GREG & CATHY GRIFFITH FAMILY FOUNDATION
Connecting Patients, Doctors, and Communities to SIDELINE #PancreaticCancer
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
A recent American Cancer Society Cancer report estimates that more than 47,000 Americans will be diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer in 2020. That number itself is grim, but even more heartbreaking is that this means the number of new diagnoses is continuing to rise. Our foundation connects patients, families, and communities in the effort to fund, cure, and permanently sideline pancreatic cancer. All contributions go to support the Griffith Family Foundation’s efforts to advance pancreatic cancer, awareness, advocacy, and funding for research.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Sideline Cancer
The Sideline Cancer® concept started with a group of high school seniors at Hollidaysburg High School in 2012. It started out as "Tackle Cancer," and was a football game night and T-shirt sale campaign. At the Penn State Pancreatic Symposium in 2012, the Griffith Family Foundation was introduced to Jack Andraka, who was the 2012 Intel Science and Engineering Fair Winner, Amateur Cancer Researcher, Education Activist, Medical Entrepreneur, and an Innovator. He suggested a name that would reflect ALL school activities and participation. The name Sideline Cancer® was then birthed due to his suggestion and a collaborative effort from the Griffith Family Foundation and students.
Where we work
Affiliations & memberships
Chamber of Commerce 2011
External reviews
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Evaluation documents
Download evaluation reportsNumber of website pageviews
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Families, People with diseases and illnesses
Related Program
Sideline Cancer
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
These are pages view on our griffithfamilyfoundation.org website, which helps us connect patients, families, and communities through advocacy, awareness, and funding for pancreatic cancer research.
Number of requests for advocate products or information, including downloads or page views of online material
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Families, People with diseases and illnesses, Researchers
Related Program
Sideline Cancer
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
These are page views on our sidelinecancer.com webpage, which helps us connect patients, families, and communities through advocacy, awareness, and fund raising for pancreatic cancer research.
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
OUR MISSION
To take pancreatic cancer off the sideline and to the finish line for a cure!
OUR VISION
Through the Sideline Cancer movement, the Griffith Family Foundation connects patients, doctors, and communities.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
~~To organize and host events to raise funds toward a cure for pancreatic cancer
~~To remain active in the fight to offer HOPE for those in need
~~To stay involved in local and national organizations to continue to CONNECT patients, families and communities
~~To produce web and social media content to continue to raise AWARENESS of the necessity for a new direction of innovative research and treatment plans
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
~~Annual fundraising events
~~Local and national involvement in programs/organizations
~~Empowering youth to become educated and pursue philanthropic opportunities to aid in the effort to sideline cancer
~~Provide funding dollars for ongoing research to fund a cure
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
~~We have continued to raise more awareness of the disease
~~We have continued to involve ourselves in more advocacy efforts on behalf of patients and researchers
~~We have continued to empower youth to become involved through our Sideline Cancer initiative
~~We have connected more pancreatic patients with doctors and treatment methods
~~We have raised over $300,000 since our inception in 2011
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
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 strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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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 take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection, 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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GREG & CATHY GRIFFITH FAMILY FOUNDATION
Board of directorsas of 08/23/2022
Catherine Griffith
President
John L. McIntyre
Attorney at Law/Partner, M.H.S. &S. Attorneys at Law
Cindy Kanski
Speech/Language Pathologist, Altoona Area School District
Bruce Erb
Blair County Commissioner
Lance DeFrancisco
M.D., Blair Gastroenterology Associates
Stephen C. Gildea
CEO, Blair Gastroenterology Associates
JT Tidd
Investment Planner, Edward Jones Investments
Jordan Griffith
Teacher, Bishop Guilfoyle High School
Jack Collins
COO, Link Computer Corporation
Dennis Degol, Jr.
Degol Organization
Rozalind Sky
Shawn McCarl
Nancy Fulchiero
Caitlyn Edgell
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 -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? No -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? No -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No