Christine B Foundation Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
THE CHRISTINE B. FOUNDATION (CBF) SUPPORTS THOSE FACING CANCER BY EXTENDING ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD, NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION, AND COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS ESSENTIAL TO THEIR STRENGTH AND COMFORT.
- Income
- $285,968
- Spending
- $372,195
- Spent on programs
- 81%
- Reserves
- 5.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 99%
- Employees
- 2
- Volunteers
- 100
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 60 out of 100. Higher than 25% of charities in its peer group (health care, $250k to $1m).
Reserves
20 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 5.1 months of spending.
Debt
10 of 20It owes 35% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 30% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 8% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1581% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 14 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Good: 83 out of 100. Higher than 60% of charities in its peer group (health care, $250k to $1m).
Independent board
25 of 257 of 7 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Independent check of accounts
6 of 15Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (2)
- $290,877 spent. CBF'S CANCER NUTRITION SERVICES AND RELATED NOURISHING HOPE TRIAL ACTIVITIES REPRESENT THE ORGANIZATION'S LARGEST PROGRAMMATIC EXPENSE IN FY25. THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES VARIOUS PERSONALIZED SERVICES, INCLUDING HOSPITAL BASED PRODUCE, HOME-DELIEVERED MEDICALLY TAILORED GROCERY PACKAGES, AND ONCOLOGY DIETITIAN COUNSELING. THIS IS AVAILABLE AT NO COST TO INDIVIDUALS IN ACTIVE CANCER TREATMENT, RECOVERY, AND MEMBERS OF THEIR HOUSEHOLDS, ENSURING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO NUTRIENT-RICH FOOD REGARDLESS OF CANCER TYPE, AGE, INCOME LEVEL, GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, OR RACE. DURING THE PROGRAM YEAR, CBF HAD 4,502 ENCOUNTERS WITH 670 PATIENTS, ACROSS 8 MAINE COUNTIES, REACHING 1,588 INDIVIDUALS OVERALL. EXPENSES WERE USED TO SOURCE, ASSEMBLE, AND DISTRIBUTE 2,745 GROCERY PACKAGES (EQUIVALENT TO 82,350 MEALS), 1,350 PRODUCE PACKAGES, AND 20 DIETITIAN COUNSELING SESSIONS. MORE THAN 100 VOLUNTEERS SUPPORTED SAFE, RELIABLE, AND COMPASSIONATE ASSEMBLY, HOSPITAL-BASED DISTRIBUTION, AND HOME DELIVERY SERVICES ACROSS 11,500 SQUARE MILES. THIS EXPENSE ALSO SUPPORTED THE ONGOING DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF CBF'S MULTI-YEAR NOURISHING HOPE TRIAL, WHICH EVALUATES HOW ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD AND DIETETIC COUNSELING IMPACTS HEALTH OUTCOMES AND THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND PHYSICAL WELL-BEING OF FAMILIES FACING CANCER. FY25 ACTIVITIES INCLUDED RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION, CONSULTING SERVICES, PROTOCOL DEVELOPMENT, AND COLLABORATION WITH RESEARCHERS AT THE YALE UNIVERISTY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN PREPARATION FOR TRIAL ENROLLMENT. THE STUDY IS DESIGNED TO RECRUIT 100 CANCER PATIENTS WHO WILL PARTICIPATE IN ONE OF THREE INTERVENTION GROUPS INVOLVING MEDICALLY TAILORED GROCERY DELIVERY, DIETITIAN COUNSELING, OR USUAL CARE WITH DELAYED GROCERY SUPPORT. CBF'S CANCER NUTRITION SERVICES AND RELATED NOURISHING HOPE TRIAL ACTIVITIES REPRESENT THE ORGANIZATION'S LARGEST PROGRAMMATIC EXPENSE IN FY25. THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES VARIOUS PERSONALIZED SERVICES, INCLUDING HOSPITAL BASED PRODUCE, HOME-DELIEVERED MEDICALLY TAILORED GROCERY PACKAGES, AND ONCOLOGY DIETITIAN COUNSELING. THIS IS AVAILABLE AT NO COST TO INDIVIDUALS IN ACTIVE CANCER TREATMENT, RECOVERY, AND MEMBERS OF THEIR HOUSEHOLDS, ENSURING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO NUTRIENT-RICH FOOD REGARDLESS OF CANCER TYPE, AGE, INCOME LEVEL, GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, OR RACE. DURING THE PROGRAM YEAR, CBF HAD 4,502 ENCOUNTERS WITH 670 PATIENTS, ACROSS 8 MAINE COUNTIES, REACHING 1,588 INDIVIDUALS OVERALL. EXPENSES WERE USED TO SOURCE, ASSEMBLE, AND DISTRIBUTE 2,745 GROCERY PACKAGES (EQUIVALENT TO 82,350 MEALS), 1,350 PRODUCE PACKAGES, AND 20 DIETITIAN COUNSELING SESSIONS. MORE THAN 100 VOLUNTEERS SUPPORTED SAFE, RELIABLE, AND COMPASSIONATE ASSEMBLY, HOSPITAL-BASED DISTRIBUTION, AND HOME DELIVERY SERVICES ACROSS 11,500 SQUARE MILES. THIS EXPENSE ALSO SUPPORTED THE ONGOING DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF CBF'S MULTI-YEAR NOURISHING HOPE TRIAL, WHICH EVALUATES HOW ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD AND DIETETIC COUNSELING IMPACTS HEALTH OUTCOMES AND THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND PHYSICAL WELL-BEING OF FAMILIES FACING CANCER. FY25 ACTIVITIES INCLUDED RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION, CONSULTING SERVICES, PROTOCOL DEVELOPMENT, AND COLLABORATION WITH RESEARCHERS AT THE YALE UNIVERISTY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN PREPARATION FOR TRIAL ENROLLMENT. THE STUDY IS DESIGNED TO RECRUIT 100 CANCER PATIENTS WHO WILL PARTICIPATE IN ONE OF THREE INTERVENTION GROUPS INVOLVING MEDICALLY TAILORED GROCERY DELIVERY, DIETITIAN COUNSELING, OR USUAL CARE WITH DELAYED GROCERY SUPPORT.
- $10,000 spent. THE CHRISTINE B FOUNDATION RECEIVED 10,000 FROM THE MAINE CANCER FOUNDATION TO PROVIDE CANCER PATIENTS WITH DIRECT FINANCIAL AID. CBF OPENED AN APPLICATION PROCESS FOR FINANCIAL AID REQUESTS VIA MAIL, PHONE, AND ONLINE (MAX OF 500/INDIVIDUAL), FOR PATIENTS WITH CANCER LIVING IN PISCATAQUIS AND PENOBSCOT COUNTY. 98 APPLICANTS WERE RECEIVED (+61% YOY), WITH REQUESTS TOTALING 47,760 (+53%). APPLICANTS WERE ASKED TO SHARE HOW FUNDS WOULD BE USED, HERE IS A BREAKDOWN - FOOD (76%), HOUSING (50%), TRANSPORTATION (50%), MEDICAL BILLS (48%), OTHER (32%). 88% OF APPLICANT AGREE OR STRONGLY AGREED THAT THEIR CANCER DIAGNOSIS IMPACTED THEIR FINANCIAL SECURITY. A STAFF AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMITTEE REVIEWED APPLICANTS. ALL APPLICANTS RECEIVED FINANCIAL AID. CBF PRIORITIZED APPLICANTS SEEKING ASSISTANCE WITH FOOD, THOSE IN ACTIVE TREATMENT, AND DEMONSTRATED CANCER HAS A STRONG FINANCIAL IMPACT. 31 INDIVIDUALS WERE AWARDED 322.59. THE CHRISTINE B FOUNDATION RECEIVED 10,000 FROM THE MAINE CANCER FOUNDATION TO PROVIDE CANCER PATIENTS WITH DIRECT FINANCIAL AID. CBF OPENED AN APPLICATION PROCESS FOR FINANCIAL AID REQUESTS VIA MAIL, PHONE, AND ONLINE (MAX OF 500/INDIVIDUAL), FOR PATIENTS WITH CANCER LIVING IN PISCATAQUIS AND PENOBSCOT COUNTY. 98 APPLICANTS WERE RECEIVED (+61% YOY), WITH REQUESTS TOTALING 47,760 (+53%). APPLICANTS WERE ASKED TO SHARE HOW FUNDS WOULD BE USED, HERE IS A BREAKDOWN - FOOD (76%), HOUSING (50%), TRANSPORTATION (50%), MEDICAL BILLS (48%), OTHER (32%). 88% OF APPLICANT AGREE OR STRONGLY AGREED THAT THEIR CANCER DIAGNOSIS IMPACTED THEIR FINANCIAL SECURITY. A STAFF AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMITTEE REVIEWED APPLICANTS. ALL APPLICANTS RECEIVED FINANCIAL AID. CBF PRIORITIZED APPLICANTS SEEKING ASSISTANCE WITH FOOD, THOSE IN ACTIVE TREATMENT, AND DEMONSTRATED CANCER HAS A STRONG FINANCIAL IMPACT. 31 INDIVIDUALS WERE AWARDED 322.59.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since December 2014.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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