2024-05-15T09:36:57-04:00 2023-12-31 274292646 LOVE BAILEY & ASSOCIATES LLC 111 1/2 E LAURENS ST LAURENS SC 29360 990 2023-01-01 542098883 CANCER ASSOCIATION OF ANDERSON CANC 8642223500 215 E CALHOUN ST ANDERSON SC 29621 ANGELA STRINGER EXEC. DIRECTOR 8642223500 2024-05-11 ANGELA STRINGER 999009999 false GARY BAILEY P01426283 8649842698 2024-05-11 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z ANGELA STRINGER 215 E CALHOUN STREET ANDERSON SC 29621 1039104 false X WWW.CANCERASSOCIATIONANDERSON.ORG X THE CANCER ASSOCIATION OF ANDERSON (CAA) IS THE ONLY LOCAL CANCER CHARITY IN ANDERSON COUNTY. OUR MISSION IS TO HELP REDUCE THE BURDEN ON ANDERSON COUNTY RESIDENTS WHO ARE BATTLING CANCER BY PROVIDING TREATMENT-RELATED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, INFORMATION AND REFERRAL AS WELL AS EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL SUPPORT. CAA PROVIDES SUCH SERVICES TO CANCER PATIENTS THROUGHOUT ANDERSON COUNTY AT NO COST, REGARDLESS OF SOCIOECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR WHERE THEY RECEIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT. CAA'S VARIOUS PROGRAMS AND SERVICES SEEK TO COMPLEMENT OUR PATIENTS' CANCER JOURNEYS THROUGH HOLISTIC AND INTEGRATIVE/COMPLEMENTARY APPROACHES TO CANCER PREVETION, SURVIVORSHIP, EDUCATION AND INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT. 20 20 6 0 557029 846925 0 171 7395 63854 146165 621054 1000485 304218 247534 0 166650 202419 0 15224 151421 234214 622289 684167 -1235 316318 749488 1067475 101076 102745 648412 964730 X THE CANCER ASSOCIATION OF ANDERSON (CAA) IS THE ONLY LOCAL CANCER CHARITY IN ANDERSON COUNTY. OUR MISSION IS TO HELP REDUCE THE BURDEN ON ANDERSON COUNTY RESIDENTS WHO ARE BATTLING CANCER BY PROVIDING TREATMENT-RELATED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, INFORMATION AND REFERRAL AS WELL AS EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL SUPPORT. CAA PROVIDES SUCH SERVICES TO CANCER PATIENTS THROUGHOUT ANDERSON COUNTY AT NO COST, REGARDLESS OF SOCIOECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR WHERE THEY RECEIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT. CAA'S VARIOUS PROGRAMS AND SERVICES SEEK TO COMPLEMENT OUR PATIENTS' CANCER JOURNEYS THROUGH HOLISTIC AND INTEGRATIVE/COMPLEMENTARY APPROACHES TO CANCER PREVETION, SURVIVORSHIP, EDUCATION AND INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT. false false 546735 247534 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: IN 2021, CAA PROVIDED DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO MORE THAN 5,200 CANCER PATIENTS OUT OF OUR 6,006 TOTAL CANCER PATIENT CONTACTS WHO HAD SUCH NEEDS AS PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE, SPECIALLIZED HOME- HEALTH MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, TRAVEL TO AND FROM TREATMENT - MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT AS WELL AS TRANSPORTATION VIA CAA'S NEW VEHICLE (NAMED HOPE) WITH A DEDICATED DRIVER TO ASSIST PATIENTS AND TRANSPORT TO TREATMENT, AND SUPPLEMENT DUE TO INCREASED VOLUME BY UBER/LYFT SERVICES WHEN NEEDED (BOTH LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE), SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITIONAL DRINKS SUCH AS BOOST/ENSURE, AND ENROLLMENT IN CAA'S NEW "WELL-FIT" PROGRAM, WHICH EDUCATES PATIENTS IN AREAS OF NUTRITION, EXERCISE & STRENGTH TRAINING, FINANCIAL CONCERNS DURING/AFTER TREATMENT, FMLA-EMPLOYEE RIGHTS & SMOKING CESSATION, ETC. (THIS PROGRAM EXPANDED UPON THE PREVIOUS ONCOLOGY REHAB PROGRAM). ADDITIONALLY, CAA PAID INSURANCE PREMIUMS FOR PATIENTS IN DANGER OF LOSING COVERAGE DUE TO BEING OUT OF WORK DURING ACTIVE CANCER TREATMENT AND PROVIDED ITEMS SUCH AS FREE WIGS, SCARVES AND HATS DUE TO TREATEMNT RELATED HAIR LOSS, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES TO PATIENTS. ALSO ADDED IN 2021 IS CAA'S NEW NEUROMUSCULAR THERAPY OPPORTUNITY FOR CANCER PATIENTS WITH SCARRING FROM SURGERY TO WORK WITH ADVANCED MASSAGE TO REDUCE SCAR TISSUE AND INCREASE RANGE OF MOTION AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, QUALITY OF LIFE. 27167 INFORMATION AND REFERRAL: CAA CONTINUES TO HANDLE DAILY REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION ABOUT CANCER PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT AS WELL AS REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL CANCER RESOURCES. CAA MAINTAINS A SMALL LIBRARY OF BOOKS, VIDEOS AND PAMPHLETS FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION. CAA PROVIDES SPEAKERS TO CHURCHES, CIVIC GROUPS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS REGARDING CANCER TREATMENT AND SERVICES AND IS FREQUENTLY CONTACTED BY LOCAL MEDIA FOR COMMENTARY ON CANCER ISSUES. INFORMATIONAL BOOTHS/TABLES ARE REGULARLY SET UP AT COMMUNITY EVENTS SUCH AS THE ANDERSON COUNTY FAIR AND VARIOUS LOCAL HEALTH FAIRS. 54332 EMOTIONAL SUPPORT: EMOTIONAL SUPPORT BEGINS AS PATIENTS ENTER OUR COMFORTING, UPLIFTING "HOME- AND BEAUTIFULLY LANDSCAPED GROUNDS WHERE PATIENTS, CAREGIVERS AND THEIR FAMILIES CAN COME FOR HOPE AND ENCOURAGMENT BOTH INDIVIDUALLY AND IN A GROUP. CAA UTILIZES AND INCORPORATES SUPPORTIVE "INTEGRATIVE" PROGRAMS/COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES THAT UPLIFT AND ENHANCE THE PATIENT'S ABILITY TO FIGHT CANCER AND WHICH MAY HELP CONVENTIONAL CANCER TREATMENTS WORK MORE EFFECTIVELY. AROMATHERAPY, MINDFULLNESS, YOGA AND OTHER STRENGTH/STRETCHING EXERCISES, MUSIC THERAPY, JUICING AND HEALTHY NUTRITION CLASSES, GRIEF SUPPORT, ART AND PET THERAPIES ARE JUST A FEW OF THE CURRENT CAA OFFERINGS TO PATIENTS. ADDITIONALLY, OUR CAA STAFF AND BOARD HAVE HOSTED AND/OR FACILITATED ONSITE SUPPORT-GROUPS FOR SURVIVORS OF BREAST CANCER, URO-GENITAL AND GASTROINTESTINAL CANCERS, AS WELL AS HEAD AND NECK CANCERS. 628234 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false true false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false true 4 4 false 6 true false false false false false false false false X 20 20 false false false false false false false true true false false false false false false true true false SC X ANGELA STRINGER 8642223500 215 E CALHOUN STREET ANDERSON SC 29621 ANGELA STRINGER EXEC. 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RECIPIENTS MUST HAVE ACTIVE CANCER AND MUST BE A RESIDENT OF ANDERSON COUNTY, SC. EACH PATIENT IS ELIGIBLE FOR UP TO 1,200 IN DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PER CALENDAR YEAR WHILE IN ACTIVE TREATMENT FOR CANCER. IN ADDITION TO THE DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, PATIENTS MAY RECEIVE ITEMS FROM THE CAA BOUTIQUE (WIGS, HATS, SCARVES, MASTECTOMY BRAS, SPECIALTY BRAS, PROSTHESES, ETC.) AT NO COST. APPLICATIONS ARE COMPLETED FOR EACH CANCER PATIENT, INCLUDING A SIGNED FORM FROM AN ONCOLOGIST OR ONCOLOGY NURSE CONFIRMING DIAGNOSIS. A CHART IS MAINTAINED FOR EACH PATIENT THAT RECORDS EVERY INSTANCE OF ASSISTANCE, INCLUDING TYPE, DATE, AMOUNT, AND FORM OF PAYMENT. PATIENTS TURN IN RECEIPTS FOR MEDICINE AND MILEAGE LOGS FOR LOCAL TRAVEL. SET AMOUNTS ARE GIVEN FOR LONG-DISTANCE TRAVEL. X 1 78850 false false false FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION THE CANCER ASSOCIATION OF ANDERSON (CAA) IS THE ONLY LOCAL CANCER CHARITY IN ANDERSON COUNTY. OUR MISSION IS TO HELP REDUCE THE BURDEN ON ANDERSON COUNTY RESIDENTS WHO ARE BATTLING CANCER BY PROVIDING TREATMENT-RELATED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, INFORMATION AND REFERRAL AS WELL AS EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL SUPPORT. CAA PROVIDES SUCH SERVICES TO CANCER PATIENTS THROUGHOUT ANDERSON COUNTY AT NO COST, REGARDLESS OF SOCIOECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR WHERE THEY RECEIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT. CAA'S VARIOUS PROGRAMS AND SERVICES SEEK TO COMPLEMENT OUR PATIENTS' CANCER JOURNEYS THROUGH HOLISTIC AND INTEGRATIVE/COMPLEMENTARY APPROACHES TO CANCER PREVETION, SURVIVORSHIP, EDUCATION AND INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: IN 2021, CAA PROVIDED DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO MORE THAN 5,200 CANCER PATIENTS OUT OF OUR 6,006 TOTAL CANCER PATIENT CONTACTS WHO HAD SUCH NEEDS AS PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE, SPECIALLIZED HOME- HEALTH MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, TRAVEL TO AND FROM TREATMENT - MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT AS WELL AS TRANSPORTATION VIA CAA'S NEW VEHICLE (NAMED HOPE) WITH A DEDICATED DRIVER TO ASSIST PATIENTS AND TRANSPORT TO TREATMENT, AND SUPPLEMENT DUE TO INCREASED VOLUME BY UBER/LYFT SERVICES WHEN NEEDED (BOTH LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE), SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITIONAL DRINKS SUCH AS BOOST/ENSURE, AND ENROLLMENT IN CAA'S NEW "WELL-FIT" PROGRAM, WHICH EDUCATES PATIENTS IN AREAS OF NUTRITION, EXERCISE & STRENGTH TRAINING, FINANCIAL CONCERNS DURING/AFTER TREATMENT, FMLA-EMPLOYEE RIGHTS & SMOKING CESSATION, ETC. (THIS PROGRAM EXPANDED UPON THE PREVIOUS ONCOLOGY REHAB PROGRAM). ADDITIONALLY, CAA PAID INSURANCE PREMIUMS FOR PATIENTS IN DANGER OF LOSING COVERAGE DUE TO BEING OUT OF WORK DURING ACTIVE CANCER TREATMENT AND PROVIDED ITEMS SUCH AS FREE WIGS, SCARVES AND HATS DUE TO TREATEMNT RELATED HAIR LOSS, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES TO PATIENTS. ALSO ADDED IN 2021 IS CAA'S NEW NEUROMUSCULAR THERAPY OPPORTUNITY FOR CANCER PATIENTS WITH SCARRING FROM SURGERY TO WORK WITH ADVANCED MASSAGE TO REDUCE SCAR TISSUE AND INCREASE RANGE OF MOTION AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, QUALITY OF LIFE. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4C EMOTIONAL SUPPORT: EMOTIONAL SUPPORT BEGINS AS PATIENTS ENTER OUR COMFORTING, UPLIFTING "HOME- AND BEAUTIFULLY LANDSCAPED GROUNDS WHERE PATIENTS, CAREGIVERS AND THEIR FAMILIES CAN COME FOR HOPE AND ENCOURAGMENT BOTH INDIVIDUALLY AND IN A GROUP. CAA UTILIZES AND INCORPORATES SUPPORTIVE "INTEGRATIVE" PROGRAMS/COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES THAT UPLIFT AND ENHANCE THE PATIENT'S ABILITY TO FIGHT CANCER AND WHICH MAY HELP CONVENTIONAL CANCER TREATMENTS WORK MORE EFFECTIVELY. AROMATHERAPY, MINDFULLNESS, YOGA AND OTHER STRENGTH/STRETCHING EXERCISES, MUSIC THERAPY, JUICING AND HEALTHY NUTRITION CLASSES, GRIEF SUPPORT, ART AND PET THERAPIES ARE JUST A FEW OF THE CURRENT CAA OFFERINGS TO PATIENTS. ADDITIONALLY, OUR CAA STAFF AND BOARD HAVE HOSTED AND/OR FACILITATED ONSITE SUPPORT-GROUPS FOR SURVIVORS OF BREAST CANCER, URO-GENITAL AND GASTROINTESTINAL CANCERS, AS WELL AS HEAD AND NECK CANCERS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B IRS FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE TREASURER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THEN PRESENTED TO THE BOARD PRIOR TO DEADLINE DATE FOR IRS FORM 990 FOR THEIR INFORMATION. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE CAA BOARD BASES COMPENSATION ON PERFORMANCE AND THE GENERAL CLIMATE OF COST-OF-LIVING INCREASES IN THE LOCAL NON-PROFIT AND BUSINESS SECTORS. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION IS PRESENTED TO THE FULL BOARD, WHICH VOTES ON THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATION PACKAGE. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MAKES RECOMMENDATION COMPENSATION FOR STAFF (EMPLOYEES) TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE CAA BOARD. RECOMMENDATION IS BASED ON PERFORMANCE AND THE GENERAL CLIMATE OF COST-OF-LIVING INCREASES IN THE LOCAL NON-PROFIT AND BUSINESS SECTORS. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE'S VOTES ON THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN BRINGS THE COMPENSATION PACKAGES TO THE FULL CAA BOARD FOR A VOTE. THE CAA BOARD IS A NON-PAID BOARD. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 GOVERNING DOCUMENTS OF THE ORGANIZATION ARE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST TO THE PUBLIC