Lung Cancer Connection
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 383794112
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2009
- Location
- Saint Louis, MO, USA
- Rating
- 95
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Support N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $84,078
- Expenses
- $89,980
- Assets
- $63,109
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Alison Thornton (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Alison Thornton (Executive Director)
- Emily McGehee (Program and Events Manager)
- Noel Raybon (Administrative Intern)
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
The organization is dedicated to increasing awareness offering assistance to patients and caregivers and championing initiatives for lung cancer prevention early detection treatment and research. By conducting educational campaigns the organization informs the public about lung cancer risks provides valuable resources for those impacted by the illness and advocates for progress in medical research to enhance patient outcomes. This collective approach aims to cultivate a knowledgeable supported and empowered community actively engaged in combating lung cancer. Through these multifaceted efforts the organization strives to make a meaningful impact in the fight against this disease.
What it reported doing in 2024
Build and lead the Missouri Lung Cancer Coalition dedicated to implementing programs and driving policies that support statewide collaboration for lung cancer education prevention and early detection. We are committed to action and reaching the underserved populations. We have three active work teams focused on radon reduction early lung cancer screening and tobacco cessation.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 27
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
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: -7%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.7; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 57.7%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -5.6% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $94K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 7 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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 — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 34/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.