DCIS UNDERSTOOD INC
EIN 99-4323785 · Breast Cancer (G32)
What they do
THE ORGANIZATION OPERATES A SINGLE INTEGRATED PROGRAM THAT SERVES DCIS PATIENTS, THEIR FAMILIES, CLINICIANS, and THE GENERAL PUBLIC THROUGH THREE COORDINATED ACTIVITIES. EDUCATION: THE ORGANIZATION PUBLISHES FREE, EVIDENCE-BASED EDUCATIONAL CONTENT INCLUDING DIAGNOSIS EXPLAINERS, TREATMENT OVERVIEWS, FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS, and PLAIN-LANGUAGE SUMMARIES of EMERGING CLINICAL RESEARCH REVIEWED for ACCURACY BY A VOLUNTEER ADVISORY COUNCIL of BREAST ONCOLOGISTS, SURGEONS, and RESEARCHERS. ADVOCACY: THE ORGANIZATION RAISES PUBLIC AWARENESS of DCIS, PROMOTES INFORMED SHARED DECISION-MAKING BETWEEN PATIENTS and THEIR CLINICIANS, and WORKS to ELEVATE THE PATIENT VOICE IN RESEARCH and POLICY PRIORITIES. SUPPORT: THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES COPING RESOURCES and CURATED REFERRALS to SUPPORT COMMUNITIES for INDIVIDUALS NAVIGATING A DCIS DIAGNOSIS. THESE ACTIVITIES ARE DELIVERED PRIMARILY THROUGH THE ORGANIZATIONS PUBLIC WEBSITE (DCISUNDERSTOOD.ORG) and THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH CLINICIANS, RESEAR
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Board and leadership roster (4)
ASHLEY LITWIN DIEGODIRECTOR
ERIN ANKINDIRECTOR
JULIA STALDERPRESIDENT
SHIRA WEISSMANDIRECTOR
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2024
- Location
- PO BOX 373, COLD SPRING, NY 10516-0373
- County
- Putnam
- In care of
- % JULIA STALDER
- Primary officer
- JULIA STALDER, PRESIDENT
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2025
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- FULLER LOWENBERG & CO CPAS PC
- NTEE classification
- Breast Cancer (G32)
- IRS tax category
- Breast Cancer