Iowa · Nonprofit
ABOVE AND BEYOND CANCER INC
ABOVE AND BEYOND CANCER INC (Iowa) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,633,500 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN ($807,149). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 39
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Above and Beyond Cancer Inc does
Mission
Above + beyond cancer's mission is to elevate the mind, body and spirit of patients, survivors and caregivers throughout the cancer journey.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Above + beyond cancer delivered on our mission of elevating the mind, body and spirit of patients, survivors and caregivers throughout the cancer journey by again expanding our weekly programs and providing new opportunities for cancer survivors and caregivers. The staples of our weekly optimal living programs included total training, yoga, meditation, urban pole walking, tai chi, indoor cycling, aquatics, rowing, and recovery and beyond. Bike club and hike + yoga are two ways we get survivors and caregivers out into nature to enjoy all of the available benefits. We have expanded our young adult programs to engage young adult survivors in activities each month. Our weekly cancer education series and cooking + nutrition classes continued to be recorded and are on the above + beyond cancer youtube channel. Above + beyond cancer hosted a ride in the park event where hundreds of participants gathered for a bike ride through water works park with live music and entertainment. We also raised more money through our annual jump event, held our annual fur ride in downtown des moines, and hosted our sold out celebrate event featuring a guest speaker and honoring those oing extraordinary…
$229,497 spent$199,214 earned by the program36% of program spendingAbove + beyond cancer's hotel program provides accessibility and increases the likelihood that patients can complete treatment, even when they might be hours away from their treatment center. The hotel program provides free lodging to cancer patients and their families who must travel at least 50 miles to their treatment center and cannot afford accommodations. In 2025, above + beyond cancer provided 1,003 nights of lodging to cancer patients and caregivers throughout iowa.
$109,814 spent17% of program spendingAbove + beyond cancer transformational journeys provide cancer survivors and caregivers opportunities to travel the globe challenging themselves both physically and mentally. Above + beyond cancer provides both domestic and international journeys that allow participants to bond with others dealing with cancer, offering mutual support. In 2025, above + beyond cancer took 28 cancer survivors and caregivers to hike the w trek in patagonia, chile.
$181,826 spent28% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$124,577 spent19% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $645,714.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $861k to $1.2M (+41%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
86% of ABOVE AND BEYOND CANCER INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Cheryl Harding
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $75k → $329k.
9 of 39 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 61% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ABOVE AND BEYOND CANCER INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 39 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ABOVE AND BEYOND CANCER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
90% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ABOVE AND BEYOND CANCER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 75% · 2019 88% · 2020 71% · 2021 85% · 2022 43% · 2023 45% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
46% of ABOVE AND BEYOND CANCER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
61% of ABOVE AND BEYOND CANCER INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $638k that is directly attributable, 64% of it comes from Iowa funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $996k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ABOVE AND BEYOND CANCER INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,665 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,665 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like ABOVE AND BEYOND CANCER INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Iowa
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
76%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ABOVE AND BEYOND CANCER INC?
- ABOVE AND BEYOND CANCER INC (Iowa) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,633,500 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN ($807,149). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ABOVE AND BEYOND CANCER INC have?
- IRS filings report 39 organizations giving $1,633,500 in grants to ABOVE AND BEYOND CANCER INC, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ABOVE AND BEYOND CANCER INC?
- COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN is the largest funder on record, with $807,149 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ABOVE AND BEYOND CANCER INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 39 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing