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
Board of Directors 2 2022 Year in Review 4 Impact Totals 7 Heroes in Action 8 Partners & Supporters 10 Financial Activities 12 Get Involved 12 Our Team 13 CONTENTS 1
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
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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)
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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)
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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.
According to American Cancer Society Inc. estimates.
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 **
*Includes funds disbursed to support partner programs including CompleteLife (IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center), Oncology Patient Assistance Fund (Community Health Network), Breast Health Summit (Pink-4-Ever Ending Disparities) and patient support at Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital. **Includes funds raised for cancer programs, research and operational expenses. 7
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.
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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
SBC WEALTH MANAGEMENT Strategic Benefit Consultants 10
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
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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.
SUPPORT AND REVENUE Unrestricted Endowment Total Contributions $ 102,670 -0- $ 102,670 Fundraising events, net of direct costs 488,056 -0- 488,056 Sales 2,289 -0- 2,289 Fund transfers (270,000) 270,000 -0Investment income (loss) (98,481) (75,613) (174,094) Total support and revenue 224,534 194,387 418,921 EXPENSES Grants and Program Services 342,749 -0- 342,749 Management and General 172,549 -0- 172,549 Total Expenses 515,298 -0- 515,298 CHANGE IN NET ASSETS (290,764) 194,387 (96,377) Net Assets, Beginning of Year 1,332,001 538,132 1,870,133 Net Assets, Dec. 31, 2022 $ 1,041,237 $ 732,519 $ 1,773,756
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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
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STEPHANIE RUFENBARGER LESHER Volunteer Program Manager, Catherine Peachey Fund
THE HEROES FOUNDATION 1034 EAST NEW YORK ST. INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46202 HEROESFOUNDATION.ORG 317-983-6580 CONTACTUS@HEROESFOUNDATION.ORG
