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BELIEVE BIG INC

Face It. Fight It. Overcome It.

Hunt Valley, MD   |  www.believebig.org

Mission

Believe Big is a non-profit Christian organization founded by Ivelisse and Jimmy Page after her battle with Stage IV colon cancer. Established in 2011, Believe Big is bridging the gap between conventional and complementary medicine for fighting cancer. OUR VISION To see cancer patients and their families discover their pathway to healing. OUR FOCUS Educate individuals on a comprehensive approach in cancer prevention and treatment. Connect patients with physicians trained in mistletoe therapy, and the resources necessary to help them advocate for their own health. Provide spiritual support to help patients and their families overcome fear and anxiety. Overcome cancer with the development of the Mistletoe Clinical Trial in collaboration with Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Ruling year info

2012

Executive Director

Ivelisse Page

Main address

11350 McCormick Road, Executive Plaza I, Suite 100

Hunt Valley, MD 21031 USA

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EIN

45-2665196

NTEE code info

Health Support Services (E60)

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Communication

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

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Believe Big is a non-profit Christian organization founded by Ivelisse and Jimmy Page after her battle with Stage IV colon cancer. Established in 2011, Believe Big is bridging the gap between conventional and complementary medicine for fighting cancer. Believe Big provides patients with hope, help, and healing. OUR VISION To see cancer patients and their families discover their pathway to healing. OUR MISSION To help families face, fight, and overcome cancer.

Our programs

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What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Patient Grants

We offer cash grants for mistletoe therapy and nutrition consults to help cancer patients discover their unique pathway to healing.

Population(s) Served
People with diseases and illnesses

Where we work

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Our Sustainable Development Goals

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Goals & Strategy

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Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

Our Focus
-Educate individuals on a comprehensive approach to cancer prevention and treatment.
-Connect patients with physicians trained in mistletoe therapy, oncology nutritionists and the resources necessary to help them advocate for their own health.
-Provide spiritual support to help patients and their families overcome fear and anxiety.
-Overcome cancer with the development of the The Believe Big Institute of Health and supporting the ongoing phases of the Mistletoe Clinical Trial in collaboration with The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

We connect patients with free Patient Advocacy.
We provide free educational resources for patients battling cancer.
We provide wellness grants for SubQ and IV Mistletoe Therapy and Oncology Nutrition.
We provide spiritual support and distribute Believe Mugs and Hope Baskets for patients and their families.
We provide wellness events and webinars to educate people on preventing and overcoming cancer.
We are financially supporting The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the first clinical trial in the United States using intravenous mistletoe.

We utilize Patient Advocates, Volunteers, Events, Community Outreach and Board Members to provide support, education and treatment for those battling cancer. Essentially. we are the middleman providing resources to assist in bridging the gap between conventional and complementary therapies.

To date we have delivered thousands Believe Mugs, provided hundreds of educational resources, fielded thousands of patient advocacy calls and donated over $500,000 in wellness grants. Our goal is to continue to grow our organization to provide hope, help and healing all over the United States by building bridges between conventional and complementary medicine providers.

How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

done We shared information about our current feedback practices.

  • How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?

    To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals

  • Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?

    We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We share the feedback we received with the people we serve, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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BELIEVE BIG INC

Board of directors
as of 10/01/2024
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Board chair

Heidi Kelly

Board leadership practices

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  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 3/1/2022
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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
Hispanic/Latino/Latina/Latinx
Gender identity
Female
Sexual orientation
Decline to state
Disability status
Decline to state

Race & ethnicity

No data

Gender identity

No data

Transgender Identity

No data

Sexual orientation

No data

Disability

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Equity strategies

Last updated: 10/01/2024

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Data
  • We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
  • We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
  • We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
  • We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
  • We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
Policies and processes
  • We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
  • We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
  • We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
  • We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
  • We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.