVIEWED ONCE PER YEAR AND RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MADE.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
9 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202502829349301300

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