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CEO/EXEC. DIR. COMMUNITY CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. FOLLOWS ITS PARENT, (CFNI), COMPENSATION POLICIES. THE CFNI BOARD HAS ADOPTED EXECUTIVE AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMPENSATION PHILOSOPHY AND REASONABLENESS STANDARDS. THIS IS TO ASCERTAIN THAT THESE STANDARDS ARE ADHERED TO. THEIR PROCESS FOR COLLECTING AND ASSEMBLING MARKET DATA IS CONSISTENT WITH THE REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION CHECKLIST AND GUIDELINES ALONG WITH FAIR MARKET VALUE USED BY THE IRS IN CONDUCTING EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION REVIEWS AS WELL AS CONTEMPORARY COMPENSATION PRACTICES. ALL MARKET DATA IS ASSEMBLED FROM REPUTABLE COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE SURVEYS. PART III, LINE 4A - PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FISCAL YEAR END 2015 COMMUNITY CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (CCRF) ACTIVITIES (JULY 1, 2014 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2015) - THE CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION RELIES ON PUBLIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO HELP OFFSET THE COSTS OF CONDUCTING CLINICAL TRIALS AND OFFERING SUPPORT SERVICES. THROUGH FINANCIAL AND RESOURCE DONATIONS OF MANY INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS, THESE SERVICES HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION, THE COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM HOSPITALS PROVIDE FINANCIAl AND PERSONNEL SUPPORT FOR MANY OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE FOUNDATION. FOUNDATION ACTIVITIES: THE FOUNDATION CONTINUOUSLY SEEKS OPPORTUNITIES TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND PROFESSIONALS ABOUT THE LATEST IN CANCER CARE AND SUPPORTS CLINICAL TRIALS IN THE COMMUNITY SO INDIVIDUALS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER DO NOT ALWAYS HAVE TO TRAVEL TO DISTANT HOSPITALS TO RECEIVE THIS TYPE OF TREATMENT. PROGRAMS HELD THIS YEAR INCLUDED: ANNUAL SPRING SYMPOSIUM-CANCER UPDATE 2015 HELD ON MARCH 07, 2015 FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS: EXPERT SPEAKERS EDUCATED PROFESSIONALS ON BREAST CANCER INCLUDING SURGICAL APPROACHES, RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY, AND TREATING LYMPHEDEMA IN WOMEN WHO HAVE RECEIVED TREATMENT FOR BREAST CANCER. THIS WAS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH GRANTS FROM THE JOHN W. ANDERSON. VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE FOUNDATION PARTICIPATED IN THE CANCER COMMITTEE FOR BOTH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL AND ST. MARY MEDICAL CENTER. THE COMMITTEE WORKED TO PLAN THE ACTIVITIES OF THE CANCER PROGRAM AND HELPED TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE PRACTICE STANDARDS TO MEET THE CRITERIA OUTLINED BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. A MAJOR PROJECT OF THE COMMITTEE THIS YEAR WAS TO INITIATE THE NEW STANDARDS FOR THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS AND THE NATIONAL ACCREDITATION PROGRAM FOR BREAST CENTERS. AN OUTCOME OF THESE STANDARDS WAS A CANCER NAVIGATION AND SURVIVORSHIP PROGRAM. THE FOUNDATION WORKED TO SUPPORT SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THIS PROGRAM THROUGH THE PURCHASE OF SUPPLIES FOR PATIENTS AND THE PRESENCE OF THE NAVIGATOR AT THE CANCER RESOURCE CENTRE TO MEET WITH ALL NEWLY DIAGNOSED BREAST CANCER PATIENTS. CANCER RESEARCH DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES - THE CANCER RESEARCH DEPARTMENT STAFF PARTICIPATED IN THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS DURING THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR: THE CANCER RESEARCH DEPARTMENT OFFERED A NUMBER OF CLINICAL TRIALS LOCALLY THROUGH THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE COOPERATIVE GROUPS. THE TRANSITION TO AN NRG ONCOLOGY MAIN GROUP MEMBER OFFERED A NUMBER OF NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTNERSHIPS IN NEW CLINICAL TRIALS. THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE NEW RESEARCH FOR TRIPLE-NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER, A VERY AGGRESSIVE TYPE OF CANCER IN MANY INDIVIDUALS, WAS PRESENTED AND THREE NEW STUDIES FOR THIS TYPE OF BREAST CANCER WERE INITIATED DR. NEEL SHAH AND DR. NEERU BOSE WERE ADDED AS NEW INVESTIGATORS TO THE PROGRAMS. ALL STAFF PARTICIPATED IN LOCAL HEALTH FAIRS, CANCER SCREENINGS AND LECTURES. FUNDRAISING EVENTS: ANNUAL PERENNIAL BALL HELD IN APRIL 2015: MAJOR FUNDRAISER FOR THE FOUNDATION HELD IN THE SPRING. THIS YEAR'S EVENT WAS HELD AGAIN AT THE HILTON IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS WITH 604 IN ATTENDANCE. THE EVENT RAISED OVER $270,000 WITH OVER $9,000 GOING DIRECTLY TOWARDS THE CANCER RESOURCE CENTRE. IT WAS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL EVENT TO DATE. TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY: THIS YEAR'S EVENT RAISED OVER $11,000 FOR CANCER RESEARCH. OUR HONORED GUEST TO LIGHT THE HOLIDAY TREE WAS DR. THOMAS HOESS. DR HOESS IS A LONGSTANDING MEMBER OF THE FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND REGULARLY VOLUNTEERS HIS TIME TO READING RADIOLOGY REPORTS OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATING IN RESEARCH. CANCER RESOURCE CENTRE UNITE AND FIGHT: THE CANCER RESOURCE CENTRE'S MAIN FUNDRAISING EVENT WAS WELL ATTENDED WITH OVER 1,000 INDIVIDUALS PRESENT. THIS YEAR'S EVENT RAISED IN EXCESS OF $85,000. FRIENDS OF THE CANCER RESOURCE CENTRE: THIS AUXILIARY GROUP CONTINUED TO SUPPORT THE CANCER RESOURCE CENTRE WITH VARIOUS FUNDRAISERS. THE SECOND ANNUAL "HOLIDAY 101" FUNDRAISER WAS HELD IN NOVEMBER. IN TOTAL, THE FRIENDS GROUP RAISED OVER $26,000 FOR THE CENTRE. COMMUNITY SUPPORT: IF NOT FOR COMMUNITY SUPPORT, IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO CONTINUE TO FULFILL OUR MISSION. WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE MANY COMMUNITY GROUPS AND BUSINESSES WHO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR ORGANIZATION AND ACCOUNT FOR A LARGE PART OF OUR INCOME. WE HAVE HAD NUMEROUS INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS HOLD FUNDRAISERS FOR OUR BENEFIT AND WE TRULY APPRECIATE THEIR SELFLESS EFFORTS. IN ADDITION, THE COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION AND A NUMBER OF ITS ENTITIES CONTRIBUTE NOT ONLY MONETARILY, BUT THROUGH THE TIME AND TALENTS OF MANY EMPLOYEES. CANCER RESOURCE CENTRE ACTIVITIES: DURING THE PAST FISCAL YEAR THE CANCER RESOURCE CENTRE SAW 550 NEW VISITORS MAKING UP 3,566 VISITS. IN TOTAL, THE FREE SERVICES OF THE CANCER RESOURCE CENTRE HAVE BEEN UTILIZED BY 5,236 INDIVIDUALS MAKING A TOTAL OF 37,459 VISITS SINCE IT OPENED ITS DOORS IN 2003. THE CANCER RESOURCE CENTRE, WHICH WAS OPENED JUNE 1, 2003 CONTINUES TO GROW AND EXPAND SERVICES. NEW PROGRAMS IMPLEMENTED THIS FISCAL YEAR INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING: MIND OVER MOOD SUPPORT GROUP CARING FOR THE CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP CHAKRA CRYSTAL BOWL SOUND HEALING CANCER RESOURCE CENTRE PICNIC NUTRITION AND EXERCISE FOR ONCOLOGY PATIENTS MEDICARE/AFFORDABLE CARE ACT PROGRAM SURVIVORSHIP PROGRAM LIVING WILLS/ADVANCED DIRECTIVES/ESTATE PLANNING PROGRAM MANAGING STRESS AND FATIGUE PROGRAM WALKERS CLUB 101 ORAL CARE PROGRAM HEALTHY EATING PROGRAM GUIDED IMAGERY LECTURE PROGRAM FUTURE DIRECTIONS: COMMUNITY CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. WILL FOCUS ON THE FOLLOWING GOALS FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR: CONTINUE TO WORK WITH NEW IVESTIGATORS INCREASE PATIENT ACCRUAL ON CLINICAL TRIALS TO MEET AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS CRITERIA OF 3% AT COMMUNITY HOSPITAL AND 2% AT ST. MARY MEDICAL CENTER PROVIDE NAVIGATION AND SURVIVORSHIP VISITS OF ALL NEWLY DIAGNOSED BREAST CANCER PATIENTS MEET WITH ALL NEW BREAST CANCER PATIENTS AT THE CANCER RESOURCE CENTRE CONDUCT DISTRESS SCREENING ON ALL NEW PATIENTS OF THE CANCER RESOURCE CENTRE INCREASE NAVIGATION AND SURVIVORSHIP VISITS TO 25% OF NEWLY DIAGNOSED CANCER PATIENTS TREATED FOR A CURATIVE INTENT (SECOND HALF OF 2016) PART VI, LINE 2 - FAMILY OR BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS FRANKIE FESKO IS A FAMILY MEMBER OF DONALD S. POWERS AND DONALD P. FESKO. PART VI, LINE 6 - MEMBERS OR STOCKHOLDERS MUNSTER MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (MMRF) IS THE SOLE MEMBER OR STOCKHOLDER. PART VI, LINE 7A - WHO HAS THE POWER TO ELECT MEMBERS OF GOVERNING BODY MUNSTER MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION,INC. (MMRF) IS THE PARENT COMPANY OF COMMUNITY CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. AND HAS CONTROL TO ELECT MEMBERS TO THEIR GOVERNING BODY. PART VI, LINE 7B - GOVERNANCE DECISIONS RESERVED OTHER THAN GOVERNING BODY MUNSTER MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. IS THE PARENT COMPANY OF COMMUNITY CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. AND HAS RIGHTS TO APPROVE DECISIONS MADE BY COMMUNITY CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. PART VI, LINE 11B - GOVERNING BODY 990 REVIEW PROCESS THE 990 IS SUBMITTED TO THE SR VP AND SYSTEM CFO FOR REVIEW, ONCE THIS REVIEW IS COMPLETE THE RETURNS ARE THEN PRESENTED TO SENIOR LEADERSHIP FOR REVIEW. THE 990 IS THEN REVIEWED BY AN INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTING FIRM AND THEN POSTED TO A SECURE WEBSITE TO ALLOW THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO REVIEW PRIOR TO FILING. PART VI, LINE 12C - PROCESS TO MONITOR CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS PART OF THE ORGANIZATION'S ANNUAL MONITORING & ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURE RELATING TO ITS CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, ALL CONFLICT OF INTEREST QUESTIONNAIRES ARE REVIEWED BY THE VP OF CORPORATE COMPLIANCE AND THOSE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, OR KEY EMPLOYEES WHO DO NOT RETURN OR FULLY COMPLETE THE QUESTIONNAIRE ARE CONTACTED TO RECONCILE THE OMISSION. RESTRICTIONS ON MEMBERS WITH A CONFLICT - MEMBERS WITH A CONFLICT ARE REQUIRED TO RECUSE THEMSELVES FROM ANY DELIBERATION AND MUST ABSTAIN FROM THE VOTE. PART VI, LINE 19 - PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF FS, COI POLICY, & GOVERNING DOCS COMMUNITY CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. DOES NOT MAKE ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS OR CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. IN ACCORDANCE WITH BOND COVENANTS, COMMUNITY CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. THROUGH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTHWEST INDIANA MAKES ITS FINANICAL STATEMENTS AND DISCLOSURES AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE EMMA DATABASE. 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