Cancer Connection
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 920165316
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2014, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Juneau, AK, USA
- Phone
- 9077962273
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Public Health Program (Includes General Health and Wellness Promotion Services)
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $172,111
- Expenses
- $162,327
- Assets
- $297,778
- Liabilities
- $9,055
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SHERYL WEINBERG (BOARD PRESIDENT)
- EILEEN HOSEY (BOARD VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- SHERYL WEINBERG (BOARD PRESIDENT)
- EILEEN HOSEY (BOARD VICE PRESIDENT)
- JULIE HAMILTON (BOARD 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
Cancer Connection is a grass-roots nonprofit organization that assists Southeast Alaskans living with cancer their families and support systems Cancer Connection sponsors education programs and awareness events with the intent of prevention and early detection of cancer Cancer Connections mission is to bring together health and wellness resources for Southeast Alaska residents facing cancer thereby empowering them to make sound decisions and choices with the goal of prolonging their quality of life whether in time of crisis or fulfillment
What it reported doing in 2024
Travel and Apartment Support for those with Cancer diagnosis Our travel grants cover up to 750 each year for cancer care travel-related expenses for Southeast Alaska residents Expenses can include airfare ferry costs lodging and ground transportation Receipts are required Cancer Connection also has rented a one-bedroom apartment near the Virginia Mason and Swedish Medical Centers in Seattle This apartment is available on a first-come basis for SE Alaska Cancer Connection clients who have qualified for our travel assistance program
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 52% for direct work, and 48% for grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 65
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 57
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 65.4%; rating input score 65
- Program expense ratio: 64.2%; rating input score 64
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: 5.7%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.83; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -3.1% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13.9% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 65.4% of revenue deployed · 64.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $104K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2015 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.