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CancerCare

CharityWatch rating issued
July 2025

Top-Rated Charity
A+
CharityWatch Rating
Our independent rating based
on a number of factors.
 
92%
Program Percentage
Amount spent on programs
relative to overhead.
 
$5
Cost to Raise $100
Amount spent to raise
$100 of contributions.

Contact Information

CancerCare
485 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022

Other Names

Cancer Care Co-Payment Assistance Foundation

Tax Status

501(c)3

Stated Mission

To improve lives by helping people cope with, and manage, the emotional and practical challenges of cancer.

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Data based on Fiscal Year Ended 06/30/2024

Program Percentage: 92%

The percentage of CancerCare's cash budget it spends on programs relative to overhead (fundraising, management, and general expenses).

$70,000,000

Calculated Total Expenses

(rounded)

 

Cost to Raise $100: $5

How many dollars CancerCare spends on fundraising to raise each $100 of contributions.

$71,000,000

Calculated Total Contributions

(rounded)

Government Funding

0% to 24%

Percentage of cash revenue
coming from government sources

 

Financial Documents

Entity Document Type Tax ID
Cancer Care, Inc. Consolidated Audited Financial Statements Multiple
Cancer Care, Inc. IRS Form 990 13-1825919
Cancer Care Co-Payment Assistance Foundation, Inc. IRS Form 990 25-1196709
Entity: Cancer Care, Inc.
Document Type: Consolidated Audited Financial Statements
Tax ID: Multiple
Entity: Cancer Care, Inc.
Document Type: IRS Form 990
Tax ID: 13-1825919
Entity: Cancer Care Co-Payment Assistance Foundation, Inc.
Document Type: IRS Form 990
Tax ID: 25-1196709

Governance & Transparency

CharityWatch evaluates certain criteria related to a charity's Governance and Transparency. Donors may want to consider a charity's willingness to be open and transparent with CharityWatch to be a good litmus test for determining its commitment to public accountability.
This charity is Top-Rated
What does it mean to be Top-Rated?
 
CancerCare
meets governance benchmarks.
 
CancerCare
meets transparency benchmarks.
Transparency
Provides Financial Information
Audit Accessibility
Governance: Policies
Reports regularly & consistently monitoring & enforcing compliance with a written Conflict of Interest Policy
Reports required, annual disclosure by officers, directors, and key staff of interests that could give rise to conflicts
Reports having a written Whistleblower Policy
Reports having a written Document Retention and Destruction Policy
Governance: Financials
Reports providing copy of tax form to all board members prior to filing it with IRS
Reports that financial statements were audited by an independent accountant
Governance: Board of Directors
Reports at least 5 voting board members
51% or more of voting board members reported as independent
Reports documenting minutes of board and board committee meetings
Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy No Sharing  

  Name Title Compensation
1 Patricia Goldsmith Past Chief Executive Officer $493,721
2 Christine Verini Chief Executive Officer $408,486
3 John Rutigliano Chief Financial and Compliance Officer $366,888
1
Name: Patricia Goldsmith
Title: Past Chief Executive Officer
Compensation: $493,721
2
Name: Christine Verini
Title: Chief Executive Officer
Compensation: $408,486
3
Name: John Rutigliano
Title: Chief Financial and Compliance Officer
Compensation: $366,888

CharityWatch Analysts perform an in-depth analysis of charities' audited financial statements and IRS tax filings, and often review other documents such as state filings, annual reports, and fundraising contracts during their evaluations. Below are select notes that CharityWatch believes may be of interest to donors.

CharityWatch's rating of Cancer Care also includes the financial activities of Cancer Care Co-Payment Assistance Foundation, which are consolidated in the Cancer Care audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024. Each entity is organized as a 501(c)(3) public charity. All intercompany transactions have been eliminated in the audit consolidation.


According to the Cancer Care consolidated audit of June 30, 2024 (Note 1 re: Organization):

"...On July 23, 2007, Cancer Care incorporated the Cancer Care Co-Payment Assistance Foundation, Inc. (the Co-Pay Foundation)...The primary function of the Co-Pay Foundation is to provide financial assistance to individuals with cancer in the form of co-payment assistance for both prescribed treatment and supporting medications, premium assistance, or other direct financial assistance in order to ensure access to care, treatment, and prescribed medications..."

According to the Cancer Care consolidated audit of June 30, 2024 (Note 1(e) re: Contributed Goods and Services), Cancer Care received contributed goods and services in fiscal 2024 on which it placed a total value of $1,400,782.

[Note: CharityWatch generally excludes the value of in-kind (non-cash) donations of goods and services from its calculations of Program % and Cost to Raise $100. More information on how grades are calculated and the treatment of in-kind donations can be found on the Our Process page.]

According to the Cancer Care consolidated audit of June 30, 2024 (Note 1(d) re: Contributions), the Organization reports receiving approximately $58.5 million in "Contributions from the five largest donors," representing 81% of total contributions, in fiscal 2024.

According to the Cancer Care tax filing for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024, Cancer Care reports re: Compensation, Officers, Directors, Trustees, Key Employees, and Highest Compensated Employees (IRS Form 990, Schedule J, Part II):

Cancer Care reports providing "bonus & incentive compensation" to five individuals during 2023. Patricia Goldsmith, Past Chief Executive Officer, received $65,000 of bonus and incentive compensation, with total reported compensation of $493,721. The remaining four individuals received between $250 to $40,000, with total reported compensation ranging from $188,377 to $408,486. 


According to the Cancer Care Co-Payment Assistance Foundation, Inc. tax filing for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024, the Foundation reports re: Compensation, Officers, Directors, Trustees, Key Employees, and Highest Compensated Employees (IRS Form 990, Schedule J, Part II):

In addition to the above "bonus & incentive compensation" payments provided by Cancer Care, the Foundation reports providing bonus and incentive compensation during 2023 in the amount of $10,750 to Michelle McCourt, Executive Director of Co-Pay Assistance. McCourt's total reported compensation during 2023 was $253,987. 

According to the Cancer Care 2024 tax filing: "Flavio and Renata Figueiredo - Family Relationship" (IRS Form 990, Schedule O re: Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 2).

Flavio Figueiredo and Renata Esper Figueiredo are both reported as "Trustees" (IRS Form 990, Part VII, Section A). Cancer Care reports having 25 voting members on its governing body at the end of fiscal 2024, with all 25 members being independent (IRS Form 990, Part VI, Section A, lines 1a & 1b).