Breast Cancer Education Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 030510381
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- Roseville, MN, USA
- Phone
- 9525822970
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Rehabilitative Medical Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $135,750
- Expenses
- $121,342
- Assets
- $84,788
- Liabilities
- $2,245
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Ashley Pohlenz (President)
- Donna DeGracia (Vice President)
- Nadia Janson (Past President)
People named in this filing
- Ashley Pohlenz (President)
- Donna DeGracia (Vice President)
- Daniil Gerasimov (Treasurer)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To service women and men in the community by providing easy access to support and information about breast cancer and to enhance the quality of life for survivors, family and friends.
What it reported doing in 2024
Breast Cancer Education Association provides education about breast cancer prevention, treatment and survivorship. In addition, our annual conference offers resources for local breast health products, breast cancer organizations and a variety of services. The BCEA is committed to making this conference available to anyone who is looking for education and resources on breast health. Scholarships were given to attendees who could not afford the cost of registration to this conference. The annual BCEA Education Conference fills a desperate need for providing information and education to breast cancer patients and their families. Conference programming crosses all boundaries and supports a variety of healing philosophies and possibilities from surgical options and the latest updates to mind, body and spirit practices. The BCEA also provided free education webinars to more than 100 people throughout the year, and ongoing resources, support and information to anyone who contacted our office or Board members. Furthermore, BCEA volunteers and Breast Cancer Champions dedicated over 2,800 service hours throughout the year - developing educational programs and materials, educating people in communities at higher risk for breast cancer incidence and mortality, staffing events, fundraising and filling essential roles on our board and volunteer committees. We reached more than 10,100 individuals at 80 events in 2024. Mobile mammography was available at 27 events, and referrals to local clinics and health centers resulted in nearly 500 confirmed screenings. Breast Cancer Champions focus their work in African American and immigrant African communities and offer peer-to-peer, culturally appropriate education about breast cancer prevention and detection, and connect women to community resources.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 96% 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
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Assets have declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 75
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 48
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 72.1%; rating input score 72
- Program expense ratio: 80.3%; rating input score 80
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 10.6%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.7; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 12.7%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 20.1% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 14.5% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 72.1% of revenue deployed · 80.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $97K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2017 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 35/100.