2025-05-29T11:28:28-04:00 2024-12-31 043389217 BBSC CPAS 38 PARKWAY S BREWER ME 04412 990 2024-01-01 472350705 CHRISTINE B FOUNDATION INC CHRI 2075739026 304 HANCOCK STREET SUITE 1A BANGOR ME 04401 MATTHEW DEXTER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2075739026 2025-05-28 true false PATRICIA PEASLEE CPA P01560544 2079418890 2025-05-29 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z JAMIE COMSTOCK 304 HANCOCK ST 1A BANGOR ME 04401 345184 false X WWW.CHRISBFUND.ORG X 2014 ME THE CHRISTINE B. FOUNDATION (CBF) SUPPORTS THOSE FACING CANCER BY EXTENDING ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD, NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION, AND COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS ESSENTIAL TO THEIR STRENGTH AND COMFORT. 9 9 2 150 0 642034 240127 0 519 24820 0 642553 264947 0 0 148019 155393 0 32043 150259 225765 298278 381158 344275 -116211 482160 345175 32968 12194 449192 332981 X THE CHRISTINE B. FOUNDATION (CBF) SUPPORTS THOSE FACING CANCER BY EXTENDING ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD, NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION, AND COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS ESSENTIAL TO THEIR STRENGTH AND COMFORT. false false 213629 THIS INCLUDES THE TOTAL EXPENSE OF THE CANCER NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SUPPLY CHAIN, ASSOCIATED PERSONNEL TIME). THE CANCER NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OFFERS MEDICALLY TAILORED GROCERY PACKAGES TO PATIENTS IN ACTIVE TREATMENT, RECOVERY, AND THOSE IN THEIR HOUSEHOLDS. THIS IS A NO-COST PROGRAM FOR PATIENTS, PRIORITIZING DISTRIBUTION AND OPPORTUNITY TO ACCESS NUTRIENT-RICH GROCERIES DESPITE CANCER TYPE, AGE, INCOME LEVEL, GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, OR RACE. THE 2024 MAJOR OUTCOMES FOR THIS PROGRAM INCLUDE SOURCING, ASSEMBLING, AND DISTRIBUTING 5,140 GROCERY PACKAGES (154,200 EQUIVALENT MEALS, +30% YOY) ACROSS 120 MAINE TOWNS TO 600 PATIENTS (A TOTAL REACH OF 1,500 INDIVIDUALS, + 50% YOY). 150 VOLUNTEERS ENSURE THE PROGRAM'S RELIABILITY, SAFETY, AND FRIENDLINESS THROUGH ASSEMBLY AND DISTRIBUTION AT HOSPITAL PICK UP SITES AND HOME DELIVERY ACROSS 11,500 SQUARE MILES. 91392 THIS AMOUNT WAS INVESTED IN CBF'S NOURISHING HOPE TRIAL, ASSESSING AND EVALUATING HOW ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD AN DIETETIC COUNSELING IMPACTS HEALTH OUTCOMES AND A FAMILY'S SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND PHYSICAL FACTORS WHILE FACING CANCER. THIS IS A MULTI-YEAR CLINICAL TRIAL, WITH FY24 MAJOR OUTCOMES INCLUDING THE CREATION OF TRIAL MATERIAL AND PROTOCOLS. PY24 EXPENSES INCLUDE CBF PERSONNEL AND CONSULTING SERVICES, FROM RESEARCH ADMINISTRATORS AND RESEARCHERS AT YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. THE TRIAL IS PLANNED TO OPEN ENROLLMENT IN Q2 OF 2025, WITH 100 CANCER PATIENTS RECRUITED AND RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO RECEIVE 6 MONTHS OF INTERVENTIONS IN ONE OF THREE STUDY GROUPS (1. RECEIVING HOME DELIVERY OF MEDICALLY TAILORED GROCERY PACKAGES 2. RECEIVING HOME DELIVERY OF MEDICALLY TAILORED GROCERY PACKAGES AND TELEPHONE DIETITIAN COUNSELING 3. USUAL CARE WITH DELAYED HOME DELIVERY OF MEDICALLY TAILORED GROCERY PACKAGES). 10006 THE CHRISTINE B FOUNDATION RECEIVED 10,000 FROM THE MAINE CANCER FOUNDATION TO PROVIDE CANCER PATIENTS WITH DIRECT FINANCIAL AID. CBF OPENED AN APPLICATION PROCESS FOR FINANCIAL AID REQUESTS VIA MAIL, PHONE, AND ONLINE (MAX OF 500/INDIVIDUAL), FOR PATIENTS WITH CANCER LIVING IN PISCATAQUIS AND PENOBSCOT COUNTY. 61 APPLICANTS WERE RECEIVED, WITH REQUESTS TOTALING 31,217. APPLICANTS WERE ASKED TO SHARE HOW FUNDS WOULD BE USED, HERE IS A BREAKDOWN - FOOD (65%), HOUSING (38%), TRANSPORTATION (60%), MEDICAL BILLS (28%), OTHER (10%). 93% OF APPLICANT AGREE OR STRONGLY AGREED THAT THEIR CANCER DIAGNOSIS IMPACTED THEIR FINANCIAL SECURITY. A STAFF AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMITTEE REVIEWED APPLICANTS. ALL APPLICANTS RECEIVED FINANCIAL AID. CBF PRIORITIZED APPLICANTS SEEKING ASSISTANCE WITH FOOD, THOSE IN ACTIVE TREATMENT, AND DEMONSTRATED CANCER HAS A STRONG FINANCIAL IMPACT. 61 INDIVIDUALS WERE AWARDED, 18 RECEIVING 317 (THE PRIORITY AREA) AND 43 RECEIVING 100. 1449 THIS AMOUNT WAS DIRECTED TOWARDS THE PROGRAMMATIC INVESTMENT OF 0 DIRIGO DRIVE, BREWER, ME 04412 1.53 ACRE PROPERTY. THE 1,449 WAS THE AMOUNT OF INTEREST EXPENSE ASSOCIATED IN 2024 WITH THE PIECE OF PROPERTY. THE CHRISTINE B FOUNDATION CONTINUES TO INVEST AND RECOMMIT ITSELF TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS FOR GREATER COMPREHENSIVE AND COLLABORATIVE SERVICES. THIS PROPERTY WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE LOCATION FOR THE GREATEST IMPACT AND FEASABILITY FOR CREATING A CANCER NUTRITION FACILITY TO EXPAND THE CAPACITY AND REACH OF CBF'S PRIMARY PROGRAMMING. 1449 316476 true true false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 7 0 true 2 true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false X 9 9 true false false false false false false true true false false true true true false true false false false false ME X X MATTHEW DEXTER 2075739026 304 HANCOCK ST SUITE 1A BANGOR ME 04401 X KATHERINE LAVALLEE DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 KATHLEEN MONEGHAN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 NICOLE NILES DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ROBERT SMITH PAST - PRESI 1.00 X 0 0 0 LEE-ANNE STOREN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 BECKY CARON SECRETARY 1.00 X 0 0 0 JAMIE COMSTOCK PRESIDENT 1.00 X 0 0 0 AMANDA COST VICE-PRESIDE 1.00 X 0 0 0 JIM DEXTER DIRECTOR EME 1.00 X 0 0 0 WENDY SCHORS TREASURER 1.00 X 0 0 0 false false false 240127 240127 5057 5057 100000 80237 19763 19763 19763 264947 19763 5057 90100 63070 9010 18020 54250 54250 11043 8975 1379 689 4877 1219 3658 4717 4717 5746 4309 575 862 6354 6036 318 25800 19350 2580 3870 426 426 1449 1449 1689 844 845 NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROG 106785 106785 CONSULTING SERVICES 65870 56225 6895 2750 MEMBERSHIP FEES 1200 1200 STRIPE FEES 817 817 35 35 381158 316476 32639 32043 261699 292407 30000 80000 110461 52768 482160 345175 9288 12194 23680 32968 12194 X 449192 332981 449192 332981 482160 345175 -116211 X false false false X 110897 118502 239387 642034 240127 1350947 110897 118502 239387 642034 240127 1350947 1350947 519 5057 5576 1356523 5671 0.99590 0.99960 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSITS 52768 52768 FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A THIS INCLUDES THE TOTAL EXPENSE OF THE CANCER NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SUPPLY CHAIN, ASSOCIATED PERSONNEL TIME). THE CANCER NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OFFERS MEDICALLY TAILORED GROCERY PACKAGES TO PATIENTS IN ACTIVE TREATMENT, RECOVERY, AND THOSE IN THEIR HOUSEHOLDS. THIS IS A NO-COST PROGRAM FOR PATIENTS, PRIORITIZING DISTRIBUTION AND OPPORTUNITY TO ACCESS NUTRIENT-RICH GROCERIES DESPITE CANCER TYPE, AGE, INCOME LEVEL, GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, OR RACE. THE 2024 MAJOR OUTCOMES FOR THIS PROGRAM INCLUDE SOURCING, ASSEMBLING, AND DISTRIBUTING 5,140 GROCERY PACKAGES (154,200 EQUIVALENT MEALS, +30% YOY) ACROSS 120 MAINE TOWNS TO 600 PATIENTS (A TOTAL REACH OF 1,500 INDIVIDUALS, + 50% YOY). 150 VOLUNTEERS ENSURE THE PROGRAM'S RELIABILITY, SAFETY, AND FRIENDLINESS THROUGH ASSEMBLY AND DISTRIBUTION AT HOSPITAL PICK UP SITES AND HOME DELIVERY ACROSS 11,500 SQUARE MILES. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4B THIS AMOUNT WAS INVESTED IN CBF'S NOURISHING HOPE TRIAL, ASSESSING AND EVALUATING HOW ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD AN DIETETIC COUNSELING IMPACTS HEALTH OUTCOMES AND A FAMILY'S SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND PHYSICAL FACTORS WHILE FACING CANCER. THIS IS A MULTI-YEAR CLINICAL TRIAL, WITH FY24 MAJOR OUTCOMES INCLUDING THE CREATION OF TRIAL MATERIAL AND PROTOCOLS. PY24 EXPENSES INCLUDE CBF PERSONNEL AND CONSULTING SERVICES, FROM RESEARCH ADMINISTRATORS AND RESEARCHERS AT YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. THE TRIAL IS PLANNED TO OPEN ENROLLMENT IN Q2 OF 2025, WITH 100 CANCER PATIENTS RECRUITED AND RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO RECEIVE 6 MONTHS OF INTERVENTIONS IN ONE OF THREE STUDY GROUPS (1. RECEIVING HOME DELIVERY OF MEDICALLY TAILORED GROCERY PACKAGES 2. RECEIVING HOME DELIVERY OF MEDICALLY TAILORED GROCERY PACKAGES AND TELEPHONE DIETITIAN COUNSELING 3. USUAL CARE WITH DELAYED HOME DELIVERY OF MEDICALLY TAILORED GROCERY PACKAGES). FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4C THE CHRISTINE B FOUNDATION RECEIVED 10,000 FROM THE MAINE CANCER FOUNDATION TO PROVIDE CANCER PATIENTS WITH DIRECT FINANCIAL AID. CBF OPENED AN APPLICATION PROCESS FOR FINANCIAL AID REQUESTS VIA MAIL, PHONE, AND ONLINE (MAX OF 500/INDIVIDUAL), FOR PATIENTS WITH CANCER LIVING IN PISCATAQUIS AND PENOBSCOT COUNTY. 61 APPLICANTS WERE RECEIVED, WITH REQUESTS TOTALING 31,217. APPLICANTS WERE ASKED TO SHARE HOW FUNDS WOULD BE USED, HERE IS A BREAKDOWN - FOOD (65%), HOUSING (38%), TRANSPORTATION (60%), MEDICAL BILLS (28%), OTHER (10%). 93% OF APPLICANT AGREE OR STRONGLY AGREED THAT THEIR CANCER DIAGNOSIS IMPACTED THEIR FINANCIAL SECURITY. A STAFF AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMITTEE REVIEWED APPLICANTS. ALL APPLICANTS RECEIVED FINANCIAL AID. CBF PRIORITIZED APPLICANTS SEEKING ASSISTANCE WITH FOOD, THOSE IN ACTIVE TREATMENT, AND DEMONSTRATED CANCER HAS A STRONG FINANCIAL IMPACT. 61 INDIVIDUALS WERE AWARDED, 18 RECEIVING 317 (THE PRIORITY AREA) AND 43 RECEIVING 100. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D THIS AMOUNT WAS DIRECTED TOWARDS THE PROGRAMMATIC INVESTMENT OF 0 DIRIGO DRIVE, BREWER, ME 04412 1.53 ACRE PROPERTY. THE 1,449 WAS THE AMOUNT OF INTEREST EXPENSE ASSOCIATED IN 2024 WITH THE PIECE OF PROPERTY. THE CHRISTINE B FOUNDATION CONTINUES TO INVEST AND RECOMMIT ITSELF TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS FOR GREATER COMPREHENSIVE AND COLLABORATIVE SERVICES. THIS PROPERTY WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE LOCATION FOR THE GREATEST IMPACT AND FEASABILITY FOR CREATING A CANCER NUTRITION FACILITY TO EXPAND THE CAPACITY AND REACH OF CBF'S PRIMARY PROGRAMMING. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 2 JIM DEXTER MATT DEXTER DIRECTOR EXEC. DIRECT FAMILY FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B SOMEONE AT THE ORGANIZATION REVIEWS AND APPROVES IT PRIOR TO FILING FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST