Boston Cancer Support Org Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 300863587
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2016–2020
- Forms available
- Form 990 2020, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- Newton Centre, MA, USA
- Phone
- 6174809686
- Rating
- 70
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $180,654
- Expenses
- $180,794
- Assets
- $162,876
- Liabilities
- $1,941
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SUSAN CHAITYN LEBOVITS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- SUSAN CHAITYN LEBOVITS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $40,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To empower patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals through a one-stop cancer resource from diagnosis through treatment, by way of multi-organizational collaboration
What it reported doing in 2020
Boston cancer support is a non-profit in Massachusetts that was created for all who have been touched by cancer-whether you're a patient, friend, caregiver, or healthcare professional. We function both online and within communities. The web presence provides information at the state, region, city and town level, such as financial aid opportunities, resources for clinical trials, free or subsidized lodging, support groups to fit various needs, and free transportation to treatments. Boston cancer support also runs two collective impact programs: the cancer collaborative provides professional development and networking opportunities, along with resources and tools to maintain partnerships. The conferences are designed for patient navigators, nurses, social workers, community health workers, and organizations that support cancer patients and their families. Continuing education credits are provided to nurses and social workers through our partnerships with the american cancer society, the leukemia and lymphoma society, and the american lung association of the northeast.the treatment transport program AIDS in funding rides to the many patients who need help getting to and from treatments. Our most recent partnership is with lyft.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 67% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 83% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 53
- Transparency & Controls: 86
- Accountability: 84
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 60.3%; rating input score 60
- Program expense ratio: 60.2%; rating input score 60
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.1%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.9; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 22.1%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 61% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 27% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 18% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 60.3% of revenue deployed · 60.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $109K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $40K · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 26 of 27 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2016 to 2020
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 34/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 55/100.