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INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR SUPPORT OF CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM CANCER

You alone can make a difference

aka International Society for Children with Cancer   |   Irvine, CA   |  www.iscc-charity.org

Mission

To make a difference in the lives of cancer-stricken children, adolescents, and their families, by giving them access to the highest quality care and service possible regardless of their financial status.

Ruling year info

2004

Principal Officer

Mrs. Fereshteh Tavakoli

Co Principal Officer

Susan Shahidi

Main address

17701 Cowan unit 130A

Irvine, CA 92614 USA

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INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR SUPPORT OF CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM CANCER

EIN

73-1712284

NTEE code info

Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution (P12)

Cancer (G30)

Pediatrics (G98)

IRS filing requirement

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Programs and results

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Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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

Annual Gala

This is our largest fundraiser of the year.

Population(s) Served

Where we work

Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

Number of families served in cancer treatment

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Children and youth

Related Program

Annual Gala

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Holding steady

Context Notes

These are the number of children who have recived assitance from ISCC. Funds collected at Annual gala are earmarked for Mahak Hospital.

Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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

Charting impact

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

We believe that no child suffering from cancer should be left untreated. Thus, our purpose and commitment is to globally increase access to treatment for underprivileged children with cancer and support their families during the healing process.

ISCC is publicly supported through donations from individuals, charitable foundations and businesses that recognize the urgent need to improve treatment and cure childhood cancers. All contributions to ISCC are tax deductible. ISCC raises funds through gifts from individuals, special giving programs, membership, events, corporate sponsorships, grants, Nowruz Bazaar and the sale of note cards drawn by children fighting cancer.

Annually we host an annual Gala with over 800 attendees. This is our largest event with the most amount of funds raised. For 2023 and 2024 we have special performers attending. One of our boards members is inviting some of his collogues and we hope to beat our goal of raising 1.4 million.

In addition we have partnered with other industrials in their annual donations. F or instance Subaru has a annual program of Share the love, where the dealerships that have chosen ISCC with each car sold they will donate $500 to our organization For the month of December. We currently have two local dealership and are working with several other to be their charity of choice as well.

We have been organizing personal meetings with the head of other industries to be included in their annual donations. Most of our fundraising and business model is based on personal relationships. We have created a record of trust and transparency with our donors, and this has been instrumental in our success.

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 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, We organzie annula meetings to get more feedback

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback

Financials

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Operations

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

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INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR SUPPORT OF CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM CANCER

Board of directors
as of 08/28/2023
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Fereshteh Tavakoli

No Affilication

Negin Tafazzoli

Azam Abdollahi

Reza Sarebanha

Behdad Eghbali

Mohammad Farzaneh

Haida Mojdehi

Saideh Ghods

Javad Karbassizadeh

Babak Larian

Ali Yeganeh

Khosrow Assadi

Paddideh Sharifian

Board leadership practices

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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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 ? Yes
  • 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? Yes
  • 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? Yes

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 8/28/2023
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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
Middle Eastern/Northern African
Gender identity
Female
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

The organization's co-leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
Middle Eastern/Northern African
Gender identity
Female, Not transgender (cisgender)
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

 

Sexual orientation

Disability

We do not display disability information for organizations with fewer than 15 staff.

Equity strategies

Last updated: 08/28/2023

GuideStar partnered with Equity in the Center - an organization that works to shift mindsets, practices, and systems to increase racial equity - to create this section. Learn more

Data
  • We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
  • 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 disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
  • 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 use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
  • 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 measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
  • 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.