Cancer Family Care Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
310805286
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Cincinnati, OH, USA
Phone
5137313346
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Health

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,616,009
Expenses
$1,703,557
Assets
$3,215,773
Liabilities
$637,249

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

33 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Elliot Stapleton (Vice President/Governance)
  • Jonathan Stanwyck (President)
  • Jill Settlemyre (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Jill Settlemyre (Executive Director): $132,151 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of Cancer Family Care is to strengthen the well-being and alleviate the suffering of children, adults and families coping with cancer.

What it reported doing in 2025

Total clients served in 2025 - 3,334 The Center for Individual & Family Counseling - Clinical counselors and social workers provide therapeutic counseling to children, adults and families coping with cancer. Because many clients in these situations are home-bound, our therapists are able to provide home visits when necessary. Clients are offered solution-based interventions that address issues which arise from cancer treatment, depression, communication within the family and/or with health care professionals, and maintaining feelings of hope in a stressful time. Treehouse Children's Services - Clinical counselors and social workers provide school-based support groups and individual counseling to children who are coping with cancer personally, within the family, or have experienced the loss of a loved one due to cancer. Support groups meet 4-8 times at weekly intervals during the school day. Individual counseling is also provided during the school day. Supplemental services include education and consultation with parents and teachers. In addition, a free day camp (Camp Courage) is offered each June for children ages 5-14 who are touched by cancer. Coping Connection - Clinical counselors and social workers provide telephone information, support and referrals for questions about cancer-related illness and/or death. A "hotline" is provided during business hours, Monday through Friday. In addition, clients can contact us via our website at any time. Special efforts are made to reach multicultural and/or under-served populations. Waddell Family Healing Hands Program - This program provides free wigs for people who have lost their hair to cancer treatment. Therapeutic oncology massage is free for cancer patients and a reduced rate for caregivers. Also free healing touch therapy is offered to patients that helps to restore and balance energy that has been depleted due to stress or medical treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 73% 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.6%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 69%; rating input score 69
  • Fundraising efficiency: $3.6 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 10; 10th 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: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -5.4%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.89; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.2; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.8%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 82.6% of revenue deployed · 69% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 29 of 29 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $132K · 33 people listed
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 25/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 44/100.