Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
PENNSYLVANIA BREAST CANCER COALITION
PENNSYLVANIA BREAST CANCER COALITION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,161,013 to it, the largest being T CAUSEMETICS FOUNDATION DBA THRIVE CAUSEMETICS FOUNDATION ($220,362). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.6M
- Funders on record
- 36
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $7.7M
What Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition does
Mission
The pa breast cancer coalition represents, supports, and serves breast cancer survivors and their families in pa through educational programming, legislative advocacy, and breast cancer research grants. The pbcc is a statewide non-profit organization that creates the hope of a brighter tomorrow by providing action and information to women with breast cancer today.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Friends like me- breast cancer support and outreach program including care packages for newly diagnosed women, educational publications, informative website and outreach and community awareness events. Measurable achievements: in the current year, over 1,660 care packages were sent to newly diagnosed women, 42,267 copies of the print newsletter frontline were mailed, over 1,235,000 pink link e-newsletters were e-mailed to constituents, over 218 grassroots partner outreach events were held and over 150,000 people visited www.pabreastcancer.org. This program is funded through in-kind and cash donations.
$728,789 spent$5,896 earned by the program34% of program spendingPa breast cancer coalition annual conference - educational conference offering workshops, discussion panels and expert speakers covering various breast cancer topics and issues. The conference offered attendees the opportunity to learn about cutting-edge research and developments in breast cancer detection, care and treatment. Participants were able to attend a wide variety of workshops to learn about topics in the areas of diagnosis and treatment, health and wellness and survivorship. Measurable achievements: over 610 people participated in the conference and continuing education credits were awarded to nurses, social workers, and radiologic technologists. This program is funded through in-kind and cash donations.
$356,563 spent$3,510 earned by the program17% of program spendingIncome tax check-off for breast cancer research - promotion and administration of the state income tax check off for breast and cervical cancer research. Effective july 1, 2008 the pbcc became the administrator of the tax check off funding and is now responsible for all aspects of the program. Measurable achievements: in the current year over $443,805 was raised for breast cancer research; 14 grant applications were received from pa based researchers in response to the pbcc's current year request for applications; and 5 grants were issued to researchers. This program is funded through in-kind and cash donations.
$551,909 spentof which $432,850 as grants26% of program spending67 women- 67 counties: facing breast cancer in pa- traveling photo exhibit hosted by local communities that celebrates the life, courage, hope, and dignity of women and families who have battled breast cancer. Measurable achievements. In the current year the exhibit was displayed 7 times. However the pbcc used this opportunity to create an interactive online version of the exhibit. This program is funded through in-kind and cash donations.
$212,015 spent10% of program spendingPatient advocacy/treatment program - the pbcc has an on-staff patient advocate to help women with breast cancer screening and treatment related issues. The pbcc also conducts on-line training courses and webinars open to anyone and free of charge. Nurses and social workers have been approved for continuing education credits with the training courses. Measurable achievements: the pbcc's patient advocate spent over 1,830 hours directly assisting women and over 77 people took advantage of on-line training and webinars. This program is funded through in-kind and cash donations.
$292,074 spent14% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,141,350.
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 $5.9M to $8.1M (+37%).
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: 2017 49% · 2018 43% · 2019 6% · 2020 40% · 2021 51% · 2022 35% · 2024 30%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
86% of PENNSYLVANIA BREAST CANCER COALITION’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. 3 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
Jennifer Pensinger
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $30k → $102k.
7 of 36 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% 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 PENNSYLVANIA BREAST CANCER COALITION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 36 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
PENNSYLVANIA BREAST CANCER COALITION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
57% 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 PENNSYLVANIA BREAST CANCER COALITION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 45% · 2018 30% · 2019 28% · 2020 25% · 2021 34% · 2022 27% · 2023 32% — 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
33% of PENNSYLVANIA BREAST CANCER COALITION'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
68% of PENNSYLVANIA BREAST CANCER COALITION's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $264k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
PENNSYLVANIA BREAST CANCER COALITION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like PENNSYLVANIA BREAST CANCER COALITION
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 10 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PENNSYLVANIA BREAST CANCER COALITION: 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 PENNSYLVANIA BREAST CANCER COALITION?
- PENNSYLVANIA BREAST CANCER COALITION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,161,013 to it, the largest being T CAUSEMETICS FOUNDATION DBA THRIVE CAUSEMETICS FOUNDATION ($220,362). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PENNSYLVANIA BREAST CANCER COALITION have?
- IRS filings report 36 organizations giving $1,161,013 in grants to PENNSYLVANIA BREAST CANCER COALITION, 20 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PENNSYLVANIA BREAST CANCER COALITION?
- T CAUSEMETICS FOUNDATION DBA THRIVE CAUSEMETICS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $220,362 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PENNSYLVANIA BREAST CANCER COALITION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 36 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