Force-Facing Our Risk Of Cancer Empowered

Force's awareness efforts touch the lives of individuals and families facing hereditary breast, colorectal, endometrial, ovarian, pancreatic and prostate cancer. In 2024, through various efforts such as social media (both organic and paid), google advertising, public relations, partner programs, working with healthcare professionals and health institutions, as well as working with individual constituents to share their personal stories, we drove more than 820,945 visitors to our website. (continued on schedule o)these people viewed more than 1,027,447 website pages to learn about specific gene mutations that increase cancer risk and to understand expert guidelines on screening, prevention and treatment. We increased our monthly mailing list to 39,534 so that we can keep constituents informed about the latest in hereditary cancer news, support, research and public policy issues.

Force volunteers undergo interactive, comprehensive online training to obtain the knowledge and skills needed to effectively provide support without judgment or advice and advocate for the needs of the hereditary cancer community. In 2024, the following support and advocacy programs were available virtually, with the help of 443 trained volunteers, to meet the unique needs of our community and to ensure no one must face hereditary cancer alone. (continued on schedule o)through our peer navigation program, 558 constituents were matched with volunteers who share similar experiences, providing confidential one-on-one personalized support and a free, expert-reviewed resource guide. Ninety virtual support meetings, with 1,219 attendees, were held nationally on zoom throughout the year for the following communities: people with atm, chek2, palb2 & other mutations, caregivers/parents, lgbtqia+, men, people of color, people who speak spanish, people with lynch syndrome, previvors, survivors, young previvors and the entire force community. Constituents shared 14,179 posts on our private force hereditary cancer community facebook group and our online message boards uniting and supporting each other. Our helpline volunteers returned 113 calls and connected them to important information, support and ways to find healthcare professionals and financial aid resources. 88 meetings were held with members of congress raising awareness about policies that improve the lives of individuals and families facing hereditary cancers. 126 advocate placements were made to help shape research and improve studies by sharing patient perspectives.

General program- $141,931public policy- $335,513education- $1,101,766research- $232,055general programs includes expenses that span all programs including software and other items that run our overall program departments.public policy: force is the only national nonprofit advocating for the unique needs of people with or at increased risk of hereditary cancers. We work with medical societies and guideline committees to assure that screening and prevention guidelines are created or updated to reflect the needs of those affected by hereditary cancer. Force has unparalleled knowledge of insurance coverage and access to care and strived to improve coverage for the hereditary cancer community.education: force's education program includes the xray review of cancer research that provides reliable information on cancer research and related topics. We look behind the headlines and translate the science into plain language to help people make informed decisions. We also have an expert-reviewed database of over 200 pages of information on hereditary cancer. Force distributes thousands of educational brochures to healthcare providers, hospitals and individuals each year in english and spanish.research: our research search and enroll tool matches people with the research studies for whice they qualify. Our targeted research recruitment efforts link participants who are the backbone of clinicalresearch to studies enrolling patients. These efforts accelerate critical hereditary cancer research to improve options and health outcomes for our community. The force research advocate training program is an online course that prepares consumers to assist researchers in designing relevant and patient-centered research studies on behalf of the hereditary cancer community. The program consists of an expert-led webinar series, supplemental learning, resources and more.