Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by DEMPSEY CENTERS FOR QUALITY CANCER CARE.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $4,644,538
- Total expenses
- $5,144,878
- Contributions and grants received
- $4,594,338
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $111,643
- Other revenue
- -$61,443
- Total assets, end of year
- $13,277,498
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $6,287,743
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $6,989,755
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $4,388,159
- Management and general expenses
- $447,322
- Fundraising expenses
- $309,397
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $4,388,159
Program services were 85.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1c · Fundraising events
$1,922,932
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$2,671,406
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$88,047
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3 · Investment income
total $111,759 · excluded $111,759
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $729,613
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $729,729
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7c · Gain or loss
securities -$116
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7d · Net gain or loss
total -$116 · excluded -$116
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$111,422
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$1,922,932
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$200,971
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$89,549 · excluded -$89,549
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$59,821
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10b · Cost of goods sold
$31,715
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $28,106 · excluded $28,106
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $555,240 · program services $305,793 · management and general $193,927 · fundraising $55,520
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $2,092,822 · program services $1,865,226 · management and general $145,097 · fundraising $82,499
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $281,309 · program services $232,335 · management and general $34,521 · fundraising $14,453
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $167,335 · program services $154,232 · management and general $6,468 · fundraising $6,635
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11b · Fees: legal
total $24,399 · program services $23,547 · management and general $489 · fundraising $363
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $18,011 · management and general $18,011
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $30,189 · management and general $30,189
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11g · Fees: other
total $356,779 · program services $343,730 · management and general $2,051 · fundraising $10,998
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $5,883 · program services $5,583 · management and general $16 · fundraising $284
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13 · Office expenses
total $113,266 · program services $112,260 · management and general $550 · fundraising $456
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14 · Information technology
total $144,350 · program services $139,354 · management and general $2,865 · fundraising $2,131
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16 · Occupancy
total $730,726 · program services $714,856 · management and general $4,795 · fundraising $11,075
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17 · Travel
total $7,289 · program services $3,786 · management and general $56 · fundraising $3,447
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $77,133 · program services $51,487 · management and general $167 · fundraising $25,479
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $389,762 · program services $377,498 · management and general $7,033 · fundraising $5,231
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23 · Insurance
total $37,584 · program services $36,347 · management and general $709 · fundraising $528
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24a · Other expenses: Credit/financing fees
total $102,595 · program services $12,163 · management and general $239 · fundraising $90,193
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24b · Other expenses: Dues and other fees
total $5,935 · program services $5,765 · management and general $97 · fundraising $73
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24c · Other expenses: Permits/license fees
total $2,314 · program services $2,240 · management and general $42 · fundraising $32
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24d · Other expenses: Sales taxes
total $1,957 · program services $1,957 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $840,731 · end of year $1,171,301
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $82,889 · end of year $309,741
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $881,832 · end of year $408,441
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $357,385
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $79,444 · end of year $126,953
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$4,940,959
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$1,374,296
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $1,192,800 · end of year $3,566,663
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $3,324,169 · end of year $3,352,766
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12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $970,799 · end of year $714,303
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14 · Intangible assets
beginning of year $212,554 · end of year $3,269,945
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $556,541 · end of year $317,020
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $5,970,723
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $4,978,254 · end of year $5,068,065
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $2,050,423 · end of year $1,921,690
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
With clients at the heart of all we do, the Dempsey Center interdisciplinary team of oncology professionals meets clients where they are in their cancer journey. The Dempsey Center offers curated support that complements medical center treatments and supports care partners, patients, survivors, and their families equally. All services at the Dempsey Center are provided at no cost to our clients.
Activities or mission (Part I)
The Dempsey Center is committed to making life better for people managing the impact of cancer. Through the provision of a wide range of services known to ease the side effects of cancer, the Dempsey Center works with youth and adult cancer patients, survivors and caregivers. Services include complementary therapies like oncology massage and acupuncture, individual and family counseling, nutrition education, movement and fitness classes, support groups, hospitality lodging, and Cancer Resource Navigation programs. Dempsey Center services are provided in-person as well as virtually. Dempsey Center services provide people with cancer-related knowledge, skills and tools.
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The Dempsey Center embraces whole-person care using a collaborative and holistic approach. We offer a full range of support, education, complementary therapies, and prevention resources related to improving the vitality of those managing a cancer impact. In 2024-2025, more than 23,100 client visits were made by a total of 2,566 unique individuals. Clayton's House, a hospitality home for clients and their care partners to stay at when receiving treatment in the Greater Portland area, served as a "home away from home" provided a total of 277 overnight stays, equating to more than 23,450 miles or $72,000 saved in transportation fuel costs. The Dempsey Center provides its services in-person and virtually, giving clients choice and reducing barriers to access. Based on a client survey conducted in February 2025, Dempsey Centers' Net Promoter Score is 89, signifying a standard of excellence in supportive cancer care. All of Dempsey Center services are provided at no cost to the client and supported by charitable giving including grants, corporate sponsorships and individual contributions.
Expenses $4,388,159
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Patrick Dempsey
Director, Founder
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 15 + 1 related
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Stephanie Graff MD
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10 + 1 related
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Peter Hayes
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10 + 1 related
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Steven Ismail
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10 + 1 related
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Peter Manning
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10 + 1 related
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Cary Olson Cartwright
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10 + 1 related
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Matthew Skelton
Boad Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10 + 1 related
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Ann Drew
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10 + 1 related
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Benjamin Michaud
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10 + 1 related
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Marsha Wendy Reid
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10 + 1 related
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Cara Valentino
President & CEO (end 3/2025)
- Total calculated
- $207,123
- From this org
- $195,286
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $11,837
- Hours/week
- 55 + 1 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $195,286
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $5,921
- Nontaxable benefits
- $5,916
- Filer's total
- $207,123
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Heather Ward
COO & CFO
- Total calculated
- $155,739
- From this org
- $149,997
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $5,742
- Hours/week
- 55 + 1 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $149,997
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $4,500
- Nontaxable benefits
- $1,242
- Filer's total
- $155,739
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Brandon Hotham
Interim President/CEO (eff 3/2025)
- Total calculated
- $79,962
- From this org
- $72,841
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $7,121
- Hours/week
- 55 + 1 related
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Timothy Griffin
Past Chair, Ex-Officio Officer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10 + 1 related
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Christine Penney
Chief Advancement Officer (end 3/25)
- Total calculated
- $140,531
- From this org
- $129,255
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $11,276
- Hours/week
- 55 + 1 related
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
- 1a · Tax indemnification and gross-up payments
- 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
- 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
- 3 · Compensation committee
- 3 · Independent compensation consultant
- 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Taxable family on this return
Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.
Disregarded entities
Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.
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Clayton's House LLC
Client hospitality house · ME · income $31,571 · assets $1,473,081
Directly controlled by Dempsey Center for Quality Cancer Care
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 8 May 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.5
- Source object
- 202601289349303085
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