Anns Place Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
223181832
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Danbury, CT, USA
Phone
2037906568
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Developmentally Disabled Centers

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,640,448
Expenses
$1,545,510
Assets
$5,486,740
Liabilities
$23,960

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SHANNON COBB (PRESIDENT & CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • SHANNON COBB (PRESIDENT & CEO): $168,676 total reported compensation
  • PETER CARNEY (CLINICAL DIRECTOR): $105,260 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Anns Place mission is to provide comfort, support and resources to people living with cancer and to their loved ones, helping to create a unique pathway through cancer to improve their quality of life. All services are offered free of charge. Anns Place provides professional family and individual counseling, childrens therapy and over 30 different support groups focusing on specific areas of concern for cancer patients and caregivers. In addition, the organization offers an extensive range of wellness programs such as movement classes, grief yoga, creative arts expression, horticulture therapy and more. Staff are actively involved in community outreach and education as well as regularly inviting speakers in to address issues of client interest, advances in cancer diagnosis and treatment, and wellness education. All programs are designed to strengthen and sustain our families and make sure no one faces cancer alone.

What it reported doing in 2025

CLIENT SERVICES - Anns Place professional counselors walk with clients on their cancer journey. Steps along the way can vary from anxiety about testing to acute life-threatening illness or serious chronic conditions. Our staff connects our clients AND THEIR LOVED ONES to the support group, resources, wellness activities and information that is right for them. Research shows how important it is to not just address the medical or biological side of cancer, but also the psychological, social, financial and spiritual aspects as well. Examples of what we provide include:*Support groups for those with cancer as well as family members and loved ones*Individual, couples and family counseling*Nutrition and healthy cooking classes*CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS-Therapy & Family ACTIVITIES*Horticultural Therapy, meditative garden AND LABYRINTH*Information sharing through our library and referrals to other helpful resources*Community education presentations open to anyone interested in learning more about cancer-related issues*Healthy movement including Yoga, Tai Chi and Healthy Steps*Art classes*Reiki *MINDFULLNESS MEDITATION*ACUPUNCTURE*MIND-BODY MEDICINE PROGRAMS*MEANING CENTERED PSYCHOTHERAPYGroups and activities are led by licensed clinical social workers, OTHER master level MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, DOCTORS and wellness instructors with experience in working with cancer survivors.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 71% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 62
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.9%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 81.2%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: $19.96 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • 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: 8 of 8 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: 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: 5.8%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.55; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17.7%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76.9% of revenue deployed · 81.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $169K · 16 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 23 of 24 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 55/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 47/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.