To provide comfort and understanding for all cancer fighters, survivors, previvors, and caregivers through a personalized, one-on-one connection with someone who has been there.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
65¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$204K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2022 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $55K a year · 3% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
65%
of spending
Worth a look: 65% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$204K
to officers and key staff · 11% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 11% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $8K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$538K
36% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 36% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
23
of 25 voting members
Looks good: 23 of 25 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.7M
+4% vs prior year
Spent
$1.8M
To programs
65%
Net assets
$944K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$1.7M
FY2022▲ +4%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.2M
FY2021$1.6M
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$2.3M
FY2024$2.4M
Expenses
$1.8M
FY2022▲ +27%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.2M
FY2021$1.4M
FY2022$1.8M
FY2023$2.1M
FY2024$2.5M
Net assets
$944K
FY2022▼ -14%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$885K
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$944K
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$1.2M

From the FY2022 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Mar 2007.

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Where the money goes

65 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 65% · $1.1M Management & general 12% · $205K Fundraising 24% · $421K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

25 people listed on the 990; $204K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$184,600Pt VII · Sec A
Co-Founder
$18,930Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Stephanie Lieber’s $197K as Executive Director is at the 74th percentile of top reported officer pay among 733 $1–10M diseases & disorders nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Stephanie Lieber$196,800$197,280$184,600$177,587$168,712
Johnny Imerman$18,930$18,930$18,930$18,930$18,930

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

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Connects cancer patients and caregivers with others who have navigated similar experiences for support.

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1 program · $1.1M · in their own filed words · FY2022
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Imerman angels matches a person fighting cancer with someone that has beaten cancer, usually of the same type of cancer, age, gender, etc. One-on-one relationships give a fighter the chance to ask personal questions and get support from someone who is uniquely familiar - a survivor.

$1.1Mprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$8K

By the numbers

The FY2022 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.7M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.7M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$32K
Investment incomeLn 3$11K
Money outPt IX
$1.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.1M
Managementcol C$205K
Fundraisingcol D$421K
Owns and owesPt X
$944K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$779K
Total assetsLn 16$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$538K
PeoplePt VI, VII
25
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a25
IndependentVI 1b23
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.7M
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$249K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$32K
Investment incomeLn 3$11K
Other incomeLn 4–11$4K
Gains on assetsLn 7$5
Total revenueLn 12$1.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$779K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$779K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$5K
Other assetsLn 15$663K
Total assetsLn 16$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$538K
Net assetsLn 32$944K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 517
VolunteersI 63,000
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY22End FY22
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$898K$779K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$7K$5K
Total assetsLn 16$1.7M$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$561K$538K
Net assetsLn 32$1.1M$944K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$204K$109K$37K$57K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$543K$361K$56K$127K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$102K$64K$13K$25K
Payroll taxesLn 10$64K$40K$8K$16K
Legal feesLn 11b$26K$26K
Accounting feesLn 11c$6K$6K
Investment management feesLn 11f$9K$9K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$62K$42K$20K
Office expensesLn 13$16K$11K$2K$3K
Information technologyLn 14$17K$13K$2K$3K
OccupancyLn 16$109K$69K$13K$27K
InterestLn 20$13K$13K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$2K$2K
InsuranceLn 23$7K$7K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$578K$433K$3K$142K
All other expensesLn 24e$16K$5K$9K$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.8M$1.1M$205K$421K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $2.4M$2.5M−$110K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.3M$2.1M$240K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2022 Viewing $1.7M$1.8M−$70K$944K 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.6M$1.4M$234K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.2M$1.2M−$21K$885K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $1,703,739 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,543,581$1,656,555
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $27,500$32,000
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $61,533$11,266
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$3,918
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,632,614$1,703,739
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $764,641$912,369
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $634,332$861,112
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,398,973$1,773,481
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $233,641−$69,742
Part VI · Governance 23 of 25 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body25
VI-1b Independent voting members23
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,703,739 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$248,932
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,407,623
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,656,555
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $32,000$32,000
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $11,261$11,261
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $5$5
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $3,918$3,918
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $47,184 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$1,703,739
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,773,481 across 16 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $109,337 · Management $36,920 · Fundraising $57,276$203,533
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $360,787 · Management $55,746 · Fundraising $126,637$543,170
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $64,150 · Management $12,645 · Fundraising $25,095$101,890
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $40,153 · Management $7,915 · Fundraising $15,708$63,776
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $25,597$25,597
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $6,000$6,000
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $9,358$9,358
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $42,213 · Fundraising $19,866$62,079
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $10,746 · Management $1,805 · Fundraising $3,056$15,607
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $12,968 · Management $1,729 · Fundraising $2,594$17,291
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $68,881 · Management $13,120 · Fundraising $27,334$109,335
IX-20 InterestManagement $13,349$13,349
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $2,094$2,094
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $7,130$7,130
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $432,904 · Management $2,550 · Fundraising $142,222$577,676
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $5,484 · Management $8,754 · Fundraising $1,358$15,596
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,147,623 · Management $204,712 · Fundraising $421,146$1,773,481
Part X · Balance sheet $1,481,678 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $897,600$779,383
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $49,173$35,000
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $6,856$4,762
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $711,034$662,533
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,664,663$1,481,678
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $43,201$43,505
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $513,439$479,760
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $4,233$14,434
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $560,873$537,699
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $418,501$334,941
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $685,289$609,038
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,103,790$943,979
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,664,663$1,481,678
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $943,979 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,703,739
XI-2 Total expenses$1,773,481
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$69,742
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,103,790
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$90,069
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$943,979

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