Form 990 for tax year 2025

Totals

Total revenue

$1,717,552

Total expenses

$1,596,478

Contributions and grants received

$1,577,319

Grants paid

$735,104

Program service revenue

$99

Investment income

$25,434

Other revenue

$114,700

Total assets, end of year

$1,738,621

Total liabilities, end of year

$387,607

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,351,014

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,338,850

Management and general expenses

$180,901

Fundraising expenses

$76,727

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,338,850

Program services were 83.9% 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.

Mission and programs · 2025

• Research: MOCA is a leading private nonprofit funder of ovarian cancer research, providing grants through multiple competitive programs with rigorous scientific reviewers and consumer advocate reviewers to select the most impactful projects. In 2025, MOCA awarded four grants totaling $450,000 to Minnesota-based researchers and one $150,000 national grant focused on early detection. Additionally, through funds raised by the Any Mountain trek to Mt. Everest, MOCA provided $10,000 grants to five national cancer centers and $171,500 in reimbursements for 343 patients to expand access to an ovarian cancer surgical prevention trial.

  Expenses $680,295 · Grants $576,621

• Awareness and Outreach: MOCA increased awareness about ovarian cancer and support for survivors, loved ones and caregivers through various public events in 2025 such as HOM Teal Strides for Ovarian Cancer, Tie it Teal with the Twins Ovarian Cancer Awareness Day, Unleash the She 5K/10K Race, MOCA Lights the Night initiative (15 landmarks lit throughout Minnesota), 13 awareness initiatives, including Hockey Fights Cancer Night with the Minnesota Wild and Stick It to Ovarian Cancer Night with the Minnesota Frost, one membership meeting, two educational Living Well Meetings, MOCA's Ovarian Cancer Social and Shop event and MOCA's Ovarian Cancer Survivor & Family Picnic. MOCA has a strong media presence and placed 34 unique stories about ovarian cancer on local TV and radio stations and in several print and digital outlets throughout Minnesota. MOCA events and media stories include information about ovarian cancer, its symptoms, and its impact on those diagnosed and their families, as well as the community - along with ways to improve survival. MOCA produces a monthly MOCA Messenger newsletter and regular updates via email. Additionally, MOCA raises awareness about ovarian cancer through our social media channels including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube.

  Expenses $218,392

• Patient and Caregiver Support: MOCA organizes a wide range of educational and support meetings for those impacted by ovarian cancer and their families, including: one membership meeting, two education meetings, MOCA's Ovarian Cancer Social and Shop event, Ovarian Cancer Survivor Family Picnic, as well as three separate ongoing monthly support groups, and monthly Walking Groups. MOCA provides mentoring through its MOCA Mentor program and Men of MOCA Mentor program. MOCA also provided website resources, guides to help survivors navigate the disease, critical one-on-one support to ovarian cancer survivors, families and caregivers via phone, email, and in person at our office 40 hours per week. In addition, MOCA provided Cares Kits full of comfortitems for women with ovarian cancer and MOCA Dream Awards for women with ovarian cancer to realize dreams.

  Expenses $253,820 · Grants $32,300 · Revenue $99

• Medical Education: MOCA recognizes the critical role health care providers play in understanding the symptoms of ovarian cancer and diagnosing the disease to improve patient survival. A full-time staff person is designated to design and execute ovarian cancer outreach programs for the health care community, including the Survivors Teaching Students program, which educated 365 health care students at colleges and universities throughout Minnesota.

  Expenses $186,343 · Grants $126,183

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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.

Grants on this return

• Mayo Clinic

  $229,621

  Research

• University of Minnesota

  $200,000

  Research

• MD Anderson Cancer Center

  $165,000

  Research

• University of Chicago

  $35,000

  Research

• University of Washington

  $21,500

  Research

• Dana Farber Cancer Institute

  $15,000

  Research

• Memorial Sloan Kettering

  $14,500

  Research

• University of Pennsylvania

  $8,000

  Research

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2025

Filed

17 June 2026

IRS schema version

2025v4.1

Source object

202601709349301000

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