Chemo Companions

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
272848268
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Phone
6029269891
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Health - General and Rehabilitative N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$164,499
Expenses
$147,936
Assets
$56,739
Liabilities
$6,997

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ALYSSA DINOWITZ (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • DOREEN BENNETT (DIRECTOR)
  • DAVID COHEN (DIRECTOR)
  • BARB GILLES (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Chemo companions' mission is to provide support to individuals undergoing chemotherapy, helping them feel compassion and connection throughout their cancer journey.

What it reported doing in 2025

Chemo companions is a network of trained, compassionate volunteers dedicated to providing emotional support to individuals undergoing chemotherapy. Volunteers offer a listening ear, comfort, companionship, and laughter in chemo lounges, creating an atmosphere of warmth and connection during what can often be an isolating and challenging time. Through meaningful conversation and small acts of kindness, chemo companions help lift spirits, ease anxiety, and bring a sense of community to those navigating the emotional and physical challenges of cancer treatment.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 47
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 45.3%; rating input score 45
  • Program expense ratio: 50.4%; rating input score 50

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: 10.1%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.38; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.4%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.9% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 34.9% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 52.4% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 45.3% of revenue deployed · 50.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $75K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 45/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 50/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.