The Foundation for Cancer Care
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 452948950
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2014
- Location
- Scranton, PA, USA
- Phone
- 5705583597
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Patient Services - Entertainment, Recreation
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $20,259
- Expenses
- $58,054
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MARGO M OPSASNICK (BOARD PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- DAVIDA SWEENY (DIRECTOR)
- LAURA MARION (DIRECTOR)
- KRISTINE KELLEY MD (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To aid cancer patients and their families from diagnosis through survivorship; to be a resource for all cancer patients suffering from any type of cancer; to provide therapeutic assistance and program instruction intended to benefit the cancer patient; to assist with financial, physical, and psychological needs; to support patients, their families, and the medical community; to provide cancer education and awareness programs to the community; to enable cancer patients to receive complimentary services including but not limited to: psychological counseling, social services, nutrition counseling, physical therapy, lymphedema therapy support services and art therapy.
What it reported doing in 2024
The contributions and community fundraisers provide support for the foundation for cancer care in providing services such as support groups, education, awareness and screening programs, complimentary health services, and financial assistance for purchases of wigs, and other prosthetic devices, transportation services to and from any type of cancer treatment, meals, lodging, and general assistance to cancer patients who are undergoing treatment. Approximately 50 patients received transportation assistance, and approximately 60 cancer patients received financial assistance for co-payments for cancer treatments, medical supplies, grocery cards and financial assistance for utility bills.the foundation dissolved during 2024 and donated all remaining cash to thinkbig pediatric cancer fund whose mission is in line with the foundation's mission.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 80% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 94% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 95
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 10
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 86.3%; rating input score 86
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: -186.6%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -4.6% per year; rating input score 0; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -10.8% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 86.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $50K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.