FOR PETES SAKE CANCER RESPITE FOUNDATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

H30

Classification

1000

Street

620 W GERMANTOWN PIKE STE 250

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Mission and programs · 2024

• 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 THROUGH ITS RESPITE REINFORCED PROGRAM. 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 NOMINATING MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS IN FY25 INCLUDE JEFFERSON HEALTH, ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK, LEHIGH VALLEY, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ABRAMSON CANCER CENTER, MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER, TEMPLE HEALTH AND MONTEFIORE HEALTH ALONG WITH 25 ADDITIONAL MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.

  Expenses $1,792,736 · Grants $53,628

• 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 140 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. IN ADDITION TO OUR PANO ACCREDITATION, FPS RECEIVED A FOUR-STAR CHARITY RATING WITH CHARITY NAVIGATOR IN MARCH 2021 WHICH MEANS THAT FPS HAS TAKEN THE STEPS TO BE ACCOUNTABLE, TRANSPARENT AND FINANCIALLY HEALTHY. CURRENTLY, FPS HOLDS 100% CHARITY SCORE WHICH PROVIDES CONFIDENCE TO THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO GIVE TO FPS. ALSO, FPS MAINTAINS OUR PLATINUM-LEVEL STATUS WITH GUIDESTAR WHICH DEMONSTRATES OUR COMMITMENT OT TRANSPARENCY AND EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT AND STEWARDSHIP. LASTLY, WE ENCOURAGE OUR STAKEHOLDERS TO READ PATIENT REVIEWS IN THE FPS PROFILE ON GREATNONPROFITS.ORG.

• OUR THIRD ACCOMPLISHMENT IS OUR COMMITMENT TO FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, NONPROFIT SUSTAINABILITY AND ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT. IN FY25, FPS RECEIVED 1,124,046 OF IN-KIND SUPPORT FOR THE PROGRAM IN THE FORM OF COMPLIMENTARY OFFICE SPACE, PATIENT ACCOMODATIONS, PROFESSIONAL AND MARKETING SERVICES, RESPITE SUPPLIES AND SPECIAL EVENT GOODS AND SERVICES. NONCASH CONTRIBUTIONS ARE CRITICAL TO THE ORGANIZATION'S SUCCESS AND ALLOWS FPS TO BEST USE ITS CONSTITUENT DOLLARS.

• FPS ALSO PROVIDES EMOTIONAL SUPPORT TO OUR FPS FAMILIES. IN FY25, FPS PROVIDED 36,077 DIECT ANCILLARY SUPPORT CONTACTS AND RESPONDED TO 496 PROGRAM INQUIRIES. FURTHERMORE, SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE INTERNET HAS ALLOWED FPS TO REACH OVER 12,750 PEOPLE THROUGH INDIRECT ANCILLARY SUPPORT. THESE TOUCHPOINTS INCLUDE PHONE CALLS, TEXT MESSAGES, FPS FAMILY EVENTS, FACEBOOK, PATIENT SELF-CARE NEWSLETTER, AND CANCER CARE BOOKS AND GRIEF RELATED RESOURCES AS FORMALIZED IN OUR RESPITE REINFORCED PROGRAM. 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. WE BELIEVE THAT A CANCER DIAGNOSIS AFFECTS THE CANCER PATIENT, THE CAREGIVER AND THE FAMILY MEMBERS IN COMPLEX WAYS. OUR HOPE FOR OUR PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS IS THAT WHILE ON RESPITE, THEY LAUGH A LITTLE LOUDER, HUG A LITTLE MORE AND RECOGNIZE THAT LOVE DEFINES THEIR LIFE STORY, NOT CANCER. OUR PROGRAM IS STRUCTURED TO EFFECTUATE MEANINGFUL CHANGE FOLLOWING A MODEL FOR FAMILY HEALTH. THIS MODEL INCLUDES FAMILY, MENTAL, PHYSICAL, PSYCHOSOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, SPIRITUAL AND FINANCIAL HEALTH. WE STRIVE TO CREATE A MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCE FOR EACH RECIPIENT AND ASK OUR PATIENTS AND NOMINATORS TO COMPLETE PRE AND POST RESPITE OUTCOME MEASURES. 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. 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 49% INCREASE IN THE PATIENT'S COPING ABILITY, A 44% INCREASE IN THE CAREGIVER'S COPING ABILITY, AND A 52% 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. RESPITE MAKES A DIFFERENCE. OUR RESPITE DATA AND OUTCOMES HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY (ASCO) AND PUBLISHED IN AN APRIL 2020 FPS ABSTRACT, TITLED "INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY RESPITE AS SUPPORTIVE CARE FOR ADULT CANCER PATIENTS, THEIR CAREGIVERS AND THEIR FAMILIES". FPS HAS PRESENTED TWICE AT THE AMERICAN PSYCHOSOCIAL ONCOLOGY SOCIETY (APOS) NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE THERAPEUTIC IMPACT OF RESPITE ON PATIENTS, CAREGIVERS AND THEIR FAMILIES RELATIVE TO STRENGTHENED COMMUNICATION, RELATIONSHIPS, RESILIENCE, QUALITY OF LIFE AND COPING WITH CANCER. THE PRESENTATION IS TITLED "CANCER FAMILIES' INTENTIONAL RESPITE EXPERIENCE, FAMILY DYNAMICS AND POSITIVE OUTLOOKS". FPS ALSO BEGAN A RESEARCH STUDY TO CORRELATE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF RESPITE WITH IMPROVED OUTCOMES RELATED TO OVERALL FAMILY HEALTH INCLUDING 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. CAPITAL CAMPAIGN: FPS IS IN THE THIRD YEAR OF A 25 MILLION RESPITE TRANSFORMED CAMPAIGN THAT WILL ADD 5 MILLION TO THE CURRENT ENDOWMENT AND RAISE 20 MILLION TO CONSTRUCT THE NATION'S FIRST RESPITE CENTER FOR FAMILIES FACING CANCER. EXPECTING TO LAST THREE TO FIVE YEARS, THIS CAMPAIGN ALIGNS WITH FPS' 2030 STRATEGIC VISION AND STRONG OUTCOME MEASURES FROM WOODLOCH RESPITES. EVERY SPACE LENDS FOR TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCES THAT WILL CHANGE THE CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR CANCER PATIENTS. DEDICATED SPACES, INCLUDING AN ART STUDIO, POOL, PLAY AREAS, CHAPEL AND NATURE TRAILS, PROVIDE BACKDROP FOR ENHANCED BENEFITS THAT IMPROVE FAMILY HEALTH. LOUNGES, DINING ROOM AND CAMPFIRE RINGS PROVIDE SETTINGS FOR COLLABORATIVE CONVERSATION BOTH WITHIN THE FAMILY UNIT AND WITH OTHER FAMILIES SO THAT ENHANCED COMMUNICATION AND DEEPER CONNECTIONS ARE MAINSTAYS IN ONGOING SUPPORT DURING THE CANCER JOURNEY. READ MORE AT WWW.RESPITETRANSFORMED.ORG.

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $6,769,366

  Expenses

  $2,287,986

  Contributions

  $6,722,915

  Grants paid

  $53,628

• 2023

  Revenue

  $2,669,907

  Expenses

  $2,410,258

  Contributions

  $2,599,811

  Grants paid

  $64,964

• 2022

  Revenue

  $4,737,059

  Expenses

  $2,088,570

  Contributions

  $4,326,760

  Grants paid

  $55,205

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,990,620

  Expenses

  $1,854,836

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,811,462

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,859,593

  Expenses

  $1,076,511

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,808,795

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,663,037

  Expenses

  $1,645,584

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,072,271

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,426,435

  Expenses

  $1,543,635

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,929,136

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,491,788

  Expenses

  $1,407,660

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,065,484

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,320,377

  Expenses

  $1,231,328

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,977,758

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,791,980

  Expenses

  $1,060,257

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,886,643

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,307,759

  Expenses

  $1,018,777

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,071,834

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,420,479

  Expenses

  $1,112,602

  Assets (EOY)

  $796,713

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $862,891

  Assets (EOY)

  $493,276

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $260,650

  2022 · HEALTH

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $253,500

  2023 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $253,000

  2022 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $219,050

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $135,450

  2023 · HEALTH

• AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION

  $100,540

  2022 · MEDICAL RESEARCH

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $98,461

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND

  $80,634

  2025 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $80,400

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $75,816

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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