Year in Review 2020 slay cancer with dragons KIDS DIAGNOSED IMPACT ON THE FAMILY EACH DAY 16 The average cost associated THOUSAND with childhood cancer on a KIDS DIAGNOSED family is a startling $833,000 EACH YEAR Half of all pediatric A NEW REPORT47 WARNS - CHILDHOOD CANCERS ARE ON THE RISE cancer families report considerable to BILLION DOLLARS severe household A YEAR DUE TO 95% debt as a result of 1 in 4 HOSPITALIZATIONS % the child’s care 95% of impacted families say 1 in 4 families reports losing their child’s cancer caused a more than 40% of their annual nancial burden on their income as a result of 34INCREASE IN family. treatment-related work disruption. CHILDHOOD 50% $ CANCER SINCE of families state that one adult in their household stopped working 1.9 1975 33% completely to provide the necessary care WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO? From September 2019 to September 2020, TRF provided $1,500,000 in grant money to families battling a pediatric cancer diagnosis. We are thrilled that over 85 cents from every $1 donated to TRF goes directly to our families! TRF grants assist families who are faced with pediatric cancer and are struggling to make ends meet. The core Signature Grants - Grants made to families who have suffered financial hardship as a result purpose of the foundation is to provide comprehensive of pediatric cancer diagnosis and treatment. These grants are issued to provide financial relief specifically for housing, utilities, and automobile expenses. Grant funds are paid support to each family we serve, as opposed to smaller directly to debtors in the amount of $1,000 monthly for one year – $446,926 Granted grants offered to a larger number of families. Fun Money - Grants given to celebrate special occasions like birthdays with gifts and fun nights out together as a family. These grants are issued in the form of a retail gift card Applications are provided through the social workers in denominations of $25 - 250 each. Families may apply for and receive fun vouchers of our partner hospitals. Our goal is to serve the entire throughout the year with a maximum total value of $1,000 annually – $35,643 Granted family emotionally and financially by alleviating the Travel Grants - Financial assistance to cover hotel and travel expenses for family members financial burdens of a tragic illness so that families can to accompany their child during travel incurred for medical treatment or therapy. Each TRF focus on the care of their children and each other. family qualifies for up to $5,000 per year –$63,080 Granted Path to Heaven - For families faced with the exceptional burden and cost of laying their child OVER 85 CENTS OF to rest, TRF offers financial grants to pay funeral or burial expenses. Families receive up to $5,000 to supplement these costs – $13,809 Granted EVERY DOLLAR DONATED GOES DIRECTLY TO OUR Emergency Funds - Additional funds provided to families facing unusual circumstances not traditionally covered by our other grant programs. With the onset of the worldwide FAMILIES IN NEED pandemic, emergency fund requests increased by 52% in 2020 – $50,485 Granted GALA FUNDRAISING HISTORY $3,000,000 2,500,000 2,000,000 $2,100,000 1,500,000 CRITERIA FOR GRANT ELIGIBILITY: 1,000,000 $1,034,000 • Child is 0-18 and has been diagnosed with cancer. 800,000 • Family demonstrates a financial need as a result of this diagnosis. 500,000 $550,000 • Household has at least 1 working adult with an annual housing expense to income ratio of 28% or below. $510,000 (Example: A household earning $75K is paying no more than $21K total per year on mortgage or rent). 300,000 $315,000 • Family lives above federal poverty level. 0 • Child is insured or has access to medical cost coverage. 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 • Family does not receive significant financial support from other organizations, crowdfunding, etc. Gala Fundraising Total in Dollars In 6 years we have increased our gala fundraising by 700% and increased awareness of the financial burden of a pediatric cancer diagnosis. WARRIOR SPOTLIGHT WARRIOR SPOTLIGHT WARRIOR SPOTLIGHT WARRIOR SPOTLIGHT Antoinette - Nevada Ariel and Maximilian - California Bradley - Ontario, Canada Davier - Utah From Antionette’s family, “Our SuperGirl Antoinette Ariel and Maximilian Guimaraes are 3 year old twins who Bradley was diagnosed with Stage 1 Juvenile Pilocytic From Davier’s mom, “It is hard to express how grateful was diagnosed with DIPG, an aggressive inoperable were both diagnosed with rare Bilateral Retinoblastoma Astrocytoma in 2019 at the age of 3 years old. He we are for TRF! There was a constant nagging thought brainstem tumor, on Dec 1st, 2018. She went through as infants. They live with their parents, Nicole and immediately began treatment with 70 weeks of chemo in the back of our minds on how we would pay bills if we five and a half weeks of radiation and endured a Victor, in Southern California and receive treatment at at Sick Kids in Ontario, one of our TRF partner hospitals missed any more work because of Davier’s treatments. trachea and shunt placement surgery. She was being TRF partner hospital, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. in Canada. Thanks to TRF I don’t think about that anymore. treated at Cure 4 The Kids Foundation clinic in Las Nicole is a stay-at-home mom since the children are Vegas. Antoinette is one of six children and is our third frequently in treatment and have sensitive immune The Rooneys have been a part of the TRF family since I feel safe when me or my husband take some days off youngest. She enjoyed spending time with her siblings systems. December 2019, a few months after Bradley’s diagnosis. when Davier has appointments. TRF has helped lift a and our family movie nights. TRF has just been amazing TRF has helped celebrate Bradley’s 4th birthday and burden off our back and let us focus all of our attention to our family. Thanks to their Signature Grant, we have The Guimaraes family joined the TRF program in create memories last winter with a special family trip. on our son in his time of need. I will forever be grateful been able to spend quality time making memories with November, 2018. The TRF Signature Grant helped with Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, only one parent has for that!” our daughter. We do not have to stress over how to pay monthly rent payments for the family so they can focus been allowed to enter the hospital with Bradley for the bills. I honestly don’t know what we would do without on the treatment and well-being of the twins. treatments. The family has to travel over an hour to get them. Thank you TRF for being a part of our journey.” to the hospital. TRF assisted with gas, food, and lodging for these frequent trips through the family’s Travel Grant. Antoinette gained her angel wings on October 1, 2020. TRF provided assistance with final arrangements through the Path to Heaven Grant. SEPTEMBER 2019 RECEIVED OVER 2,000 LETTERS FOR OUR In 2020 TRF PEN PAL PROGRAM brought in 6th Annual Rise Up Gala at Wynn Las Vegas revenue topping RAISED $3,000,000 TO BENEFIT OUR TRF FAMILIES Our partner network included 53 partner hospitals $2,211,238 Partnering with Zappos, TRF TRF supported We now have fulfilled the holiday wishes 160 Ambassadors of every single TRF family from 23 states member, delivering over 150 80 in the US and gifts in December 2019 families worldwide with our Signature 16 countries Grant program worldwide Our TRF Ambassador 8 schools participated in our Program made up Team TRF program and collectively raised of 194 Ambassadors has raised $5,941.34 $72,866.81 Team TRF schools share their school spirit and raise money for TRF SEPTEMBER 2019 TRF facilitated a Childhood Cancer Awareness campaign, raising $10,000 throughout the month from $1 donations. Freedom Deodorant collaborated with TRF to donate a portion of September’s proceeds to the foundation in honor of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. We partnered with the National Pediatric Cancer Foundation for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and placed a partnership banner on USAToday.com For the 4th year in a row, Hard Rock International invited us to be the beneficiary of their annual Pinsanity Event raising $10,000. TRF Ambassadors, The Morrison Family, made the trek to D.C. to represent TRF at the 2019 CureFest for Childhood Cancer. November 2019 Richard J Rundle Elementary- Las Vegas, NV $1,068.00 We were invited to host a TRF January 2020 night with the Las Vegas Lights on Mountain Ridge High- Herriman, UT $45,000 September 14, 2019. TRF families February 2020 enjoyed a night out at the game. Lone Peak High- Highland, UT $23,140 March 2020 Circle Towanda Elementary- Towanda, KS $3,625.11 Happy Place at Mandalay Bay Ferron Elementary- Las Vegas, NV $392.45 welcomed TRF staff, ambassadors, April 2020 and families for a fun TRF Family Faith Lutheran Middle/High- Las Vegas, NV $174 Night with dinner and activities Circle Benton Elementary- Benton, KS $474 Bozarth Elementary- Las Vegas, NV $61.25 provided. OCTOBER 2019 NOVEMBER 2019 Our Buy-a-blanket/give-a-blanket campaign launched online TRF collaborated with TRF Ambassador Elan Lopez to featuring a custom TRF sweatshirt blanket. create a custom art print of Imagine Dragons bassist, Ben Rundle Elementary in Las Vegas raised $1,068 with small and simple McKee. Each of these autographed posters was available donations collected from their students, most of whom are on a free or reduced lunch program.