COPS AGAINST CANCER
EIN 27-3134587 · Educational Services (B90)
What they do
to PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE and COMMUNITY RESOURCES to CANCER PATIENTS and THEIR FAMILIES WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THE OVERWHELMING and UNEXPECTED EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH CANCER TREATMENTS NOT COVERED BY INSURANCE. COPS AGAINST CANCER PROMOTES and PROVIDES CANCER AWARENESS and PREVENTION WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES THROUGH PUBLIC EVENTS, PATIENT EDUCATION and MOTIVATIONAL and INSPIRATIONAL COACHING PROGRAMS. OUR GOAL is to NOT ONLY PROVIDE ASSISTANCE BUT ALSO HELP RESTORE DREAMS, GOAL SETTING, and NORMALCY to THE LIVES of CANCER PATIENTS and THEIR FAMILIES.
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Reported spending amounts
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Leadership and board
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SHIRLEY PHINNEYPRINCIPAL OFFICER
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2011
- Location
- PO BOX 8, INDIANOLA, IA 50125-0008
- County
- Warren
- In care of
- % CRAIG PHINNEY
- Primary officer
- Shirley Phinney
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2025
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- HICKS TAX & ACCOUNTING
- NTEE classification
- Educational Services (B90)
- IRS tax category
- Educational Services