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CFA News
2010 has been a most rewarding year for CFA. We have seen our program services grow to helping thousands of families both in our country and in other nations where suffering runs rampid.
The reason for our success is owed to three reasons:
When you are in the service of your fellow man, you are in the service of your God, the generous financial support of our donors, and the many prayers that are offered for our continued existence.
While we at CFA continue our prayers for researchers to find the cure for cancer, our mission of reaching out to those for whom research is too late continues.
For those many supporters who continue answering the "meal interrupting" phone calls or reading our pleading appeals- we can only say thank you and we hope that 2011 surrounds you and your loved ones with comfort, good health, and the blessings of heaven are poured upon you.
James T. Reynolds, Sr.
President
With CFA having just closed its fiscal year, it begins a very busy time for the accounting office. We have to unload cabinets to put all the records in filing boxes for auditors to analyze and then create new files for 2011's records.
Being a 501©3 non-profit mandates that an independent audit be conducted yearly. After analyzing our records, the auditors then submit a tax return ready for CFA's president's signature. The tax return (990) is then mailed to the Internal Revenue Service. This tax return is also used to send to some of the various states in which CFA raises its much needed funds. Some state registrations are as simple as a one-page form while others are much more complex that may ask how much was raised in their state and how much was spent in program services in their state as well.
CFA is very proud of its 2009 percentages with 72% for program services, 26% for fundraising, and 2% for management and general. We are hoping for similar percentages for 2010. Once 2010 financials are completed by our outside auditors, we feel our figures will, once again, show a goodly amount spent on our programs.
Kyle Effler
A number of years ago CFA expanded its mission to aiding needy families in other countries, primarily by way of gifts in kind (GIK) donations we receive that the donor restricts for international use only. While we must purchase many urgent care products, CFA does receive donations of tractor trailers load of commodities from generous companies which we can distribute within our country. Even when products are donated, we still have a cost associated. We must pay a procurement agent to research and find these products for us and shipping cost either to our warehouse or to an international organization to whom we are distributing the product.
When we obtain either donated or purchased products for distribtution within the U.S., we must redistribute via Fed-X to individuals. So in reality a $100,000 donation of commodities may cost CFA $20,000 to $30,000 before reaching the end user. Still a wonderful benefit to our program services.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank those who, through their charitable hearts, have given to help us in our mission to serve those who have been stricken by this undiscriminating disease. For those who are in need of our services, you can apply on our website at www.cfoa.org or call us toll free at 1-800-578-5284 to request an application.
Josh Loveless
Patient Services Director
2010 has been a great year in the fundraising area. While we receive more and more generous donations from our loyal supporters, the demand for more program services continues. I am daily searching for new funding for this great cause.
Our patient services department tells me we need 6 loads of liquid meal replacements each year at a cost of $228,000 plus and an additional $135,000 cost for shipping to those we serve. That is a need of $359,000 just for that one product. There is always pressure to raise more money and for this reason the search never stops in the fundraising department.
Michael Reynolds
Fundraising Director
Our warehouse of 25,000 square feet maintains between 35-50 tractor trailer loads of product. On a normal shipping day, CFA ships out 100 family boxes. On average, shipping costs around $32,500 per month.
Products include such items as: shampoo, conditioner, body wash, liquid meal replacement, multi vitamins, boxed fans, blankets, toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, hand sanitizer, diapers, bed pads, OTC medications, and much more. In 2010, our total amount of products shipped out (including GIK and purchases) totaled $11,444,275.63 Our total cost of shipping for 2010 was $390,030.01. We look forward to shipping out even more product in 2011.
Listed below are some of the products in our warehouse:
Blankets in our warehouse.
Products from storage racks are brought to front area for order filling.
An aisle in our warehouse.
Some of the items we provide our patients. Always fresh dated- always free.
More product pictures.
Lance Connatser
Warehouse Manager
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