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2014 ANNUAL REPORTREACHING DEEPER. STRETCHING FARTHER.

$2.2 MILLONTotal raised in 2014

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MISSIONCT Challenge is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping

the 14.5 million cancer survivors in Connecticut and throughout the U.S.

reclaim, rebuild and prolong their lives through game-changing programs

of exercise, nutrition, mind-body health and community-building support.

PROGRAM IMPACT

250 Pequot Avenue • Southport, CT 06890 • 203-292-8722 • www.ctchallenge.org

2 Letter from the President

3 Survivorship By the Numbers

4 Survivorship Programs Update

4 TheCenterforSurvivorship

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7-8Community •OmforLife

•TheCTChallengeSpeakerSeries

•MusicWorkshops

•NationalCancerSurvivorsDay

9 YoungAdultPrograms •AcademicScholarships

•ExperientialAdventureRetreats

10 ProgramsforChildren •CampScholarships

•TheTommyFund

11 Prevention •MobileMammographyScreening

•PreventionMemberships

11 Research

12 ChallengeGrants

13 Funding Our Programs

16 Financial Summary

CONTENTS

On the cover: College sophomore and Center for Survivorship

member Aaron Gaberman (in orange helmet at left), participating

in a CT Challenge-supported First Descents program last summer

StaffJeffrey Keith • President

Bob Mazzone • Chief Operating Officer

Lee Crouch • Director of Development

Pamela Dey • Director of Marketing & Communications

Victoria Fairchild • Wellness Director

Sharyn Taymor • Director, Outreach

Board of DirectorsJeffrey Keith • Co-Founder & President, CT Challenge

John Ragland • Chief Product Officer & Head of Client Services,

Healthprize; Co-Founder, CT Challenge

Jon Bass • Managing Director, Jefferies & Company

George Richards • Attorney, Nemchek & Poeschl LLC

Daniel Rose, MD • President & CEO, Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation

Jonathan Slavin • Managing Director, Morgan Stanley

Asset Management

Michael J. Smith • Managing Director, SunTrust Bank

Evan Vosburgh, MD • Executive Director, Raymond and Beverly

Sackler Foundation

Matthew Vossler • Managing Partner, Heritage Partners International

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Ten years ago, when CT Challenge launched as a bike ride to create survivorship programs in Connecticut, who would have thought we would be where we are today: a programmatic organization celebrating the two-year anniversary of a game-changing, first-of-its kind standalone Center for Survivorship and on the cusp of changing the status quo for cancer survivors across the U.S. and beyond? All of us, that’s who…especially when we see, day-in, day-out, the passion that drives the growing community of people young and old who support the CTC mission — from the 4th graders who raised $70.51 for us last spring at their lemonade stand to the captains of industry who are brought to their knees by the will survivors bring to their fight to take back their lives. There is no hold-ing back this tide, this insistence to help cancer sur-vivors thrive.

And no wonder. Cancer survivors are an exploding de-mographic. Currently, there are 14.5 million survivors in the U.S. This number is expected to jump 31% by the year 2024 and most survivors face or will face a wide range of potentially debilitating, life-threatening after-effects from the treatments needed to save their lives. Is there anyone not touched by this awful disease?

LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

The good news is we know healthy living choices are highly effective in neutralizing its effects. Programs of fitness, nutrition, mind-body health and community-building support are the way forward to longer, stron-ger, happier lives for cancer survivors; yet their needs are unmet. It is a gaping hole in the healthcare system. CT Challenge continues to fill it, reaching deeper to focus more intently on survivor-facing programs and challenging ourselves to stretch farther to help every survivor who needs us, as you will see on the following pages. We have a long way to go but we are making progress. It’s a paradigm shift we seek: nothing short of a new order will do. Millions of survivors need just this kind of stubborn determination.

We are grateful to all who give so generously to help the CT Challenge continue to blaze the trail for survi-vors everywhere.

Sincerely,

Jeffrey Keith President & CEO

(left) CT Challenge President Jeff Keith at the 2014 CT Challenge

Ride opening ceremony with Sacred Heart University Executive

Director of Athletics Bobby Valentine (who was also Honorary

Co-Chair of the event)

(above) Testifying to the rising importance of survivorship, Good

Morning America co-host and cancer survivor Robin Roberts

featured the Center for Survivorship on the June 19th show

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SURVIVORSHIP BY THE NUMBERS BUZZ

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CT Challenge Breaks Down Cancer

BY THE NUMBERS

Researchshowsbyage45,80% of pediatric

cancer survivors havealife-threatening,disablingorserioushealthcondition

Women who participated in moderate-intensity recreational

physical activity after breast cancer diagnosis had a

64% lower risk of death than inactive women.

Colon cancer survivors who walked six or more hours a week at an average pace showed a

47% improvement in disease-free survival compared with inactive patients.

1 in 2men survivors in the U.S.; this number is expected

to increase 31% by 2024.

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“There are more than 14 million survivors out there and once treatment ends, there’s no real lifepath or road map for them to follow. When I was thinking about creating the Center for Survivorship, I knew a lot of survivors don’t want to go back to where they were treated, and I knew exercise and nutrition saved my life. So, I thought, ‘Why not create a center that could tell survivors the things to do daily/weekly/monthly to make themselves as healthy a survivor as possible.’” –JEFF KEITH, CO-FOUNDER OF CT CHALLENGE CENTER FOR SURVIVORSHIP

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cancer survivors havealife-threatening,disablingorserioushealthcondition

Women who participated in moderate-intensity recreational

physical activity after breast cancer diagnosis had a

64% lower risk of death than inactive women.

Colon cancer survivors who walked six or more hours a week at an average pace showed a

47% improvement in disease-free survival compared with inactive patients.

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“There are more than 14 million survivors out there and once treatment ends, there’s no real lifepath or road map for them to follow. When I was thinking about creating the Center for Survivorship, I knew a lot of survivors don’t want to go back to where they were treated, and I knew exercise and nutrition saved my life. So, I thought, ‘Why not create a center that could tell survivors the things to do daily/weekly/monthly to make themselves as healthy a survivor as possible.’” –JEFF KEITH, CO-FOUNDER OF CT CHALLENGE CENTER FOR SURVIVORSHIP

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A PROGRAM OF THE CT CHALLENGE

SURVIVORSHIP PROGRAMS UPDATE

THE CENTER FOR SURVIVORSHIP

Celebrating its second anniversary in October 2014, the Southport, CT-based Center for Survivorship, the first standalone center of its kind in the country, con-tinues to break new ground as a thought-leading in-cubator and center of excellence for best practices in cancer survivorship wellness that will set the model for survivorship programs nationwide. Highlights for the year include:

Over 650 survivors attended Center-related events and programs

Number of classes averaged 24 per week which included an expanded offering of evening classes to accommodate a wider universe of survivors

Classes added over the past year include outdoor training rides, TRX, a new strength class and ad-ditional evening pilates, yoga and nutrition classes

Center trainers provided 949 personal training sessions

There were 9,014 unique visits and 1,095 unique visitors to the Center in 2014

We launched the community bike program with four hybrid bikes that members may check out at any time

Classes and Resources Pilates

TRX

Yoga

Meditation

Personal training with certified cancer exercise specialists

Exercise Room with state-of-the-art equipment

Therapeutic movement

Nutrition Workshops

Spinning

Training Rides

Community Bike Program

Walk & Talk

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Center for Survivorship


It has inspired me to be who I am.” –Nancy,2-yearsurvivor

SURVIVORSHIP PROGRAMS UPDATE: THE CENTER FOR SURVIVORSHIP

It’s really great…the positive energy. I love it.” –Jen,1-yearsurvivor

I refer to The Center as the missing piece to my recovery puzzle. (It) has played a major role in my healing and recovery process (both emotionally and physically).”

–Donna,2½-yearsurvivor

(top) New this year: TRX at

the Center for Survivorship

(bottom) Trainers certified to

work with survivors staff the

Center (shown here in the

Center exercise room)

Why CT Challenge?Maya’s dream is to compete at the Olympics. It was before she lost her left leg to can-cer the summer before last to bone cancer. It still is. She came to us in March to meet gymnastics legend Shannon Miller, the most decorated US gymnast ever and a cancer survivor herself. Shannon was here for the CT Challenge Speaker Series.

When Maya arrived, she was very shy. By the time she left, she was showing us her back walkover while Shannon looked on, gold medals in hand. What an experience to be able to give to a kid who’s been through what this girl has. She could teach us all a thing or two about fighting back and finding a path forward no matter what may hit our lives.

She, and our visit with her that day, represent all the cancer survivors we help — and just how much CTC programs can do for them

As Maya said, “Although I know I am still facing hard work ahead with gymnastics and I’ll have to start all over regaining my balance again, I can do it! Now my dream is to become a paraolympian and make sure that people know that if you believe and never give up, then you can make your dreams happen.”

We thank all CT Challenge supporters for reuniting cancer survivors everywhere with their lives and their dreams through the programs their generosity makes possible.

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Taking it to the WorldCTC continues to evolve www.ctchallenge.org and its use of all social media channels to strengthen its ability to reach a broader universe of survivors. Our goal is to deliver actionable fitness, nutrition, health and wellness and community-building support programming and inspiration to any survivor in need of them, regardless of where they live.

With a growing library of inspirational stories, recipes and nutrition advice vetted by Center nutritionist Paula Meyer, fitness tips, yoga instructional videos and more, we reached survivors from all 50 states and in 40 coun-tries last year alone. It’s our way of putting a Center for Survivorship in every home that needs it.

Good Morning Mr. Keith, I saw you on Good Morning America this morning. I have recently finished treatment for colorectal cancer, stage 3, and you are SO on the mark!!!…When you said that most cancer patients feel like they were just dropped off a cliff post-treatment, you had my at-tention!

…This cancer battle changed everything about my life. NOTHING is remotely the same. So, I want you to know I’m sending you the biggest THANK YOU!!!!! Thank you for creating the Center. Thank you for help-ing so many people that are going through all this. I

live just outside of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho...so I’m on the other side of the country. But I’ve signed up for the newsletter, and if I ever need to visit Connecticut, I will visit the Center.

Thank you for letting me know I’m not the only one experiencing this, and that someone somewhere is bringing people back off that cliff.

Best Always,

Lori Lacy Rathdrum, ID

June 2014


CT Challenge (CTC) allocates funds to expand the reach of its programming to a broader audience of survivors. Through the responsible investment of resources in community-centered initiatives, it is able to partner with aligned organizations and programs to target the underserved, raise and address neglected survivorship issues and help people in personal, meaningful ways.

Om For Life The American Society of Clinical Oncologists (ASCO) reports that gentle stretching, breathing and other ex-ercises in a regular yoga program may ease sleep and fatigue problems common among cancer survivors as well as increase relaxation and quality of life while complementing physical fitness routines. Launched in

2012, the CT Challenge Om for Life program offers health clubs and yoga centers the opportunity to host yoga classes for cancer survivors in their facility, with all expenses paid by CTC. It also includes an instructor cer-tification workshop. CTC was pleased to support this emerging program in 2014 at Saraswati’s Yoga Joint in New Canaan, the Yoga Shala in Ridgefield and Dew Yoga in Stamford.

The CT Challenge Speaker SeriesShannon Miller won seven Olympic Medals. She won multiple U.S. and World Titles in a career that left her the most decorated American gymnast of all time...

and she won our hearts when she came to speak in Fairfield last March in the third installment of the CT Challenge Speaker Series. As tough as she is tiny, with a heart as big as any world stage, she inspired a crowd of nearly 300 with her take on winning, losing, falling and getting back up to land on top — as an athlete and in her own victory over ovarian cancer.

The CT Challenge Speaker Series was launched in 2012 to bring the CTC message of empowerment through healthy living to a broader audience of cancer survi-vors, to raise awareness of the critical importance of survivorship care and to inspire survivors, their caregiv-ers and the public in general with messages of hope, perseverance and triumph.


COMMUNITY

Olympic Gymnast and cancer survivor Shannon Miller addresses

a packed auditorium last March at the CT Challenge Speaker

Series event

…survivors need follow up care for life. Cancer survivorship and whatever being a survivor means to each individual is a life long journey of trying to live a healthy, happy and more fulfilling life while negotiating the complex challenges, physical and emotional that are left behind.”

–6-yearsurvivor

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Designed to put the healing properties of music to work for cancer survivors and their supporters, the workshops are an extension of the mind-body health, exercise, nu-trition and community-building support programs that constitute the core of CTC programming. There is no charge to attend the workshops which have grown to approximately 30 participants per session.

National Cancer Survivors DayNational Cancer Survivors Day is an annual celebra-tion held in towns and cities across the U.S. in June. It honors cancer survivors and their supporters and is a celebration for those who have survived, an inspira-tion for those recently diagnosed, a gathering of sup-port for families and an outreach to the community. We celebrated National Cancer Survivors Day on June 21st at the Center. Open to all and free of charge, 85 survivors, supporters and friends gathered for an open house, a healthy breakfast, yoga, circuit training classes and outdoor bike rides.

Music WorkshopsThe Music Workshops are the brainchild of local musi-cian Rob Fried, founder and musical director of Band Together, the Fairfield-based non-profit whose concert series benefits a range of charities. He ran the first workshops at the Center in fall 2013, a second series in spring 2014 and a third in fall 2014 with guest musi-cians Christine Ohlman of Saturday Night Live, interna-tionally acclaimed indie artist PJ Pacifico, a Connecticut native who is also a cancer survivor, theatrical singer Tracy James and nylon string guitarist Doug Hartline —two standouts in the southern Connecticut musician community.

(left) Band Together’s Rob Fried (center at microphone) leading the

Spring 2014 Music Workshop

(bottom) Survivors and friends gather with CT Challenge spin

instructor Joyce Quinlan for a training ride on National Cancer

Survivors Day


Young adult survivors are often left to fall through the cracks that exist between pediatric and adult post-cancer care. Compounding the gap is the reluctance among young adult survivors to reach out for conven-tional support. CT Challenge (CTC), demonstrating a pioneering efficiency, is working hard to fill the void by identifying and partnering with established resources, where they exist, bringing together best practices to expand support to a larger group of survivors while making the most of CTC financial resources.

Academic Scholarships Now in its 4th year, the CTC grant to the Susan Fund, a non-profit organization dedicated to awarding col-lege scholarships to young cancer survivors, helped 26 young cancer survivors attend college and pursue a path forward this year. Susan Fund scholarship re-cipients attend schools including Dartmouth, MIT, UConn, Union, Pepperdine, Tufts, Ithaca, Villanova, Georgetown, University of Michigan, Yale, Marist, the University of New Hampshire and many more.


YOUNG ADULT PROGRAMS

Experiential Adventure RetreatsIn 2014, CT Challenge began supporting week-long adventure camps for young adult survivors to recon-nect them with all that keeps them strong, to build self-esteem and shatter the illusion that they are fragile or limited.

In a partnership with First Descents (FD), a non-profit organization dedicated to providing rejuvenating ad-venture camp experiences of whitewater kayaking, rock climbing or surfing for cancer survivors 18-to-39 years old, CTC helped provide 828 experiences to young adult cancer survivors.

Every year, nearly 70,000 young adults between the ages of 18 and 40 are diagnosed with cancer. In con-trast to younger and older patients, the survival rates for young adults have not increased since 1975 and

survival rates are lowest among 18-to-19 year olds. FD programs are highly effective in helping this demographic of young survivors combat the psychosocial effects of a cancer diagnosis.

(above) A young adult cancer survivor shoots the rapids at a

CT Challenge-supported First Descents program last summer

(left) The 2014 Susan Fund Scholarship

recipients with Susan Fund founder

Ann Lloyd (center)

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We continue to seek the best ways to support pediat-ric cancer survivors as they move through and beyond their cancer diagnoses. Some children find the Center for Survivorship and arrive just wanting to ride a bike again. Others discover our community programs, like the kids who come to our Speaker Series events, and leave inspired by the larger-than-life survivors they meet. Still others benefit from the dedicated efforts we’ve put in place to support them to date.


PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN

Camp Scholarships CTC provided grant support to Camp Rising Sun, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing a safe, nurturing week-long camp experience for kids who have faced cancer, so that they may grow and learn from what they have been through to reach their full potential. Camp Rising Sun serves 130 pediatric cancer survivors each year, giving these young children hope, inspiration and a community of support. Many campers grow up to become the volunteer counselors who help lead camp activities.

The Tommy Fund CTC provided grant support to the Tommy Fund, a non-profit organization that offers emotional, educational, medical and financial assistance to children with cancer and their families.

(above) Pediatric cancer survivors at the CT Challenge-supported

Camp Rising Sun last summer



PREVENTIONPrevention is an important pillar of CT Challenge (CTC) survivorship programming. According to the Institute for Cancer Research, one-third of the cases involving the 12 most common cancers in the U.S. are prevent-able through healthy, consistent physical activity and by maintaining a healthy weight. Prevention programs we fund at present include:

Mobile Mammography Screening Since 2010, CTC has been funding the St. Vincent’s/CT Challenge Mobile Mammography Coach vehicle, pro-viding mammography screening to people in local towns and communities. This mobile unit, with its digital mam-mography equipment, travels throughout the state, typically screening patients at three different public loca-tions per month, in addition to the corporate screenings it conducts. Mammograms are low-cost for those with health insurance, and free for those who do not have health insurance, have financial limitations and/or qualify for assistance. In 2014, more than 500 mammography screenings were performed by this mobile unit.

Prevention Memberships CTC offers prevention memberships to the state-of-the-art Center for Survivorship allowing universal access to health and wellness, exercise and nutrition resources at a subsidized rate. CT Challenge mobile mammography vehicle

RESEARCHIn keeping with our mission to provide cancer survi-vors with the exercise, nutrition, mind-body health and community-building support programs they need to counteract the effects of cancer, we partner with leading experts in cancer control to develop evidence-based wellness programs for cancer survivors.

This fall, we began recruiting for the second CT Chal-lenge research effort, the SuN Study, which will evalu-ate the impact of a nutritional program on weight loss, general health and well-being and nutritional knowl-edge among post-treatment adult cancer survivors.

We are conducting the Study in partnership with Keith M. Bellizzi, PhD, MPH, Paula Meyer RD, Tamara Deyle MS and Center for Survivorship Wellness Direc-tor Victoria Fairchild at the Center for Survivorship. The study will start in January 2015 and continue for 12 weeks.

“Research is an important part of our continuing ef-forts to create the most effective programs possible to help cancer survivors reclaim their lives after hospital treatments are done,” said CT Challenge Founder and President Jeff Keith.

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CHALLENGE GRANTSWhen CT Challenge started, we funded the first adult survivor clinic in Connecticut at the Yale Cancer Center. In 2009, CTC created the CT Challenge Survivorship Network to bring together cancer support organiza-tions across New England and help them create and sustain survivorship programs. CTC has provided fund-ing for many of these programs, helping them launch and grow. The Network has evolved to the “Challenge Grant” program which makes funding available to a broader group of cancer survivorship programs through teams participating in the annual CT Challenge Bike event. Through the Challenge Grant program, we con-tinue to fund community-based hospital survivorship programs at Leever Cancer Center, Norwalk Hospital, St. Vincent’s Hospital and Mid-State Medical.

The CT Challenge is a rare and fantastic organization that provides much needed resources to cancer survivors.”

–11-yearsurvivor

Members of Team Leever at the 10th Annual CT Challenge Bike

event last summer


FUNDING OUR PROGRAMS

BIKE RIDE FACTS

10th Annual Bike Ride

We hear it all the time: Cancer touches nearly everyone in some way. And it does. So it was particularly grati-fying to see the additional blows landed by so many in the range of fundraisers held throughout the year in

support of survivors’ fight to win back their lives. Head-lined by our 10th Annual Bike Ride, the primary source of funding for all we do, here’s a partial look at some of the events behind the revenue numbers that follow.

1,110Riders

(including virtual riders)

63CT Towns

402Volunteers

3Foreign Countries

158Cancer Survivors

20States

Arecord$2millionraised!

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Team CTChallenge NYC Marathon / Boston Marathon

(right) Cancer survivor and Team CT Challenge member Michael Marando

completes the 2014 NYC Marathon. Michael was one of 11 athletes

who ran the NYC marathon in support of CT Challenge programs

4th Annual Spin CT Challenge at the Edge Fitness Clubs – Fairfield & Norwalk

(left) Edge Fitness Clubs spin instructors who led last

year’s Fairfield, CT Spin CT Challenge event

(bottom) Riders gear up for the 4th annual Spin CT Challenge

event at the Edge Fitness Club in Fairfield, CT last December

5th Annual Band Together Concert



Sacred Heart University Athletics (top, right) From left: Don Cook – executive director of athletics emeritus,

Tiana Williams – director of promotions, game-day operations and event

management, Alexis Harrison, cancer survivor Aaron Gaberman, Bobby

Valentine – executive director of athletics, Jeff Keith – CT Challenge president;

with the funds raised by Team SHU at the 10th Annual CT Challenge Bike Event

last summer at the Pioneers’ home season opener football game

(bottom, right) From left: Sacred Heart University Softball Team Co-Head Coach

Bippy Luckie, team member Kiera Sullivan, CTC President / Co-Founder

Jeff Keith, CTC Development Director Lee Crouch, team member Kate Nadler,

Co-Head Coach Pam London present a check for funds raised at a double-header

vs. Bryant University last spring

Sound Tigers Tiger Dash

Vineyard Vines National Cancer Survivors Day Sales Event

2nd Annual Zumba CT Challenge

Zumba CT Challenge Founder Nina Levine with fundraising event Co-Hosts

Hector Rosa and Marcello Deaguero

Sound Tigers staff gathers with VP Alayne Murphy (holding check

at left) to present the proceeds from December’s first annual Tiger

Dash to CTC’s Lee Crouch (holding check at right)

Several hundred runners take off at

Harbor Yard in front of the Webster Bank Arena

in Bridgeport, CT for the first annual Tiger Dash last December

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CT CHALLENGE 2014

SELECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATIONTotal Expenses$2,201,956

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$204,963

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Administrative$142,678

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Total Program Expenses$1,854,315

26%Programs & Public Awareness$479,264

28%Education & Program Development$521,209

46%Center for Survivorship$853,842

2%In Kind Donations

$39,555

Total Revenue$2,237,653

2%Donor Restricted

Contributions37,424

4%Corporate

Sponsorships$82,500

5%Other Revenue*

$118,435

87%Events & General

Donations$1,959,739

*Membership Fees, Registration Fees, Interest & Dividend Income, Loss on Investments


Muskus & Wilemski, LLC performed the 2014 audit for the Connecticut Challenge. Audited financial statements are available on request.

In keeping with the careful fiscal stewardship that has allowed us to grow CT Challenge programming to reach an increasing number of cancer survivors, we continue to control costs and push toward the greatest efficiencies possible in all areas. As we look to build on this tremendous momentum and deliver our programming to an even broader audience of survivors, we remain committed to maintaining our same high percentage of total expenses spent on program services and grants.

For the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014 the CT Challenge recognized $2,237,653 in revenues to help cancer survivors find the path forward after diagnosis and treatment through healthy lifestyle choices. This could not have been possible without the powerful dedication and committed support of our sponsors, riders, volunteers and other donors who gave so much of themselves to raise these funds.

Because of the hard work of all our friends

and family, 84 cents of every dollar spent was

allocated to program services and grants.

Statement of Financial Position As of December 31, 2014

Current Assets Cash and Cash Equivalents $ 934,943Contributions Receivable 33,694Prepaid Expenses 13,426Other Assets 955

Total Current Assets 983,018

Investments 162,166

Capital Leases, Net 18,736

Property and Equipment, Net Leasehold Improvements 1,445,888Machinery and Equipment 53,741Furniture and Fixtures 37,199Computer Equipment 7,360

Total Property and Equipment, Net 1,544,188

Other Assets Intangible Assets, Net 7,653Security Deposit 1,500

Total Other Assets 9,153

Total Assets 2,717,261

Current LiabilitiesAccounts Payable and Accrued Expenses $ 111,959Grants Payable 144,885Deferred Revenue 2,060Current Portion of Note Payable 50,758Capital Lease Obligations 6,028

Total Current Liabilities 315,690

Long-Term Liabilities Note Payable 84,629Deferred Rent Liability 170,787

Total Long-Term Liabilities 255,416

Unrestricted Net Assets 2,146,155

Total Liabilities and Net Assets 2,717,261

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