non profit founded 1998 headquarters headquarters in new york city with affiliates nationwide united states key people karen i. kennedy president jennifer merschdorf ceo ann partridge md mph chair of medical advisory board slogan young women facing breast cancer together website youngsurvival.org young survival coalition ysc is an international organization focusing on women ages 40 and under who are diagnosed with breast cancer . 1 founded in 1998 by three young women with breast cancer ysc is a 501 c 3 non profit based in new york city with additional offices in atlanta georgia and indianapolis indiana . it is currently led by board president karen i. kennedy and ceo jennifer merschdorf . 2 contents 1 philosophy 2 activities 2.1 use of funds 3 references philosophy edit approximately 13 000 women under the age of 40 are diagnosed with breast cancer annually . 1 according to its mission statement young survival coalition focuses on the critical issues unique to young women and breast cancer . ysc works with survivors caregivers and the medical research advocacy and legislative communities to increase the quality and quantity of life for women diagnosed with breast cancer ages 40 and under . 3 this includes lobbying speaking engagements conferences and an annual awareness campaign which educates members of the medical community about breast cancer s prevalence in younger women . 2 activities edit use of funds edit ysc s 2013 2014 expenses program services 70.24 % management & general 18.17 % fundraising 11.59 % in the 2013 2014 fiscal year ending june 30 2014 young survival coalition reported approximately us 4.78 million in earnings . of this us 4.69 million came from contributions and grants with .95 million coming from other revenue . 4 that same fiscal year ysc reported approximately us 4.56 million in expenses . of this approximately 3.2 million went to program services 828 000 to management and general expenses and 529 000 to fundraising expenses . 4 the young survival coalition ceo salary in 2013 was 132 453 a year . 2 references edit a b renzulli kerri anne 24 oct 2014 . how to make the biggest impact with your breast cancer donations . time magazine . retrieved 10 april 2015 . a b c young survival coalition . charity navigator . retrieved 2010 09 20 . about ysc . young survival coalition . retrieved 2010 09 20 . a b ysc annual report 2014 pdf . young survival coalition . 30 june 2014 . retrieved 8 april 2015 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title young survival coalition & oldid 739326231 categories breast cancercancer charities in the united statescharities based in new yorkorganizations established in 1998 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages t rk e edit links this page was last modified on 14 september 2016 at 01 47 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view