Cancer Schmancer Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
260489038
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Malibu, CA, USA
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Support N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$314,984
Expenses
$416,565
Assets
$756,141
Liabilities
$12,112

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • FRAN DRESCHER (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • SUSAN HOLLAND (Executive Dir.): $117,721 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The Cancer Schmancer Foundation is dedicated to saving women

What it reported doing in 2024

The Cancer Schmancer Foundation educates the public about the risk factors and early warning signs of cancer and the tests that can help detect cancer in its earliest stages. CancerSchmancer.org includes user-friendly educational tools, cheat sheets, survivor stories, updated health news, peer groups, and consumer guides.We have implemented our initiative to partner with local, existing cancer screening services for women in need in order to build their capacity, increase the number of patients screened, and educate the community through grassroots educational efforts.- We have held two free Health Fairs with the Coalition for Womens Cancers serving over 400 women in need, providing free cancer screenings, blood pressure, and diabetes tests, in addition to nutrition counseling.- Our service partner Cure Cervical Cancer brought its mobile HPV testing and treatment model to Kenya, serving women where they live in high-need communities in addition to equipping local governments and healthcare workers to sustain these services for the long term.- We held our annual Master Class Health Summit in October in Los Angeles for 300 guests, with an emphasis on empowering the aging woman. This event was recorded, edited, and distributed worldwide on our website.- The Master Class program is the cornerstone of our prevention prong, providing access to renowned doctors about the latest advancements in the prevention of cancer and other diseases. As such, we have archived all of our past Health Summits into a free, searchable online video database to make the information simple and easy to find.- Our Detox Your Home School Program educates students about preventing cancer and other chronic disease through healthy lifestyle change. Our program currently reaches 100+ schools, and we are working with educational systems and private corporations to expand that reach and to provide content tailored to specific age groups.- Cancer Schmancers BE THE CHANGE youth program remains available online along with a downloadable teacher/facilitator guide for independent study after viewing. This program educates young people how to identify and eliminate toxins and other carcinogens in their daily routines and to use their spending power to influence healthy, sustainable manufacturing.- Our consumer-focused Detox Your Home Party provides easy-to-understand-and-implement solutions about making healthy choices for products we put in our mouths, on our skin, and around our homes and gardens. The program is provided free online and was downloaded 500+ times.- Fran Drescher continues to speak about her own cancer survival journey and is vetting new speaking opportunities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 92.4%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 69.5%; rating input score 69
  • Fundraising efficiency: $11.07 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -32.2%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.82; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 28.3%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.2% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 92.4% of revenue deployed · 69.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $289K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $118K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 42/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 42/100.