California · Nonprofit
BAY AREA CANCER CONNECTIONS
BAY AREA CANCER CONNECTIONS (California) receives grants from 71 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,243,238 to it, the largest being THE GEORGE AND JUDY MARCUS FAMILY FOUNDATION II ($2,117,900). 40 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $974k
- Funders on record
- 71
- Grants received
- $8.2M
- Net assets
- $5.4M
What Bay Area Cancer Connections does
Mission
Bay Area Cancer Connections mission is to support anyone affected by breast or ovarian cancer with personalized services that inform and empower.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
Screening and navigation program update after careful evaluation, Bay Area Cancer Connections has ended the screening and navigation program. Recent data demonstrated that the need for this program has significantly decreased following changes to the state of california's breast and cervical cancer screening system, including expanded age eligibility. Eligible clients are now able to enroll directly in the every woman counts program and receive screening, follow-up care, and navigation support through their medical home or clinic. Bacc continued administering and closely monitoring the program after these state-level changes were implemented. During this period, data showed that clients were able to successfully access timely screening and diagnostic services without additional navigation support from bacc. Based on these findings, we determined that our resources could be more effectively directed to other areas of need within our access to care and supportive services programs.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
The organization offers various other programs and services, free of charge to its clients, which provide emotional, informational, and practical help, such as personalized research, a library, educational events, medical appointment preparation, and special presentations on topics such as nutrition, bone health, sleep, and more. Our boutique provides free wigs, prosthetics and undergarments for clients. Bacc also provides a variety of health and wellness classes to support people facing breast and ovarian cancer. Clients that were served in fy25 was 3,123.
$1,605,500 spent83% of program spendingBay Area Cancer Connections provides compassionate, client-centered support to individuals throughout their cancer journey. Our programs and services are holistic and interconnected, addressing the emotional, informational, practical, and financial challenges that often accompany a cancer diagnosis.core areas of support include personalized medical information and education, emotional support through support groups and one-on-one connections, emergency financial assistance to help offset cancer-related expenses, and practical resources that reduce barriers to care. Financial support may include assistance with basic living needs, transportation, medical-related costs, and other urgent expenses, allowing clients to focus on their health and well-being during treatment and recovery.
$324,282 spentof which $199,582 as grants17% of program spendingAnnual cancer conference - an annual day-long conference that provides cutting edge information on medical and support topics related to breast and ovarian cancer. Renowned speakers offer presentations and q&a sessions. Participants share information amongst each other and a resource fair exposes participants to a variety of helpful resources throughout the bay area. The conference brought together approximately 202 attendees, which includes patients, survivors, medical professionals, and therapists, to network, share knowledge and create hope.
$11,103 spent$3,123 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,940,885.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2023 to 2024, from $3.4M to $5.4M (+59%).
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 8% · 2022 18%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
87% of BAY AREA CANCER CONNECTIONS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Rina Bello
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 15 funders to 24 funders, grant income rose $294k → $844k.
14 of 71 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 40% 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 BAY AREA CANCER CONNECTIONS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 71 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
BAY AREA CANCER CONNECTIONS has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
46% 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 BAY AREA CANCER CONNECTIONS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 26% · 2018 26% · 2019 14% · 2020 41% · 2021 44% · 2022 36% · 2023 41% — growing more concentrated.
“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
50% of BAY AREA CANCER CONNECTIONS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
97% of BAY AREA CANCER CONNECTIONS's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
BAY AREA CANCER CONNECTIONS's funding base is broadening — from 15 funders to 24 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,883 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like BAY AREA CANCER CONNECTIONS
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BAY AREA CANCER CONNECTIONS: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BAY AREA CANCER CONNECTIONS?
- BAY AREA CANCER CONNECTIONS (California) receives grants from 71 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,243,238 to it, the largest being THE GEORGE AND JUDY MARCUS FAMILY FOUNDATION II ($2,117,900). 40 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BAY AREA CANCER CONNECTIONS have?
- IRS filings report 71 organizations giving $8,243,238 in grants to BAY AREA CANCER CONNECTIONS, 40 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BAY AREA CANCER CONNECTIONS?
- THE GEORGE AND JUDY MARCUS FAMILY FOUNDATION II is the largest funder on record, with $2,117,900 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BAY AREA CANCER CONNECTIONS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 71 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