Organizations Filed Purposes:
We are a national charity helping lymphoma and leukemia patients, children, and families: support services, counseling by registered nurses, travel aid, medical research,doctor referrals.
Lymphoma Foundation of America (LFA) provides one-on-one counseling by registered nurses; we provide doctor referrals to specialists and treatment centers for patients and family memebers, and second opinion information; we refer patients to National Cancer Institute sponsored clinical trials; we provide grants and awards to researchers working on a cure for lymphoma; we give small grants to cancer charities and medical centers to help children and adults who have cancer; we give emergency travel aid to unemployed, homeless, and needy families in cooperation with social workers and case managers. All services and programs are free.
LFA gives financial grants and awards to researchers and scientists at leading universities and at the National Cancer Institute. We support research to find the causes of lymphoma and to develop a cure. Recent grants include Harvard/Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and Univ. of Nebraska Medical Center. LFA wrote the most comprehensive research report on pesticides and lymphoma, peer reviewed by eminent lymphoma specialists in the United States. LFA's research on benzene is the #1 search result on google. LFA both sponsors and attends health conferences as panelists and speakers. LFA works with CancerCare to co-sponsor teleconferences on the subject of new research in the treatment of lymphoma.
LFA distributes reports, brochures, and other materials to non-profits and the general public on services and programs for cancer patients. We co-sponsor programs for cancer survivors and a variety of health topics. LFA works with cancer charities to promote special events and lymphoma awareness, e.g., LFA cooperates with the Cancer Legal Resource Center to educate patients and healthcare professionals about employment issues for cancer patients. LFA's website has resources for cancer patients. We have developed an extensive list of lymphoma oncologists and specialists throughout the United States at more than 60 comprehensive cancer centers.
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 |
|---|
| Ronald Jochim | SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER | 15 | $17,690 |
| Peter Zetlin | TREASURER/RESEARCH ASSOCIATE | 20 | $9,966 |
| Connie Sorrentino | SECRETARY | 4 | $0 |
| Edward Linkner Md | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Bob Goldman | DIRECTOR | 4 | $0 |
| Lotte Lent | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Arlene Soodak | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Belita Cowan | PRESIDENT | 25 | $0 |
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