Oregon · Nonprofit
BREAST FRIENDS
BREAST FRIENDS (Oregon) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $574,634 to it, the largest being T CAUSEMETICS FOUNDATION DBA THRIVE CAUSEMETICS FOUNDATION ($153,804). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $575k
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What Breast Friends does
Mission
Breast Friends ensures that no woman goes through cancer alone. We are a unique resource for women, their families, friends, co-workers and community, minimizing the fear and isolation of cancer. For over 20 years our programs have empowered thousands with emotional support and hope.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Direct patient support - Breast Friends' direct patient support ensures that no one faces breast cancer alone by offering emotional, practical, and community connection. Peer to peer support provides regular phone calls and check-ins, offering encouragement and a compassionate listening ear. Support groups-both virtual and in-person-allow women to connect, share experiences, and find a sense of belonging. For spanish-speaking patients, the latina outreach groups offer culturally relevant support and essential resources. Educational workshops and resources help patients navigate treatment, survivorship, and self-care, empowering them with knowledge and confidence.continued on schedule o.additionally, Breast Friends provides financial assistance to help ease the burden of a breast cancer diagnosis, ensuring patients can focus on healing without additional financial stress. Breast Friends ensures that those who are facing breast cancer have a strong, compassionate support system to navigate their breast cancer diagnosis.
$173,776 spent$4,479 earned by the program74% of program spendingCommunity outreach - Breast Friends' community outreach focuses on expanding awareness and support beyond individual patients by engaging with hospitals, clinics, and the broader community. Through partnerships with healthcare providers, Breast Friends ensures that patients and medical professionals have access to vital support services and resources. Additionally, the organization actively participates in community events to raise awareness, connect with those in need, and strengthen its reach.continued on schedule o.a key component of this outreach is breast health education using know your lemons curriculum, which emphasizes the importance of early detection, self-advocacy, and access to screenings. By providing educational materials, hosting workshops, and collaborating with local organizations, Breast Friends empowers individuals with the knowledge they need to take charge of their breast health. Through these initiatives, Breast Friends not only supports those diagnosed with breast cancer, but also works to educate and engage the community, ensuring that more people have the information and resources needed for early detection and improved outcomes.
$45,002 spent19% of program spendingFriends and family support - Breast Friends recognizes that a cancer diagnosis affects not only the patient but also their loved ones. Through one-on-one support, we help family members and friends navigate their roles as caregivers, offering guidance and encouragement so they can be stronger, more effective supporters. By providing a compassionate space for loved ones to ask questions, share concerns, and receive practical advice, we ensure they feel empowered to stand by their friend or family member throughout the cancer journey.continued on schedule o.additionally, Breast Friends offers printed resources with practical tips and tools, including support guides for teens, honey-do lists, ways to show you care, and information on how to help when a mother has cancer. These materials equip loved ones with actionable ways to provide meaningful support. By strengthening the support network around each patient, Breast Friends ensures that no one-neither the patient nor their loved ones-faces breast cancer alone.
$15,564 spent7% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $234,342.
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 $680k to $1.7M (+152%).
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: 2020 14% · 2021 8% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of BREAST FRIENDS’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Chief executive
Allison Hancock
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $28k → $91k.
4 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 BREAST FRIENDS’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
BREAST FRIENDS has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 43% · 2018 49% · 2019 48% · 2020 34% · 2021 51% · 2022 40% · 2023 21% — 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
71% of BREAST FRIENDS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
BREAST FRIENDS draws 58% of its grant income from funders outside Oregon, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $48k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
BREAST FRIENDS runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,002 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,002 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding BREAST FRIENDS receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1k on record.
- TRAINING, EDUCATION OR INSTRUCTION SRVC$1k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like BREAST FRIENDS
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 Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
53%
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 BREAST FRIENDS: 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 BREAST FRIENDS?
- BREAST FRIENDS (Oregon) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $574,634 to it, the largest being T CAUSEMETICS FOUNDATION DBA THRIVE CAUSEMETICS FOUNDATION ($153,804). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BREAST FRIENDS have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $574,634 in grants to BREAST FRIENDS, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BREAST FRIENDS?
- T CAUSEMETICS FOUNDATION DBA THRIVE CAUSEMETICS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $153,804 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BREAST FRIENDS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. 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 16 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing