American Cancer Society Inc Pennsylvania
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 251798733
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2009
- Forms available
- Form 990 2009
- Location
- Hershey, PA, USA
- Phone
- 7175336144
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Cancer Research
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $49,201,676
- Expenses
- $51,920,703
- Assets
- $89,178,355
- Liabilities
- $19,021,603
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2009. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
42 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2009. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The american cancer society is the nationwide community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and service.
What it reported doing in 2009
Detection and treatment programs seek to find cancer before it is clinically apparent and provide information and education about options for treatment, a cure, recurrence, symptom management, and pain control. Relay for life and making strides against breast cancer - see schedule o
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 84
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 40
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 98.4%; rating input score 98; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -5.5%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.72; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.5%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 34 of 34 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $39.4M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $739K · 42 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed
- Consistency: 41 of 42 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 7 filed related-organization links
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 38/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.