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East Texas Cancer Alliance of Hope

East Texas Cancer Alliance of Hope (Texas) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $254,343 to it, the largest being ERNEST L KURTH JR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($120,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$308k
Funders on record
11
Grants received
$254k
Net assets
$28k
7/11 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 61%
01What it does

What East Texas Cancer Alliance of Hope does

Mission

The mission of East Texas Cancer Alliance of Hope started as a cancer-only organization but has expanded its programs to equip individuals and families with the tools and resources needed to build healthy homes that promote positive change in the communities served through intensive case management, education, wellness, prevention, community partnerships, and financial assistance to those facing cancer.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. In 2023 East Texas Cancer Alliance of Hope provided 207 individuals and their families with $31,828 to assist them in overcoming barriers to equitable care including but not limited to housing assistance, utility assistance, transportation assistance, lodging assistance for those traveling into Lufkin for treatment and those who choose care outside of Angelina County. ETxCAH also assisted in providing meal vouchers, nutritional supplements navigational assistance and support groups for clients and their caregivers.

    $314,412 spentof which $37,828 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $314,412.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($45k) Expenses 100 ($37k) Net assets 100 ($8k)2020 Revenue 128 ($57k) Expenses 182 ($68k) Net assets -37 ($-2928)2021 Revenue 370 ($166k) Expenses 408 ($153k) Net assets 132 ($10k)2022 Revenue 604 ($271k) Expenses 692 ($259k) Net assets 280 ($22k)2023 Revenue 610 ($273k) Expenses 839 ($314k) Net assets -242 ($-18983)2024 Revenue 687 ($308k) Expenses 697 ($261k) Net assets 357 ($28k)
201920202021202220232024
Revenue (687)Expenses (697)Net assets (357)Peer revenue range

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 $24k to $75k (+208%).

$8k
$21k
$36k
$50k
$24k
$75k
201920202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 3% · 2023 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

35% of East Texas Cancer Alliance of Hope’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 14,893 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$7k
’19
−$11k
’20
$13k
’21
$12k
’22
−$41k
’23
$47k
’24
2.9
months of
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

Ashley D Berry

Founder/CEO

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

201920202021202220232024
Listed19191915188
Joined·+3+0+0+5+3
No longer listed·304213
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $1k → $8k.

2 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 East Texas Cancer Alliance of Hope’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

East Texas Cancer Alliance of Hope leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

47%
largest funder
85%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 86% · 2021 60% · 2022 47% · 2023 65% — 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

14% of East Texas Cancer Alliance of Hope's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y

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

100% of East Texas Cancer Alliance of Hope's grant income comes from Texas funders.

LA
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’20
’21
’22
’23
Texas out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $16k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

East Texas Cancer Alliance of Hope has grown faster than three-quarters of the 13,754 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin15% · above the median
Months of reserve2.9mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)47% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,754 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like East Texas Cancer Alliance of Hope

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.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for East Texas Cancer Alliance of Hope: 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 East Texas Cancer Alliance of Hope?
East Texas Cancer Alliance of Hope (Texas) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $254,343 to it, the largest being ERNEST L KURTH JR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($120,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does East Texas Cancer Alliance of Hope have?
IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $254,343 in grants to East Texas Cancer Alliance of Hope, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of East Texas Cancer Alliance of Hope?
ERNEST L KURTH JR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $120,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like East Texas Cancer Alliance of Hope find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 11 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