Cancer Support Community Greater Philadelphia

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
232657403
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Phone
2154413290
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Health - General and Rehabilitative N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,163,737
Expenses
$1,106,833
Assets
$1,765,471
Liabilities
$192,860

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

Leadership & pay

25 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KELLY HARRIS (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • KELLY HARRIS (CEO): $119,780 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to ensure that all people impacted by cancer are empowered by knowledge, strengthened by action, and sustained by community. Programs offered are totally free for individuals and families impacted by cancer.

What it reported doing in 2025

Cancer support community greater philadelphia (cscgp) provides free psychosocial and educational support services to individuals impacted by cancerincluding patients, family members, and friends. Cscgp opened its doors in 1993 meet the needs of individuals and families across the five-county philadelphia region. At cscgp, we understand that a cancer diagnosis impacts the entire familynot just the individual. We remain deeply committed to expanding access to care and removing barriers across the five-county philadelphia region. Our comprehensive suite of programs is thoughtfully designed to support individuals at every stage of the cancer journeyfrom diagnosis and treatment through survivorshipensuring no one faces cancer alone. Led by licensed mental health professionals, we offer a wide range of evidence-based services, including: individual counseling support groups healthy lifestyle and wellness programs educational workshops social and community-building activitiesprograms are available for both adults and children, ensuring holistic support for all members of the family. Cscgp operates two welcoming, home-like facilities located in fairmount park (philadelphia, pa) and warminster, pa, where many in-person services are offered. To increase accessibility, cscgp also delivers programming virtually and through hospital satellite locations in bensalem, doylestown, langhorne, and sellersville.impact in 2025: 2,735 individuals served 263 individual counseling sessions provided 1,215 adult programs delivered 102 programs for children and teensthrough compassionate care and community-based support, cscgp remains committed to ensuring that no one faces cancer alone.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.2%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 83.7%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.7 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 19; 19th 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: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.9%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.6; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.8%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 80.2% of revenue deployed · 83.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 24 of 24 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $927K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $120K · 25 people listed
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 19/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 35/100.