Breastcancerorg

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
233082851
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Ardmore, PA, USA
Phone
6106426550
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$12,393,712
Expenses
$7,170,059
Assets
$9,608,051
Liabilities
$1,639,360

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

26 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • HOPE WOHL MBA (CEO/TREASURER)
  • MARISA WEISS MD (PRESIDENT/SECRETARY)

Highest reported compensation

  • HOPE WOHL MBA (CEO/TREASURER): $305,213 total reported compensation
  • MARISA WEISS MD (PRESIDENT/SECRETARY): $298,178 total reported compensation
  • DAREN NICHOLSON (VP TECHNOLOGY): $249,803 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to help people make sense of the complex medical and personal information about breast health and breast cancer, so they can make the best decisions for their lives.

What it reported doing in 2024

Medical content educational resources: breastcancer.org was founded in 2000 to help people affected by breast cancer make sense of complex medical information and empower them to make the best decisions throughout their medical and emotional journey. Since then, breastcancer.org has evolved into the world's leading patient-centric resource for breast health and breast cancer information and support. Breastcancer.org's educational content is designed to reach people searching for answers online and those not even knowing yet what questions to ask about a breast cancer diagnosis. Our original, expertly written articles, podcast episodes, and videos provide the comprehensive information and resources necessary to make informed decisions. The breastcancer.org website contains thousands of pages of inclusive and easy-to-read content, reflecting the latest treatments and therapies available. Content is available in both english and spanish.for the year ended may 31, 2025, breastcancer.org's content pages had over 11.6 million english-language pageviews and 4.4 million spanish-language pageviews.over the last twelve months, breastcancer.org published numerous articles, a special report, conducted six webinars, delivered 35 podcast episodes and many new videos, giving patients and caregivers a multitude of options to obtain the information needed to make the best decisions for their care.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 85% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

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: 56
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 93
  • Sustainability: 65
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 45.7%; rating input score 46
  • Program expense ratio: 78.2%; rating input score 78
  • Fundraising efficiency: $10.4 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • 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: 88.2%; rating input score 88; 20th 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: 42.1%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.34; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 33.7%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 45.7% of revenue deployed · 78.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 17 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $5.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $305K · 26 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $312K reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 11 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 46/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 39/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.