Cancer Support Community Greater Philadelphia

Analysis

Cancer Support Community Greater Philadelphia is a registered charity in United States, based in Philadelphia, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Cancer Support Community Greater Philadelphia reported income of $1.2m and spending of $1.0m, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $955k to $1.2m (+23%), an average of +5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Cancer Support Community Greater Philadelphia sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 79th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ucmc Title Holding Corporation II NFP ($1.2m), Samaritan Health Center Inc ($1.2m) and Childrens Health Foundation Inc ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 68% and program service revenue 27% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $132k (13% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $454k. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $219k, net assets of $1.5m. It reported 14 employees.