Organizations Filed Purposes:
FORCE IMPROVES THE LIVES OF THE MILLIONS OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES FACING HEREDITARY BREAST, OVARIAN, PANCREATIC, PROSTATE, COLORECTAL AND ENDOMETRIAL CANCERS. OUR COMMUNITY INCLUDES PEOPLE WITH A BRCA, ATM, PALB2, CHEK2, PTEN OR OTHER INHERITED GENE MUTATION AND THOSE DIAGNOSED WITH LYNCH SYNDROME. WE ACCOMPLISH THIS THROUGH OUR EDUCATION, SUPPORT, ADVOCACY AND RESEARCH EFFORTS.
TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THOSE AFFECTED BY HEREDITARY BREAST, OVARIAN, AND RELATED CANCERS.
PROJECT EXTRA: PROJECT EXTRA (EXPANDING XRAY THROUGH ALLIANCES) IS A PROJECT SUPPORTED BY A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT THROUGH THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION. THE GOAL IS TO IMPROVE BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS' ACCESS TO INFORMATION, RESOURCES AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND ADDRESS HEALTH DISPARITIES. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE DEVELOPING CULTURALLY-TAILORED XRAY ARTICLES, PROVIDING XRAY ARTICLES AND RESOURCES INTO SPANISH, DEVELOPING STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE PATIENT-DOCTOR COMMUNICATION, TRAINING HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS AND COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS TO RECOGNIZE AND ADDRESS BARRIERS TO HEALTH LITERACY. THIS GRANT CONTINUES UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30, 2024.
AWARENESS: FORCE'S AWARENESS PROGRAM INCLUDES THE DISTRIBUTION OF FREE BROCHURES AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND HEALTHCARE PROVIDER OUTREACH. FORCE PROVIDES FREE BROCHURES TO ALL WHO REQUEST THROUGH OUR WEBSITE. WE ALSO PROVIDE MATERIALS TO OUR VOLUNTEERS AND SUPPORT GROUPS TO DISTRIBUTE IN THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES. IN 2020, WE PROVIDED OVER 10,000 FREE BROCHURES TO CONSTITUENTS. EACH YEAR, FORCE REACHES OUT TO THOUSANDS OF HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS WITH RESOURCES AND MATERIALS TO DISTRIBUTE TO THEIR PATIENTS. IN 2020, WE LAUNCHED OUR NEW LOGO DESIGN WITH EXPANDED MISSION STATEMENT TO ENCOMPASS MORE OF THE GENETIC MUTATIONS LINKED TO CANCERS.
SUPPORT: FORCE'S SUPPORT PROGRAM INCLUDES THE PEER NAVIGATION PROGRAM AS WELL AS PEER SUPPORT GROUPS. IN 2020, 384 DEDICATED AND TRAINED VOLUNTEERS, WHO HAVE DIVERSE HEREDITARY CANCER EXPERIENCES, GENETIC MUTATIONS AND AGES, PROVIDED SUPPORT, COMFORTING WORDS AND EMPOWERING KNOWLEDGE IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT TO SAVE LIVES. WITH THE PANDEMIC, WE PIVOTED TO MAKE ALL PEER SUPPORT GROUP MEETINGS VIRTUAL.LAUNCHED IN 2016, OUR PEER NAVIGATION PROGRAM USES CUSTOM-BUILT, INNOVATIVE DATABASES TO PROVIDE INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORT AND RESOURCES FOR USERS IN TWO WAYS: USERS ARE MATCHED AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE BY THEIR SITUATION, AGE, CANCER STATUS AND STAGE, AND GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION WITH A TRAINED VOLUNTEER WHO HAS FACED SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES. USERS ALSO RECEIVE PERSONALIZED RESOURCES BASED ON THEIR STATED NEEDS. OVER 200 FORCE VOLUNTEERS HAVE UNDERGONE TRAINING TO PARTICIPATE AS PEER NAVIGATORS AND 3,824 PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED NAVIGATION FROM INCEPTION THROUGH 2020.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Sue Friedman | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $90,340 |
| Barbara Pfeiffer | CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | 40 | $81,716 |
| Jackie Medina | CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | 40 | $53,952 |
| Rebecca Sutphen | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Allison Kurian | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Elaine Kennedy | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Ellyn Davidson | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Carmen Pace | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Wenora Johnson | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Dana Goldman | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Denise Bulpitt | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Tammy Li | SECRETARY | 2 | $0 |
| Debbie Denardi | TREASURER | 2 | $0 |
| Tara Freundlich | VICE PRESIDENT | 2 | $0 |
| Carrie Catlin | PRESIDENT STARTING NOVEMBER 2020 | 2 | $0 |
| Teri Woodhull | PRESIDENT UNTIL OCTOBER 2020 | 2 | $0 |
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