Volunteer Leadership

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
453731681
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2019, Form 990-N 2011
Location
St Charles, MO, USA
Phone
3148140044
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Counseling, Support Groups
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$78,508
Expenses
$91,115
Assets
$31,674
Liabilities
$3,443

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Karen Tripp (Executive Director)
  • Beth Rusert (President)

People named in this filing

  • Karen Tripp (Executive Director)
  • Garth Adams (Director)
  • David Vaughn (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To equip and train caring individuals to provide safe, supportive environments for cancer families to draw closer to Christ.

What it reported doing in 2025

Cancer Prayer Partner Program: Pairs trained volunteers with cancer patients, survivors and caregivers to provide prayer, scripture and companionship from someone who "gets it". Referrals for this program are received from American Cancer Society National Referral Network, the Cancer Companion website (https://www.cancercompanion.org/) and active Cancer Companion churches. Free training for volunteers in conjunction with Lutheran Hour Ministry's Learn LHM program.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 86% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 58
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 65.6%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 56%; rating input score 56
  • Fundraising efficiency: $2.87 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -16.1%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.35; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 65.6% of revenue deployed · 56% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $51K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2017 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 56/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 28/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.