b'Honoring Our Continuing Commitment to Patient CommunitiesGranted$613,315,298 Launched or re-opened 27 funds, includinginfunds to assist patients living with: awards to 150,442 patients. Amyloidosis, Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Mantle Cell Lymphoma, Migraine, Nontuberculous Received record Mycobacterium, Chronic Heart Failure, contributions of more thanHypercholesterolemia, and Lambert-Eaton $480 million, Myasthenic Syndrome (LEMS). thanks to the generosity Strengthened our team with the addition of of our donors. Erica Mata, Associate Director of Operations; Mark Kamie, Associate DirectorQuality, Maintained an overhead rate ofRisk Management & Compliance; Crystal Lynch, Operations Manager; Cesar Martinez, less than 2.4% Operations Implementation Manager; and foundation-wide, while never havingSabrina Howard, Office Assistant.utilized any donor dollars to pay anyConverted our Cancer-Related Behavioral administrative fees.Health Fund to a pharmacy card fund to allow immediate access to medications upon Ranked 33rd grant approval, with no lag time. on the Forbes 2019 list of the 100Unveiled our Real-Time Fund Alerts to Largest U.S. Charities and wasprovide instant notifications that allow recognized as one of only 10 charities24 portal users to track the status of disease nationwide to achieve a 100 percentfunds in real time.fundraising efficiency rating. TheEnhanced our social media presence Chronicle of Philanthropy ranked thethrough the addition of our patient-focused Foundation #38 out of 100 charitiesInstagram account and increased our on its list of Americas Favoritefollowers on all platforms by 100 percent. Charities in 2019. We also received the prestigious rank of #42 by NonProfitIncreased our presence at more than 25 Times on its Top 100 List of Americasindustry and disease-specific conferences, Largest Nonprofits for 2019. where we shared information about our programs and services and contributed to timely discussions on industry-related issues. Processed161,741Spread our message nationally with dozens applications and 811,595 claims.of alliance partners, resulting in more than 565 million media impressions from placements Handled more thanin major news outlets, including Reuters, 424,000 calls. Yahoo! Finance, MarketWatch andWashington Business Journal.'