Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237010520
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Jul 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Phone
1-888-501-4763
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Health

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$318,045,658
Expenses
$326,758,352
Assets
$152,489,844
Liabilities
$103,614,397

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

Leadership & pay

33 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JONAS FONTENOT (PRESIDENT/CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • JONAS FONTENOT (PRESIDENT/CEO): $807,407 total reported compensation
  • VERA TUGGLE (BREAST SURGEON): $464,111 total reported compensation
  • ANDRE BONNECAZE (MEDICAL DOCTOR): $460,419 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Foundation is solely dedicated to providing resources for all patients and their families. From expert treatment, advanced technology and survivorship to breakthrough clinical trials and translational research, philanthropy is a life-saving gift. 100% of funds donated goes to your community.

What it reported doing in 2024

Cancer program activities: mbpcc has implemented three comprehensive cancer care program models and assumed certain responsibilities for developing and delivering the cancer care continuum to the local community. Services include cancer prevention, education, early detection, free cancer screening and transportation assistance. During the fiscal year ending june 30, 2025 the cancer programs screened 5,705 people at 134 free cancer screening events. 728 were navigated due to abnormal findings and 43 were diagnosed with cancer. Since 2002, over 118,000 people throughout la and ms have been screened for cancer at no cost to participants.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 87% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 93
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89.9%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 87.5%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 88.2%; rating input score 88; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 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: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.7%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.47; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.68; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.1%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 26.7% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 18.5% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site
  • Where the money goes: 89.9% of revenue deployed · 87.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 17 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $285.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $807K · 33 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $38.2M reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 4 filed related-organization links
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 17/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.