Cancer Can't

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
472842186
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2018, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Spokane, WA, USA
Phone
5092303565
Rating
53
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Health

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,957,241
Expenses
$413,683
Assets
$4,338,360
Liabilities
$390,281

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BECKY VAN KEULEN (PRESIDENT)
  • JOYCE M CAMERON (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • RICK DAHMEN (DIRECTOR)
  • SARAH KUNEY (DIRECTOR)
  • VICKI DODSON (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

Help people fighting cancer in the inland northwest by improving their daily lives and circumstances.

What it reported doing in 2024

Cancer can't transportation program, in 2024 we had 78 volunteer drivers giving 335 one-way rides per month to cancer patients who need to get treatments, for a total of 4,020 rides for the year. The volunteers donate about 6,600 hours in a year at an estimated rate of $33.49 (the current national value of each volunteer hour) for a total estimated value of $221,034. Volunteers also donate the fuel costs for the rides of an estimated 46,784 miles at the standard rate of .14 cents per mile (IRS allowed rate for charitable mileage) which would be about $6,550 in donated fuel costs, plus 17,705 of those miles were reimbursed through our partnership with snap as an in-kind donation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 65% for direct work, and 35% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 36
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 12
  • Sustainability: 91
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 12.7%; rating input score 13
  • Program expense ratio: 86.3%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 86%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 10.49; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 37.2% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 38.7% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 34.8% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 12.7% of revenue deployed · 86.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 13 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $357K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 27 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 13/100.
  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.