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Eventide | Tabitha Foundations Impact Report 2025

Eventide | Tabitha Foundations is the philanthropic arm of Eventide | Tabitha, supporting senior care services across Nebraska, North Dakota and Western Minnesota through 16 living communities and a hospice programme. In FY2025 — its first full year as a united foundation — it raised nearly $2 million, including $914,864 for Tabitha Meals on Wheels (delivering 65,715 meals through 600+ volunteers to seniors who would otherwise go without). 9 in 10 Meals on Wheels recipients say the programme enables them to remain at home. The year saw 388 new donors, 110 Hearts of Gold caregiver recognition awards, and the launch of the inaugural Caregiver Excellence Award inspired by a veteran's hospice journey.

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📋About

Tabitha Meals on Wheels (65,715 meals, 600+ volunteers, seniors in Nebraska since 1967); Daydream Project and Make It Possible Fund (personalised experiences for residents — concerts, family reunions, homecoming limo rides, Dream Flights biplane experiences for veterans); Hearts of Gold caregiver recognition programme (110 awards, 82 caregivers); Areas of Greatest Need flexible fund (equipment, technology, emergencies); iN2L touchscreen engagement technology rollout at Tabitha at Prairie Commons (dementia engagement, music, games); Workforce Development Endowment; annual fundraising events (Forever Dreaming Event, Gateway Sertoma Golf, Fairways for Seniors Golf, Gala); living communities across 16 sites in NE, ND and MN Custom geography from upload: USA (Nebraska, North Dakota and Western Minnesota)

📊Key Metrics

Nearly $2 million raised in FY2025; 388 new donors; 65,715 meals delivered by 600+ Tabitha Meals on Wheels volunteers; 9 in 10 recipients say the programme allows them to remain living at home Key Metric 1
$914,864 raised for Tabitha Meals on Wheels; $673,606 for Areas of Greatest Need; $116,522 for Workforce Development; $74,532 for Living Communities Key Metric 2
81% of Meals on Wheels recipients cannot afford the $8.75 meal; 82% say a Meals on Wheels volunteer is the only person they see each day; 110 Hearts of Gold awards given to 82 caregivers; 16 veterans took vintage biplane flights through Make It Possible Fund Key Metric 3

Key Outcomes

  • First full fiscal year of Eventide and Tabitha operating under unified foundation; inaugural Caregiver Excellence Award established in memory of Leo Sawatzki (Vietnam veteran, Tabitha Hospice recipient) — inaugural recipients were his three hospice caregivers
  • Tabitha Meals on Wheels founded 1967 — now reaching 1 in 4 Nebraska seniors who rely on food assistance; LifeLoop iN2L technology funded by Lutheran Services in America for dementia engagement at Prairie Commons
  • Total endowed funds including FY25 amounts: Meals on Wheels Endowment $1,327,117; Olsgaard Endowment $1,110,986; Chaplaincy Endowment $982,014; Education Endowment $580,376; Elder Care Endowment $404,097; Scholarship Endowment $43,529

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International

2026 Enhanced

Impact — Winter 2026

Total income £18,180,000 and total expenditure £18,560,000 (year ended 31 December 2024, charity no. 1084958 England/Wales and SC039654 Scotland); in 2024 spent £3.8m on charitable activities including £1,079,000 on research, £1,366,000 on EB Community Support, £943,000 on public education, £270,000 on EB healthcare and £185,000 on respite breaks
Key Metric 1
700+ members supported through in-person visits and support calls in 2025; 697 support grants allocated in 2025 for essential items including specialist clothing, cooling fans and sheepskin liners; 2 new holiday homes purchased in 2025 with over 700 guests enjoying holiday homes; £34,000 raised through 2025 winter 'The Longest Night' appeal
Key Metric 2
Largest global investment in EB research to date: multi-million-pound drug repurposing trial provisionally agreed with LifeArc partner at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London; EB Priorities Setting Partnership study completed mapping global research priorities for all four main EB forms
Key Metric 3
£34,000 raised in 2025 winter appeal supporting families like Darcie's with specialist items, emotional support and research; 697 support grants delivered in 2025; first Members Connect event in Northern Ireland; EB Priorities Setting Partnership study completed providing global research roadmap
2025 Enhanced

Impact Report 2025

22,507 households helped through RBL casework and specialist support services across 66 countries
Key Metric 1
22,600 grants given to those in need, totalling £11.8 million
Key Metric 2
733 beneficiaries represented at tribunals, resulting in £24.5 million in War Pensions awards
Key Metric 3
1,548 new families living with dementia supported by RBL Admiral Nurses service
2025 Enhanced

Our Impact 2024-25

3,600 blind veterans received support across the UK; 447 new blind veterans started receiving support in 2024/25
Key Metric 1
1,598 referrals to rehabilitation services completed; 313 veterans received assistive technology training
Key Metric 2
997 volunteers donated 26,824 hours of support; befriending service awarded Quality in Befriending Excellence — one of only 11 organisations in the UK to achieve this
Key Metric 3
1,831 National Creative Wellbeing Project packs issued to help veterans reconnect with creativity and independence