National Breast Cancer Foundation
Legal name: National Breast Cancer Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 752391148
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Aug 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Dallas, TX, USA
- Phone
- 9722489200
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Public Health Program (Includes General Health and Wellness Promotion Services)
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $29,928,629
- Expenses
- $27,117,816
- Assets
- $26,336,298
- Liabilities
- $1,369,085
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JANELLE HAIL (CEO/BOD CHAIR)
- KEVIN HAIL (COO & PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- JANELLE HAIL (CEO/BOD CHAIR): $328,547 total reported compensation
- KEVIN HAIL (COO & PRESIDENT): $294,298 total reported compensation
- REBECCA BUELL (CFO): $212,470 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
We provide help and inspire hope to those affected by breast cancer through early detection, education, and support services.
What it reported doing in 2024
NBCF educates how to reduce the risk of developing breast cancer, detect breast cancer early, and access screening programs and remove barriers to quality treatment if diagnosed. NBCF creates and delivers educational and awareness materials utilized by over 237,439,766 people. The About Breast Cancer section of NBCFs website, www.nbcf.org, is an online guide to understanding breast cancer and helps those diagnosed with breast cancer understand the disease. NBCF also partners with companies nationwide to strengthen their womens wellness programs by increasing use of basic screening benefits, educating employees about breast health and early detection and equipping employers how to support patients and survivors in the workplace. This year, NBCF presented 32 breast cancer awareness and women's health virtual and in-person presentations. Continued on Schedule O.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 56% for direct work, and 44% for grants.
- 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 89
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 55
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 75%; rating input score 75
- Program expense ratio: 81.8%; rating input score 82
- Fundraising efficiency: $12.85 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 95%; rating input score 95; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 99.3%; rating input score 99; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 17th 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: 9.4%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.97; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 6.8%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 9 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 75% of revenue deployed · 81.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 6 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $22.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $329K · 14 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $130K reported
- Consistency: 42 of 43 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 104 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 95 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 45/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 37/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.