Martha's Vineyard Cancer Support Group
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 043282215
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Vineyard Haven, MA, USA
- Phone
- 5084155719
- Rating
- 91
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $156,912
- Expenses
- $122,314
- Assets
- $152,439
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ALLEN TODRES (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- ROBYN BIRDWELL (DIRECTOR)
- ANNEMARIE DONAHUE (CLERK)
- TERRY DONAHUE (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
We are the martha's vineyard cancer support group, a group for cancer patients, survivors, their families, friends, and caregivers. If you are here you are in the right place. Cancer patients often need financial assistance as well as emotional support. That's why the non-profit m.v. Cancer support group inc. Was created. One of our aims is to enhance the quality of life for vineyard cancer patients, survivors, and their families, by providing temporary and emergency financial assistance. The funds we provide are used for expenses not covered by insurance. We also provide information about resources available to vineyard cancer patients on the island and elsewhere in new england. If you have cancer, or if you care about someone who does, you should know about the m.v. Cancer support group. Help and support for you and your loved ones is just a phone call....or a meeting away. There is value in joining a support group. Research studies indicate that cancer patients in support groups liv
What it reported doing in 2025
We are the martha's vineyard cancer support group, a group for cancer patients, survivors, their families, friends, and caregivers. If you are here you are in the right place. Cancer patients often need financial assistance as well as emotional support. That's why the non-profit m.v. Cancer support group inc. Was created. One of our aims is to enhance the quality of life for vineyard cancer patients, survivors, and their families, by providing temporary and emergency financial assistance. The funds we provide are used for expenses not covered by insurance. We also provide information about resources available to vineyard cancer patients on the island and elsewhere in new england. If you have cancer, or if you care about someone who does, you should know about the m.v. Cancer support group. Help and support for you and your loved ones is just a phone call....or a meeting away. There is value in joining a support group. Research studies indicate that cancer patients in support groups live longer and have a better quality of life. In 1986, a group of island patients began to meet regularly to share their experience, strength, and hopes. They became the original martha's vineyard cancer support group, a group for cancer patients, survivors, their families, closest friends, and caregivers.? In 1994 we became a non-profit 501c3 and are lead by an all volunteer board of directors.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 72% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 87% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. No material rating questions were generated from the available inputs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 62
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 76.6%; rating input score 77
- Program expense ratio: 98.2%; rating input score 98
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: 22%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.25; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 76.6% of revenue deployed · 98.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $120K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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.