Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$264,947

Total expenses

$381,158

Contributions and grants received

$240,127

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$24,820

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$345,175

Total liabilities, end of year

$12,194

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$332,981

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$316,476

Management and general expenses

$32,639

Fundraising expenses

$32,043

Program service expenses (Part III)

$316,476

Program services were 83.0% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• THIS INCLUDES THE TOTAL EXPENSE OF THE CANCER NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SUPPLY CHAIN, ASSOCIATED PERSONNEL TIME). THE CANCER NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OFFERS MEDICALLY TAILORED GROCERY PACKAGES TO PATIENTS IN ACTIVE TREATMENT, RECOVERY, AND THOSE IN THEIR HOUSEHOLDS. THIS IS A NO-COST PROGRAM FOR PATIENTS, PRIORITIZING DISTRIBUTION AND OPPORTUNITY TO ACCESS NUTRIENT-RICH GROCERIES DESPITE CANCER TYPE, AGE, INCOME LEVEL, GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, OR RACE. THE 2024 MAJOR OUTCOMES FOR THIS PROGRAM INCLUDE SOURCING, ASSEMBLING, AND DISTRIBUTING 5,140 GROCERY PACKAGES (154,200 EQUIVALENT MEALS, +30% YOY) ACROSS 120 MAINE TOWNS TO 600 PATIENTS (A TOTAL REACH OF 1,500 INDIVIDUALS, + 50% YOY). 150 VOLUNTEERS ENSURE THE PROGRAM'S RELIABILITY, SAFETY, AND FRIENDLINESS THROUGH ASSEMBLY AND DISTRIBUTION AT HOSPITAL PICK UP SITES AND HOME DELIVERY ACROSS 11,500 SQUARE MILES.

  Expenses $213,629

• THIS AMOUNT WAS INVESTED IN CBF'S NOURISHING HOPE TRIAL, ASSESSING AND EVALUATING HOW ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD AN DIETETIC COUNSELING IMPACTS HEALTH OUTCOMES AND A FAMILY'S SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND PHYSICAL FACTORS WHILE FACING CANCER. THIS IS A MULTI-YEAR CLINICAL TRIAL, WITH FY24 MAJOR OUTCOMES INCLUDING THE CREATION OF TRIAL MATERIAL AND PROTOCOLS. PY24 EXPENSES INCLUDE CBF PERSONNEL AND CONSULTING SERVICES, FROM RESEARCH ADMINISTRATORS AND RESEARCHERS AT YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. THE TRIAL IS PLANNED TO OPEN ENROLLMENT IN Q2 OF 2025, WITH 100 CANCER PATIENTS RECRUITED AND RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO RECEIVE 6 MONTHS OF INTERVENTIONS IN ONE OF THREE STUDY GROUPS (1. RECEIVING HOME DELIVERY OF MEDICALLY TAILORED GROCERY PACKAGES 2. RECEIVING HOME DELIVERY OF MEDICALLY TAILORED GROCERY PACKAGES AND TELEPHONE DIETITIAN COUNSELING 3. USUAL CARE WITH DELAYED HOME DELIVERY OF MEDICALLY TAILORED GROCERY PACKAGES).

  Expenses $91,392

• THE CHRISTINE B FOUNDATION RECEIVED 10,000 FROM THE MAINE CANCER FOUNDATION TO PROVIDE CANCER PATIENTS WITH DIRECT FINANCIAL AID. CBF OPENED AN APPLICATION PROCESS FOR FINANCIAL AID REQUESTS VIA MAIL, PHONE, AND ONLINE (MAX OF 500/INDIVIDUAL), FOR PATIENTS WITH CANCER LIVING IN PISCATAQUIS AND PENOBSCOT COUNTY. 61 APPLICANTS WERE RECEIVED, WITH REQUESTS TOTALING 31,217. APPLICANTS WERE ASKED TO SHARE HOW FUNDS WOULD BE USED, HERE IS A BREAKDOWN - FOOD (65%), HOUSING (38%), TRANSPORTATION (60%), MEDICAL BILLS (28%), OTHER (10%). 93% OF APPLICANT AGREE OR STRONGLY AGREED THAT THEIR CANCER DIAGNOSIS IMPACTED THEIR FINANCIAL SECURITY. A STAFF AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMITTEE REVIEWED APPLICANTS. ALL APPLICANTS RECEIVED FINANCIAL AID. CBF PRIORITIZED APPLICANTS SEEKING ASSISTANCE WITH FOOD, THOSE IN ACTIVE TREATMENT, AND DEMONSTRATED CANCER HAS A STRONG FINANCIAL IMPACT. 61 INDIVIDUALS WERE AWARDED, 18 RECEIVING 317 (THE PRIORITY AREA) AND 43 RECEIVING 100.

  Expenses $10,006

• THIS AMOUNT WAS DIRECTED TOWARDS THE PROGRAMMATIC INVESTMENT OF 0 DIRIGO DRIVE, BREWER, ME 04412 1.53 ACRE PROPERTY. THE 1,449 WAS THE AMOUNT OF INTEREST EXPENSE ASSOCIATED IN 2024 WITH THE PIECE OF PROPERTY. THE CHRISTINE B FOUNDATION CONTINUES TO INVEST AND RECOMMIT ITSELF TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS FOR GREATER COMPREHENSIVE AND COLLABORATIVE SERVICES. THIS PROPERTY WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE LOCATION FOR THE GREATEST IMPACT AND FEASABILITY FOR CREATING A CANCER NUTRITION FACILITY TO EXPAND THE CAPACITY AND REACH OF CBF'S PRIMARY PROGRAMMING.

  Expenses $1,449

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

Listed in Part VII

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

28 May 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.0

Source object

202501499349301110

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