Connecticut · Nonprofit
ECHO CANCER FOUNDATION INC
ECHO CANCER FOUNDATION INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,756 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($21,590). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $186k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $29k
- Net assets
- $99k
What Echo Cancer Foundation Inc does
Mission
The echo cancer foundation is dedicated to providing hope and support to cancer patients, their families, and their caregivers by eliminating barriers to integrative care for patients and their caregivers within the community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Beacon of hope program: the foundation provides support services, guidance, education, and comfort care to cancer patients and their families. Volunteers provide snacks, coffee, beverages, and lunch to patients and caregivers during chemotherapy infusions. Financial assistance for utilities, groceries, gas, and rent, as well as support for medical expenses is also provided. Volunteers also organize a school supply drive and holiday baskets. Approximately $41,000 in financial assistance was provided during the fiscal year. Approximately 29 patients were served by the program during the fiscal year.
$41,228 spentof which $40,904 as grants42% of program spendingRock to rides program: provides cancer patients with transportation to and from oncology and related medical appointments. Approximately 1,552 rides were provided to 108 patients during the fiscal year.
$39,039 spentof which $39,039 as grants39% of program spendingHolistic health program: through partnerships with the norwich holistic health center and healing therapies thru sharing, the foundation provides financial support for acupuncture, massage, and oncology yoga treatment. Support was provided for more than 50 patients receiving integrative medical care with over 200 holistic health visits.
$19,075 spentof which $19,075 as grants19% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $99,342.
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 2024 to 2025, from $62k to $99k (+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.
110% of ECHO CANCER FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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
Mary Brown
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $29 → $2k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 75% 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 ECHO CANCER FOUNDATION INC’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
ECHO CANCER FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
75% 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 ECHO CANCER FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 99% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
75% of ECHO CANCER FOUNDATION 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 $7k that is directly attributable, 77% of it comes from funders outside Connecticut, across 3 states.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $22k 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.
Against its field
ECHO CANCER FOUNDATION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 7,883 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,883 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like ECHO CANCER FOUNDATION 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 Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
80%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ECHO CANCER FOUNDATION INC?
- ECHO CANCER FOUNDATION INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,756 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($21,590). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ECHO CANCER FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $28,756 in grants to ECHO CANCER FOUNDATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ECHO CANCER FOUNDATION INC?
- NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $21,590 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ECHO CANCER FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 5 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