Above and Beyond Cancer Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
453951308
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2011
Location
West Des Moines, IA, USA
Phone
5157701426
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Health

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,327,668
Expenses
$979,694
Assets
$1,212,065
Liabilities
$48,848

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

26 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ALISSA MCKINNEY (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • ALISSA MCKINNEY (PRESIDENT): $152,453 total reported compensation
  • MARY VAN HEUKELOM (PROGRAM DIRECTOR): $138,684 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Above + beyond cancer's mission is to elevate the mind, body and spirit of patients, survivors and caregivers throughout the cancer journey.

What it reported doing in 2025

Above + beyond cancer delivered on our mission of elevating the mind, body and spirit of patients, survivors and caregivers throughout the cancer journey by again expanding our weekly programs and providing new opportunities for cancer survivors and caregivers. The staples of our weekly optimal living programs included total training, yoga, meditation, urban pole walking, tai chi, indoor cycling, aquatics, rowing, and recovery and beyond. Bike club and hike + yoga are two ways we get survivors and caregivers out into nature to enjoy all of the available benefits. We have expanded our young adult programs to engage young adult survivors in activities each month. Our weekly cancer education series and cooking + nutrition classes continued to be recorded and are on the above + beyond cancer youtube channel. Above + beyond cancer hosted a ride in the park event where hundreds of participants gathered for a bike ride through water works park with live music and entertainment. We also raised more money through our annual jump event, held our annual fur ride in downtown des moines, and hosted our sold out celebrate event featuring a guest speaker and honoring those oing extraordinary work in the cancer community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 84% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 52
  • Transparency & Controls: 66
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 49.5%; rating input score 49
  • Program expense ratio: 65.9%; rating input score 66
  • Fundraising efficiency: $6.74 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 26.2%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.24; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 29.7%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 18.8% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 18.7% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 29.7% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 49.5% of revenue deployed · 65.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 24 of 24 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $646K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $152K · 26 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 31 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 49/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 23/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 46/100.