The Chick Mission, Inc.
Mission
The Chick Mission is a non-profit organization dedicated to the critical issues unique to young adult cancer patients (ages 18 - 40) with a focus on fertility challenges as a result of chemotherapy, surgery, radiation and/or drug treatment. Our mission is twofold: to educate healthcare professionals and patients about fertility preservation options ahead of treatment and to work directly with fertility practices to provide monetary need-based grants to assist patients with the cost of preservation. Our ULTIMATE mission is to help these patients achieve a successful outcome.
Ruling year
2018
Executive Director
Tracy Weiss
Main address
121 West 36th Street #333
New York, NY 100018 USA
EIN
82-2988171
NTEE code
Reproductive Health Care Facilities and Allied Services (E40)
Private Grantmaking Foundations (T20)
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Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Chick Mission is dedicated to fertility preservation when a female cancer patient of child bearing age is faced with possible loss of fertility due to cancer treatment. Chick Mission provides monetary grants to patients and fertility preservation education.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Chick Mission Grants Program
The Chick Mission is a non-profit organization dedicated to the critical issues unique to young adult cancer patients (ages 18 – 40) with a focus on fertility challenges as a result of chemotherapy, surgery, radiation and/or drug treatment. We are providing needs based grants to young women in the New York area to assist them in freezing their eggs ahead of treatment.
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Our results
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Evaluation documents
Download evaluation reportsNumber of families served in cancer treatment
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Women and girls
Related Program
Chick Mission Grants Program
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Chick Mission provided 8 Hope Scholarships to cancer patients in 2018 totaling $59,000 and 31 Hope Scholarships to cancer patients in 2019 totaling $166,823.
Number of health education trainings conducted
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Women and girls
Related Program
Chick Mission Grants Program
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Chick Mission works with health care professionals and other organizations to educate them on Chick Mission and fertility preservation.
Number of clients participating in educational programs
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Women and girls
Related Program
Chick Mission Grants Program
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
CM held 11 educational programs in 2019 for corporations, hospitals, and fertility clinics utilizing podcasts, informative talks, and panel discussions which impacted over 550 people.
Number of clients reporting increased knowledge after educational programs
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Women and girls
Related Program
Chick Mission Grants Program
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Chick Mission has participated in corporate, fertility clinic, hospital, and women's organization health awareness programs and panels in 2019 to provide an understanding of IVF treatment sponsorship.
number of eggs harvested for fertilty preservation
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Women and girls
Related Program
Chick Mission Grants Program
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
The Hope Scholarship program has resulted in 76 oocytes in 2018. In 2019, there were an additional 275 oocytes frozen. The very first Chick Mission baby boy was born in September 2019.
Number of fertilty clinics and health care providers in the CM network.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Women and girls
Related Program
Chick Mission Grants Program
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Chick Mission is developing partnerships with fertility clinics and hospitals to assist with finding grantees for IVF preservation program. CM has expanded to include NY, NJ, IL, CA, CO, TX,PA, and CO
Number of rallies/events/conferences/lectures held to further mission
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Related Program
Chick Mission Grants Program
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Chick Mission participates in panel discussions with corporations and fertility groups. Chick Mission held 7 fundraising events and is active in NY politics advancing IVF and Surrogacy legislation.
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Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Due to urgency to begin cancer treatment, many health care professionals neglect to advise patients of child bearing age of the possibility of fertility loss due to the time sensitivity of treatment. Since time is of the essence and patients are so overwhelmed with life saving decisions and costs, they are afraid to delay cancer treatment. They fail to deal with the possible loss of fertility and lose the opportunity to take steps to preserve their fertility and a happy quality of life post treatment. Providing associated medical professionals with both information and a rapid path to preserve fertility is critical. Currently there are only a handful of states which require insurance companies to cover fertility preservation for those diagnosed with cancer. The cost of one preservation cycle can be up to $20,000. Chick Mission will provide monetary grants between $5-$15,000 to patients meeting the criteria.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Chick Mission is partnering with fertility clinics and other related professionals in New York to provide a process for patients to follow to apply for monetary grants to assist with fertility preservation. Over the last couple of years we have expanded our reach to include fertility partners in NY, NJ, IL, CO, CA and TX. We will continue to expand as we grow as an organization and as additional state laws change as it relates to insurance coverage.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Chick Mission is raising awareness and planning fund raising events to support our grants to cover fertility preservation for cancer patients. Chick Mission is actively meeting and partnering with cancer support groups and healthcare professionals to advance education
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
With 60 of 89 patients reporting, and over $502,000 committed in grants, over $300,000 paid to fertility clinics for IVF services for patients, the Chick Mission patients have frozen over 1,000 eggs and 56 embryos. Our first Chick Mission patient gave birth to a baby boy in September 2019.
We look forward to continuing to support patients in NY, NY, CA, IL, TX, and CO in the years to come. We are also lookin forward to expanding our efforts to work with patients in additional states.
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The Chick Mission, Inc.
Board of directorsas of 11/15/2023
Amanda Rice
Amanda Rice
The ARC Group
Jane Rice
Retired
Emily Fritz
LibreMax Capital, LLC
Tracy Weiss
The Chick Mission
Jaime Knopman
CCRM NY
Laurie Katz
Golden Tree Asset Management
Naomi Leslie
Goldman Sachs
Amy Schneidkraut
Centerbridge Partners, L.P.
Jamie Parrot
Mane Global Capital Management
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