For Pete's Sake Cancer Respite Foundation

What it reported doing in 2024

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

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 28.8%; rating input score 29
• Program expense ratio: 78.4%; rating input score 78
• Fundraising efficiency: $15.49 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 24th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 66.2%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.06; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 15.2%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 13.7% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 21.3% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings