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FINANCIALS


Since 1993, Vera Bradley has supported breast cancer research through generous contributions to the Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer. In addition, the Foundation team is housed inside Vera Bradley headquarters. The company underwrites the majority of Foundation operating costs.

Donation Allocations

At-a-glance summary of how the Vera Bradley Foundation directs the allocation of its donations to the Indiana University School of Medicine.

Breast Cancer Research Laboratories
New project funding is provided for researchers all with a single focus: better outcomes for patients. 

Immunotherapy Research
Immunotherapy is a type of cancer treatment that activates the immune system, enabling it to target and destroy cancer cells. Immunotherapy serves as a living drug that remains with patients for the duration of their life.

Monogrammed Medicine
Monogrammed Medicine research considers individual variables in genes, environment and lifestyle when developing prevention and treatment strategies. Combining this information yields therapies tailored to each patient — precision therapeutics that are best tolerated by the patient and that precisely target the tumor.

Four Vera Bradley Foundation Chairs
Funding of these specific chairs allows for the expansion of expertise in the Vera Bradley Foundation Center for Breast Cancer Research at the Indiana University School of Medicine:

  1. Vera Bradley Foundation Chair in Oncology 

  2. Vera Bradley Foundation Chair in Breast Cancer Innovation

  3. Vera Bradley Foundation Chair in Breast Cancer Discovery

  4. Vera Bradley Foundation Chair in Breast Cancer Research

Vera Bradley Foundation Scholars
Post-doctoral fellows who are training with members of the breast cancer research program are provided with specific funding to pursue breast cancer research projects, including those that support Monogrammed Medicine.

Financial Overview

View the 2024 Annual Report
View the 2024 Audited Financial Statements 
View the 2024 Form 990 
View the States Disclosure Statement

 

Board of Directors

Barbara Bradley Baekgaard 
Sue Britton 
John Brooks 
Ruth Cook
Brenda Gerber Vincent 
Julie Inskeep
Katie Law 
Matt McGee 
Elizabeth Miller 
Patricia R. Miller
Stephanie Scheele
Anna Maria Storniolo
Reneta Thurairatnam-Sandkuhler

Charity Ratings

We strive to be good stewards of the donations we receive from our generous supporters. Our goal is not to sustain the Foundation for years to come with a large amount of working capital but to maximize the dollars donated to research to find better treatments, earlier detections and ultimately a cure.  We would love to work ourselves out of a job one day!

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