Cancer Awareness Through Research and Education Care
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 203771288
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2009
- Location
- Carefree, AZ, USA
- Phone
- 9522217432
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $867,764
- Expenses
- $881,603
- Assets
- $86,259
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
People named in this filing
- Michael Blaszyk (Director)
- Syliva Owens (Director)
- Amanda Bruen (Director)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Care promotes awareness about cancer treatment and prevention through educational forums and seminars and raises money to provide grants to fund innovative new cancer research projects and clinical trials primarily in the greater phoenix metropolitian area and Arizona more broadly.
What it reported doing in 2024
During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, Cancer Awareness through Research and Education (CARE) approved total research funding of $786,000, which included $38,000 in direct donor-designated contributions.Per the allocation approved by the CARE Funding Committee and Board of Directors, contributions were designated as follows:$397,000 to Mayo Clinic, including $23,000 in direct donations.$389,000 to HonorHealth Research Institute, including $15,000 in direct donations.Payments of $374,000 were issued to each institution during the fiscal year to fulfill these commitments.Funds provided to Mayo Clinic were restricted to two approved research projects:1.Pathogenesis of MYC-Overexpressing Acute Leukemia identifying high-risk patients and developing more effective treatments.2.Fast Neoepitope Prioritization and RNA Nanoparticle Dendritic Cell Vaccines for Solid Tumors advancing personalized cancer vaccine development.Funds provided to HonorHealth Research Institute were restricted to two funding requests encompassing four interrelated research projects:1.Plant EV, Nanoparticle Silicon, VFI Studies2.Uveal Melanoma ResearchBoth Mayo Clinic and HonorHealth Research Institute are required to submit annual progress and expenditure reports to CAREs Science and Funding Committee. Grants are restricted for the specified research purposes, with no more than 25% of funds allocated to labor and benefit costs.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 36
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 86.4%; rating input score 86
- Program expense ratio: 84.8%; rating input score 85
- Fundraising efficiency: $50.13 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- 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: -1.6%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.1; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14.1% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 86.4% of revenue deployed · 84.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $748K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 2 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.