Posted on 10/18/2005 6:27:07 PM PDT by Coleus
(Charleston-AP) October 18, 2005 -
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston and Bishop England High School have broken ties to Saturday's Race for the Cure.
They made the decision because the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Research Foundation gives money to Planned Parenthood in other cities.
The race is expected to attract about six thousand people in Charleston this year.
Race organizers say some students from the Bishop England High School will participate on their own, but will no longer receive community service credit for their efforts.
Proceeds from the race are required to go toward breast cancer screenings for poor women. But Komen affiliates in other parts of the country give money to Planned Parenthood chapters.
Planned Parenthood also provides abortion services.
I see. I did not know that.
"We couldn't do business with anybody using this criteria.
Does the bishop drive a GM car? Does he know that GM provides health care for homosexual partners?"
Exactly. Some people in the pro-life movement want a cultural war dividing and weakening America into two hostile camps that don't do business with each other... it's very sad and counter-productive.
It would also mean boycotting all the largest American corporations... but they don't do that - they pick smaller more vulnerable targets. like breast cancer research and American Girl.
The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and Planned Parenthood
Tuesday, May 18, 2004
So in all my Internet research around Gary Heavin and his "personal campaign" against Planned Parenthood, I came across a rumor that had to do with the Komen Foundation and its community grants. I asked the Komen Foundation to respond. Here's what they had to say:
"Thank you for your interest in the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and our mission to eradicate breast cancer as a life-threatening disease. The information you referenced in your email is inaccurate and misleading, and we appreciate the opportunity to set the record straight.
"Komen Foundation Affiliates are responsible for conducting community needs assessments to identify gaps in breast health and breast cancer services within their respective communities. Up to 75 percent of the money raised by Komen Affiliates stays in their communities to provide grants to local organizations or groups who can best address the gaps identified through the needs assessment. All Komen Affiliate grant applications are solicited through an open request for proposals and are reviewed by a Grants Committee comprised of local physicians, community health professionals, and breast health advocates. Any not-for-profit organization may apply for a grant from the Komen Foundation to provide services specific to our mission to eradicate breast cancer.
"After a thorough review of the proposals, the Grants Committee recommends to the Affiliate's board of directors those grant applications that should be approved for funding. In order to monitor the grantees' progress, they are required to provide detailed reports to the funding Komen Affiliate at least twice per year.
"Funding is not restricted to any specific provider, but all community grants are restricted to provide vital breast health education, screening and treatment services for underserved women. The services funded by Komen Affiliates include breast health education programs, screening mammograms, clinical breast examinations, diagnostic mammograms and ultrasound, program promotion, and salary support for outreach workers and registered nurses that provide breast health education and clinical breast examinations.
[emphasis below added by site author]
"The Komen Foundation is confident that none of its community Affiliates have stopped funding Planned Parenthood as a result of pressure from Curves, Operation Save America or any other organization. In fact, when faced with opposition from Curves or the threat that Curves franchises would no longer support the Foundation unless Planned Parenthood funding was eliminated, the Komen Foundation told Mr. Heavin (founder and CEO of Curves) that we would not, in any way, undermine the integrity of our grant-making process. In addition, the Foundation told Mr. Heavin that it would continue to allow Komen Affiliates to provide breast health education and screening grants to Planned Parenthood if the grant application was approved through the process outlined above. As a result, Curves chose to suspend its support of Komen Affiliate events, including sponsorship of the Komen Race for the Cure®. In 2003, Komen Affiliates awarded $38.4 million in grants to support community outreach programs, including 21 grants to their local Planned Parenthood chapters totaling more than $475,000.
"Recent scientific literature reveals that no conclusive evidence exists to suggest that abortion increases a woman's risk for developing breast cancer. For highlights and links to the findings associated with this topic, please visit the Komen Foundation's Web site, www.komen.org.
"If you have questions about the community grants funded by your local Komen Affiliate, please contact the Affiliate directly. For a listing of Komen Affiliates, please visit www.komen.org. Thank you, again, for your feedback. We look forward to your continued support of the fight against breast cancer.
"With warm regards and appreciation,
Kristin Kelly, Public Relations Manager
The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation"
"Looking at Charity Navigator’s list of charities,
Susan G. Komen’s overall rating is a disappointing 57.90 "
The Komen foundation has the highest rating of any major breast cancer foundation. The scale, by the way is 0 - 70. For comparison, the Red Cross is extremely well managed and scores a 60. The Boy Scouts of America score 47.
Komen Foundation fundraisers criticized
For nearly 20 years, the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation has been raising money for breast cancer research. In fact, the group has become one of the nation’s leading non-profit organizations and has raised more than $250 million over the last two decades.
But a pro-life group says the Komen Foundation may actually be contributing to the problem of breast cancer by funding organizations that promote abortion.
In a statement released May 3, Karen Malec, a 15-year cancer survivor and president of the Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer, said that since abortion became legal in 1973, the rate of breast cancer has doubled. She said that if the Komen Foundation and its supporters were truly interested in reducing rates of breast cancer, they would not give money to Planned Parenthood and other organizations that promote abortion.
“Every year, sneakered women raise [money] for cancer businesses that are more interested in research than disease prevention,” said Malec. “Breast cancer rates haven’t declined. They’ve increased.”
She said that more than 211,000 cases of invasive breast cancer and 59,000 cases of in-situ breast cancer are expected this year. One in 7.5 American women develops the disease in her lifetime. In 1970, one in 12 women developed the disease.
Malec’s mention of “sneakered women” refers to the Komen Foundation’s most widely known and most successful fundraising method — a series of 5K races around the country called The Race for the Cure. Over a million people participate in races across the nation, with each participant raising money through sponsors. Proceeds from races go to research and education projects, and each local Komen chapter awards grants to local organizations that have breast cancer research or awareness programs.
The Komen Foundation gives millions of dollars each year to hundreds of non-profit organizations - including several Planned Parenthood chapters.
The Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer points to 28 out of 37 worldwide studies that have independently linked induced abortion with breast cancer. These studies suggest that induced abortions cause biological changes to occur in women’s breasts that make them more susceptible to cancer.
The Coalition has criticized the Komen Foundation for awarding grants to Planned Parenthood, an organization that provides abortions. Karen Malec, president of the Coalition said in a recent press release, “We find it appalling that an anti-breast cancer foundation would help fund Planned Parenthood whose sales of abortion ‘services’ contribute significantly to the breast cancer rates in this country.”
— E.P. News
The Komen Foundation is free to do whatever it wishes in the area of preventive care. The bishop is free to do whatever he wants in pulling support. However, he runs the risk of being highly selective in his outrage.
Looking at Charity Navigator’s list of similar charities, though, we find more alarming news, especially to anyone concerned with actually finding a cure for breast cancer. It seems that the breast cancer industry is far more interested in lining its own pockets than in finding a cure or treating patients. While Susan G. Komen’s overall rating is a disappointing 57.90, look how she compares to others in the same arena:
PEER ANALYSIS
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation 57.90
National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund 47.55
Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization 42.74
The Rose 61.13
American Breast Cancer Foundation 40.71
******
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
Eradicating breast cancer through research, education, screening and treatment Dallas, TX 75265
RATINGS
OVERALL RATING:
(57.62)
ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY
Program Expenses 76.2%
Administration Expenses 11.9%
Fundraising Expenses 11.9%
Fundraising Efficiency $0.13
EFFICIENCY RATING:
(32.62)
ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY
Primary Revenue Growth 16.9%
Program Expenses Growth 12.9%
Working Capital Ratio (years) 0.41
CAPACITY RATING:
(25.00)
PEER ANALYSIS
Charity Name Overall
Score Overall
Rating
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation 57.62
National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund 47.55
Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization 42.74
The Rose 61.13
American Breast Cancer Foundation 40.71
INCOME STATEMENT: FYE 03/2004
Revenue
Primary Revenue $117,686,976
Other Revenue $14,278,435
Total Revenue: $131,965,411
Expenses
Program Expenses $98,674,726
Administration Expenses $15,452,558
Fundraising Expenses $15,432,736
Total Functional Expenses: $129,560,020
Payments to Affiliates $0
Excess (or Deficit) for the Year $2,405,391
Net Assets: $56,457,947
MISSION
The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation was established in 1982 by Nancy Brinker to honor the memory of her sister, Susan G. Komen, who died from breast cancer at the age of 36. Today, the Komen Foundation is an international organization with a network of more than 75,000 volunteers working through local affiliates and events like the Komen Race for the Cure to eradicate breast cancer as a life-threatening disease. A global leader in the fight against breast cancer, the Komen Foundation fulfills its mission through support of innovative breast cancer research grants, meritorious awards, educational and scientific conferences and community-based outreach programs around the world.
"Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation 57.90
National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund 47.55
Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization 42.74
The Rose 61.13
American Breast Cancer Foundation 40.71 "
I'm pretty sure the Rose is local health clinic and doesn't really belong in that list.
The bottom line is that the rating can't be used to honestly Komen because they much higher ranked than all other similar national organizations.
#2 in their peer group.
Charity Name Overall Score Overall Rating
The Rose 61.13
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation 57.62
National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund 47.55
Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization 42.74
American Breast Cancer Foundation 40.71
They are diversified -whoopee!!! It really does not matter... PP should be eradicated from society...
I hope that they can maintain the donated support they need. Are they funded solely by Planned Parenthood? Does that comprise a large part of their 'donations' budget? I sincerely hope that they can continue to fund the exams. If nothing else, I'm still not convinced that certain abortion groups aren't trying to ride the tails of groups like the Foundation, to lump together healthcare and testing with abortion, as though both were the same kinds of care. And while certain abortions will always be medically necessary, many are merely contraceptive, different from the kind of 'care' screening facilities provide.
They give money to PP for distributing materials and referrals to their programs. They also give money to faith-based organizations to do the same. I think the Church is fighting the wrong battle on this one.
I think there is the perception, right or wrong, that the Foundation is somehow giving money to promote or provide abortions, that's what I thought, especially with the possible link to cancer. There's no doubt they do raise awareness and provide for testing, very important duties.
"
The Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer points to 28 out of 37 worldwide studies that have independently linked induced abortion with breast cancer. These studies suggest that induced abortions cause biological changes to occur in women’s breasts that make them more susceptible to cancer."
The American Cancer Society says that the trend is toward recognizing a link between early abortions and breast cancer.
But this is tiny compared to the risk of smoking and birth control pills.
I find it odd that a group dedicated to eradicating breast cancer funds another group that, regardless of its screening facilities, is contributing to the breast cancer epidemic among women in this country and around the world.
Perhaps they feel that they need to reach that population that are taking PP birth control for the screenings. That makes sense. If you want to find the cancers in women, you don't go to the YMCA!
Contributing by how much?
You are sick. They give 0.3% to PP. Get a life.
Right! While we are at it, maybe we can make them list smoking as one of the risk factors, too!
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