Heroes Foundation Annual Report 2022

Our MISSION

To provide meaningful support to cancer patients, education to promote cancer prevention and resources to advance research for a cure.

HEROES Community ,

It is my great pleasure to present the 2022 Heroes Foundation Annual Report. This past year, we continued our commitment to provide meaningful support to cancer patients, education to promote cancer prevention and resources to advance research for a cure here in Indiana.

In 2022, we provided valuable assistance to Hoosiers and their families facing the burden of cancer. We helped educate community members across the state on ways to reduce their risk of developing cancer. And we awarded research projects totaling $426K to leading organizations in the field of cancer research. (See page 7 for more impact totals.)

We are proud of all that we have accomplished this past year, but we know there is still much work to be done in the fight against cancer. All of us at the Heroes Foundation remain committed to doing our part.

I am humbled by the generosity of our donors and supporters. The impact they have had cannot be overstated — without them, this work would not be possible. We are deeply grateful for their support.

I invite you to explore our Annual Report, which further highlights our efforts in the fight against cancer over the past year. Together, we are making a difference.

Vince Todd, Jr. Chairman and Co-Founder

LEADING Our MISSION

We are proud to introduce the Heroes Foundation Board of Directors. We are grateful to each person who chooses to join our efforts and help increase our momentum in furthering the Heroes Foundation mission.

Our Board comprises individuals from diverse backgrounds who are committed to making a positive impact in the fight against cancer. Each member is an expert in their respective field and brings with them invaluable insight and experience that guides our work.

As a governing body, the Board of Directors focuses on the high-level strategy, oversight and accountability of the organization, empowering our employees to oversee the day-to-day operations.

We have doctors, scientists, philanthropists, business leaders and other professionals who understand the importance of this fight and are passionate about doing what they can to make a difference. Together they form an impressive group of people who share a common goal — to support Central Indiana’s leading advocate for the cancer community. We look forward to working together towards this shared purpose.

HEROES FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS (pictured on previous page)

FIRST COLUMN

DANIEL ABDALLAH

The Brookfield Group

LOREN ANDERSON

CBTS

BRYAN BABB

Bose McKinney & Evans LLP

KELLY CANADA

Rolls-Royce

KARA CLINTON

Eli Lilly and Company

ANDRU CREIGHTON

Cortez Labs

RYAN DOYLE

Capital Group

SECOND COLUMN

AMY FRIZZELL

Forvis Private Client

CHRIS HENDRICKS

Duncan Supply Company

JAMES HINSHAW

Dentons Bingham Greenebaum

MATT KING

F.C. Tucker & Company

EMILY LEFEBVRE

eimagine Technology Group Inc.

THIRD COLUMN STEPHANIE

RUFENBARGER LESHER

Heroes Foundation

ANNIE MARTINEZ

Heroes Foundation

JULIE OTTE, PhD, RN, OCN Indiana University School of Nursing

STEVEN PEACHEY JR.

Community Health Network

BOARD OF DIRECTORS EMERITUS

Brian Betner, Hall Render

Don Birch, Van Ausdall & Farrar

Kyle Fisher, Community Health Network

Renita Haines, CPA

Mike Kaplan, Integrate

DR. JASON SCHAFFER

IU Health

DR. CATHERINE TODD

FHI 360

FOURTH COLUMN

CINDY TODD

Heroes Foundation

JOSEPH TODD

Accessa

VINCE TODD, JR.

Heroes Foundation

BOB TREASH

Givergy

FRED YEAKEY

Providence Cristo Rey High School

BRYCE ZOELLER

Kightlinger & Gray, LLP

Pat Murphy, Marathon Health

Joel Russell, eImagine Technology Group Inc.

John Ryan, OrthoIndy

Sue Todd

Vince Todd, Accessa

YEAR in REVIEW

JANUARY 29

An Evening With Heroes, the Heroes Foundation’s signature fundraising event, hosted 522 guests at the JW Marriott and raised $431,102 for the Indiana cancer community. (photos 1,2)

MARCH 1 to APRIL 24

During the two-month Fit4Heroes campaign, participants brought in $61,484 to support the Heroes Foundation. The fundraiser culminated at the live FitFest on April 24, 2022. (photos 3,4)

APRIL

The Summits Podcast celebrated its first anniversary with a road trip to interview researchers and other personnel at Purdue University and the University of Notre Dame. Co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah produced 24 episodes in 2022. (photo 5)

MAY 25

Pediatric cancer patients at Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital in Indianapolis were treated to a race party, courtesy of the Heroes Foundation’s Team JOEY! The fun included race cars, HotBox Pizza and LEGO sets for every patient. (photos 6-8)

JUNE 20

Wine Tasting With Peachey raised over $48,767 to aid breast cancer research in Indiana. The event was “uncorked” with support from The Middaugh Family. (photos 9,10)

SEPTEMBER 16 to 17

With a $3,000 gift from the Heroes Foundation’s Catherine Peachey Fund, Pink-4-Ever Ending Disparities hosted its Breast Health Summit to make progress toward eliminating breast cancer disparities for Black women. (photo 11)

SEPTEMBER 19 to 23

Heroes Foundation provided $15,000 to fund the CompleteLife Art Show. The program provides art therapy to cancer patients. The therapeutic art pieces created by patients were exhibited at the IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center and The Harrison Center. (photo 12)

SEPTEMBER 29

Thanks to generous sponsors, participants and volunteers, Swing4Heroes, teed up by SBC Wealth Management, raised over $137,390 to support the Heroes Foundation. (photos 13,14)

OCTOBER 20

With support from eimagine and Eight Eleven Group, Heroes paid it forward to the Indiana cancer community at the #PIFF Party, raising $33,435 during a night of live music and fun at The Vogue in Indianapolis. (photo 15)

DECEMBER 13

The Heroes Foundation’s Team JOEY provided holiday joy to patients at Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital. The party featured holiday Mickey Mouse, HotBox Pizza, and a LEGO set gift to each young patient. (photo 16)

INDIANA Needs CANCER HEROES

In 2023, 40,270 new cancer cases will be diagnosed in Indiana, and 13,660 Hoosiers will die from cancer. As such, our course is clear: The Heroes Foundation will continue to fight.

2022 was a HEROIC YEAR

$58,000 disbursed to support cancer patients and their families *

$426,400 disbursed to empower cancer research

$818,595 raised to support the Heroes Foundation **

IMPACT ACROSS the INDIANA CANCER COMMUNITY

The Heroes Foundation strives to make a heroic impact on cancer patients, families affected by a diagnosis, and their loved ones and caregivers.

This community includes cancer researchers. Seed funding is critical to enable faculty at medical research institutions to pursue their work. Without this startup funding, they are incapable of obtaining larger grants and funding sources, which is why the Heroes Foundation medical advisory committee focuses on uncovering and funding the most promising projects at research institutions across Indiana.

The Heroes Foundation is very strategic when choosing which partner programs and researchers to support. The following represents a portion of the impact made in 2022.

HELPED PROVIDE WRAPAROUND SERVICES FOR ADULT PATIENTS

The Heroes Foundation made a $15K gift to the Oncology Patient Assistance Fund at Community Health Network to purchase gift cards and to fund transportation services and short-term housing for cancer patients. $30K was provided to the CompleteLife program at IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center to fund art therapy programming and cancer support groups.

ADVANCED RESEARCH AROUND CANCER RISK

The Heroes Foundation’s Catherine Peachey Fund provided $100K to Tarah J. Ballinger, MD, at the Indiana University School of Medicine to study the link between exercise and breast cancer incidence.

ADVANCED RESEARCH AROUND CANCER DETECTION

Nawal Kassem, MD, at the Indiana University School of Medicine was named the latest Susan J. Patrick Heroes Cancer Research Fund Fellow. She will receive $14K annually from 2023 to 2025 to study hereditary cancer through cascade testing.

FURTHERED RESEARCH AROUND CANCER PROGRESSION

Through the Catherine Peachey Fund, $100K was provided to Dr. Laurie Littlepage at the Harper Cancer Research Institute at the University of Notre Dame to pursue her promising research on the mechanisms of cancer progression.

SUPPORTED WORK TO IMPROVE PEDIATRIC CANCER PATIENT OUTCOMES

Through Team JOEY, we announced a three-year, $30K funding commitment to Jennifer Belsky, DO, MS, to further her research on decreasing the detrimental side effects children and teens experience while receiving cancer therapy.

SUPPORTED THE PEDIATRIC CANCER PATIENT JOURNEY

The Heroes Foundation completed a $50K gift to remodel a patient room at Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital. Team JOEY volunteers delivered 500 LEGO sets to Riley Hospital (Indianapolis), Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital (Indianapolis) and Lutheran Children’s Hospital (Fort Wayne) to give to their young cancer patients.

ENABLED THE STUDY OF UNDERFUNDED CANCER TYPES

A gift of $70K allowed researchers at the IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, led by Hari Nakshatri, Ph.D., Anna Maria Storniolo, MD, and Josh Manghelli, DO, to create an initial infrastructure to begin exploring male breast cancer.

EMPOWERED CANCER FIGHTERS

Team Heroes, the cycling/running/triathlon team associated with the Heroes Foundation, raced locally and across the country and participated in, volunteered for and gave to the Heroes Foundation, including through their annual Team JOEY LEGO Collection ride in July.

2022 SUMMIT PARTNERS

Heroes Foundation Summit Partners provide critical support to our organization throughout the entire year. These corporate partners are engaged in the Heroes Foundation in various ways and were represented at all five of our 2022 fundraising events.

EVEREST PARTNERS

DENALI PARTNERS

KILIMANJARO PARTNERS

The Plum and S chaffer Families

CORPORATE SPONSORS AND IN-KIND DONORS

k @ Properties

k American Structurepoint

k AML Construction

k Apex Benefits

k Arlington Roe

k Barrett Eye Care

k BGW Construction

k Bier Brewery

k Bloombase

k Branch Realty

k Bright Ideas

k Brothers That Just Do Gutters

k Browning Investments

k BuildSmart

k Caliber Home Loans

k Cater Me Café

k Church Family Foundation

k Clearfly Communications

k ClusterTruck

k Community First Bank of Indiana

k Cornerstone Companies

k DairyChem

k Delta Faucet

k Densborn Blachly LLP

k Dittoe PR

k DOZ Foundation

k DPS, Inc.

k Eight Eleven Group

k Ellis & Associates - Re/Max

k Enflora

k Everpure/Pentair

k First Bank Richmond

k First Financial Bank

k First Internet Bank

k Four Day Ray Brewing

k Goelzer Investment Management

k H.J. Spier Co.

k Happy Hour Photo Booth

k Harding Poorman

k Harper Cancer Research Institute

k Haynes Roofing

k Hays + Sons Complete Restoration

k Heinnies

k Helmreich Law

k Henkel

k Highland Golf & Country Club

k Hollister Corp

k Hot Box Pizza

k HWC Engineering

k Ice Miller LLP

k Indiana Health Industry Forum

k Illinois Street Food Emporium

k Indiana Power

k Indianapolis Fruit

k Indy Characters & More

k JDC Supply

k Just Pop In

k Karen Kay Marlett Photography

k KBIC Consulting

k Kelly Todd Group

k Lake City Bank

k Legacy Motorsports

k Leo Brown Group

TEAM HEROES SPONSORS

k Daystar Directional Drilling

k First Financial Bank

k Four Day Ray Brewing

k Grin Dentistry

k Helmreich Law LLC

k Horse Soldier

k Motion Cycling & Fitness

k Oak Street Funding

k Littler Mendelson - Brian Mosby

k MacAllister Machinery

k Markey’s Rental and Staging

k Matt King Realty Group

k McGowan Insurance Group

k Merchants Bank of Indiana

k Mitsubishi/American Standard

k Molly Tittle

k Morgan Stanley - Mark Linden

k National Bank of Indianapolis

k NCP Coatings

k Nu-Calgon

k Peace Water Winery

k Peloton Capital Management

k PepsiCo

k Quaff ON! Brewing Company

k Rehab Medical

k Shane Rodimel

k Sherfick Companies

k Shurig Solutions

k Singer Wealth Advisory of Raymond James

k Sonax

k Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits of Indiana

k Stephanie & Bill Cripe

k Steve & Angie Bell

k Steve & Connie Rufenbarger

k Sun King Brewery

k Sysco Corporation

k Target Distributing

k The Campbell Family

k SBC Wealth Management

k Taft

STATEMENT of ACTIVITIES

FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2022

The Heroes Foundation works to be as fiscally responsible as possible in order to maximize the amount of money we can directly put toward our programs and mission.

PLEASE CONSIDER SUPPORTING the HEROES FOUNDATION

PARTNER WITH US Download our Corporate Partnership Guide at heroesfoundation.org/partner-program. Request a print copy by emailing contactus@heroesfoundation.org or call 317-983-6580.

DONATE All donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law. Visit heroesfoundation.org/donate or scan the QR code to the left.

VOLUNTEER Become a hero for the cancer community! Email contactus@heroesfoundation.org or call 317-983-6580.

Our TEAM

VINCE TODD, JR. Chairman and Co-Founder

ANNIE MARTINEZ Executive Director

CINDY TODD Program & Event Manager, and Co-Founder

KELLY CANADA Volunteer Program Manager, Team JOEY

TARA HOLCOMB Marketing Coordinator

STEPHANIE RUFENBARGER LESHER Volunteer Program Manager, Catherine Peachey Fund