Latinas Contra Cancer

Analysis

Latinas Contra Cancer is a registered charity in United States, based in San Jose, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover medical research, 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, Latinas Contra Cancer reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1.6m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $147k to $1.4m (+860%), an average of +76% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 319%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Latinas Contra Cancer sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 84th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sterling Center ($1.4m), Kingston Firemans Community Ambulance Assoc ($1.4m) and Ryder Health Plan Inc ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $147k (9.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $460k. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $17k, net assets of $1.2m. It reported 17 employees.