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MARISA'S MISSION INC

MARISA'S MISSION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $352,335 to it, the largest being GOLF FIGHTS CANCER INC ($171,500). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$550k
Funders on record
17
Grants received
$352k
Net assets
$584k
8/17 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 25%
01What it does

What Marisa's Mission Inc does

Mission

Marisa's mission, inc. Provides support to patients and families affected by the challenges of cancer. The goal of marisa's mission is to keep marisa's spirit alive, lead by her example and give anyone going through a difficult journey the hope, strength and support needed to fight their battle against cancer. Marisa's mission is committed to supporting families in the following ways; hospital visits and parking, fuel for transportation, travel and lodging, medication or subscriptions, home care assistance, co-pays, and other forms of support.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Home assistance program - provides funds to assist with home expenses (such as mortgage payments, housecleaning, child care, groceries, landscaping/snow removal, household bills) while the applicant is undergoing cancer treatment.

    $310,165 spentof which $222,136 as grants
    82% of program spending
  2. Care program - provides funds to assist with co-payments, health insurance premiums, home hospice care, private home care, medical equipment, wigs, alternative therapies and other expenses related to the care of the applicant while undergoing cancer treatment.

    $35,164 spentof which $25,184 as grants
    9% of program spending
  3. Travel/lodging program - provides funds to assist with the cost of travel and lodging for patients and their families while undergoing cancer treatment.

    $11,170 spentof which $8,000 as grants
    3% of program spending
  4. Other - grant for alternative treatments

    $22,016 spentof which $11,235 as grants
    6% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $378,515.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($245k) Expenses 100 ($58k) Net assets 100 ($187k)2018 Revenue 133 ($325k) Expenses 407 ($236k) Net assets 148 ($276k)2019 Revenue 98 ($241k) Expenses 420 ($243k) Net assets 147 ($274k)2020 Revenue 41 ($102k) Expenses 223 ($129k) Net assets 132 ($246k)2021 Revenue 86 ($211k) Expenses 259 ($150k) Net assets 164 ($307k)2022 Revenue 180 ($441k) Expenses 462 ($268k) Net assets 257 ($481k)2023 Revenue 163 ($399k) Expenses 686 ($398k) Net assets 257 ($482k)2024 Revenue 225 ($550k) Expenses 773 ($448k) Net assets 312 ($584k)
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Revenue (225)Expenses (773)Net assets (312)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 2021 to 2022, from $350k to $516k (+48%).

$187k
$299k
$310k
$257k
$350k
$516k
$575k
$633k
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

32% of MARISA'S MISSION INC’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 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$187k
’17
$89k
’18
−$2k
’19
−$28k
’20
$61k
’21
$174k
’22
$963
’23
$102k
’24
17
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

Lauren Federico

Executive director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.

2017201820192021202220232024
Listed1214121210107
Joined·+4+0·+2+0+1
No longer listed·22·404
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $1k → $100k.

7 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 43% 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 MARISA'S MISSION 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

MARISA'S MISSION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.

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

92% 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 MARISA'S MISSION INC.

49%
largest funder
79%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 93% · 2019 97% · 2020 97% · 2021 68% · 2022 39% · 2023 80% — 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

60% of MARISA'S MISSION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

98% of MARISA'S MISSION INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.

IL
NY
MA
NC

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

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’22
’23
Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $152k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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

MARISA'S MISSION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 13,754 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin19% · above the median
Months of reserve16.5mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)12% · above the median

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

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

84% of spending goes to programs.

Program 84%Management 8%Fundraising 8%

Governance

7
board members
86%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

98%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

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Questions and answers

Who funds MARISA'S MISSION INC?
MARISA'S MISSION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $352,335 to it, the largest being GOLF FIGHTS CANCER INC ($171,500). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MARISA'S MISSION INC have?
IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $352,335 in grants to MARISA'S MISSION INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MARISA'S MISSION INC?
GOLF FIGHTS CANCER INC is the largest funder on record, with $171,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MARISA'S MISSION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 17 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