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DEMPSEY CENTERS FOR QUALITY CANCER CARE

EIN 82-1547129 WESTBROOK, ME

Revenue 2024
$4,644,538
Expenses 2024
$5,144,878

Program services were 85.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
E30
Classification
1200
Street
11 ROCKROW 410

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

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.

  • 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.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Patrick Dempsey

    Director, Founder

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15 + 1 related

  • Stephanie Graff MD

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 1 related

  • Peter Hayes

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 1 related

  • Steven Ismail

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 1 related

  • Peter Manning

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 1 related

  • Cary Olson Cartwright

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 1 related

  • Matthew Skelton

    Boad Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 1 related

  • Ann Drew

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 1 related

  • Benjamin Michaud

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 1 related

  • Marsha Wendy Reid

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 1 related

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Timothy Griffin

    Past Chair, Ex-Officio Officer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 1 related

  • 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $4,644,538
    Expenses
    $5,144,878
    Contributions
    $4,594,338
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,055,805
    Expenses
    $4,723,667
    Contributions
    $4,073,753
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,210,148
    Expenses
    $5,517,770
    Contributions
    $3,475,797
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,613,621
    Expenses
    $4,138,699
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,767,958

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,222,471
    Expenses
    $2,828,663
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,168,132

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,946,171
    Expenses
    $3,005,297
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,218,707

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,882,119
    Expenses
    $2,977,879
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,525,718

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,319,822
    Expenses
    $1,081,831
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,368,765

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

  • Clayton's House LLC

    Client hospitality house · ME · income $31,571 · assets $1,473,081

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.