Public Benefit : Fundraising Organizations

The Hope Foundation

The philanthropic arm of the Southwest Oncology Group

Rating

Overall Rating    
      (56.79)
Organizational Efficiency      
Program Expenses 67.9%    
Administrative Expenses 16.7%    
Fundraising Expenses 15.2%    
Fundraising Efficiency $0.04    
Efficiency Rating    
      (26.79)
Organizational Capacity      
Primary Revenue Growth 35.6%    
Program Expenses Growth 15.0%    
Working Capital Ratio (years) 4.45    
Capacity Rating    
      (30.00)

Income Statement     (FYE 12/2007)

Revenue  
Primary Revenue $2,748,204
Other Revenue $70,247
Total Revenue $2,818,451
   
Expenses  
Program Expenses $560,094
Administrative Expenses $138,404
Fundraising Expenses $125,542
Total Functional Expenses $824,040
   
Payments to Affiliates $0
Excess (or Deficit) for the year $1,994,411
   
Net Assets $5,314,255

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Contact Information

The Hope Foundation
24 Frank Lloyd Wright Drive
P.O. Box 483
Ann Arbor, MI 48106
tel: (734) 998-7150
fax: (734) 998-7181
EIN: 74-2655302

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Leadership      (FYE 12/2007)

Name Title Compensation % of Expenses
Dorothy Freeman Executive Director (The person identified as holding the highest position of management, and therefore who would normally be responsible for carrying out the mission of the charity and leading the organization on a day-to-day basis.) $52,297 6.34%
Other Salaries of Note
Anna Schork Secretary (Using information reported on an organization's most recent Form 990, we include as compensation an individual's salary, cash bonuses, and expense accounts and other allowances. We do not include contributions to benefit plans or compensation deferred to a future date.) $10,356 1.25%

Donor Privacy Policy

NO, this charity does not have a written donor privacy policy.

Mission

The Hope Foundation-the philanthropic arm of the Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG)-was established in 1992 to support SWOG's mission to eradicate cancer. Since 2000, The Hope Foundation has directed approximately $7 million toward the support of new and continuing SWOG initiatives in clinical research, education, training, professional development, group meetings, international summits, biostatistical technology and Group infrastructure. SWOG conducts adult cancer clinical trials in prostate, breast, lung, leukemia, gastrointestinal, melanoma, genitourinary, lymphoma, myeloma and gynecologic cancer in more than 550 institutions in the United States and Canada.

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