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MINNESOTA OVARIAN CANCER ALLIANCE INC

EIN 41-1960449 MINNEAPOLIS, MN

Revenue 2025
$1,717,552
Expenses 2025
$1,596,478

Program services were 83.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
H30
Classification
1000
Street
4604 CHICAGO AVE

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 · 2025

Mission

MOCA supports those impacted by ovarian cancer, funds research, educates the public and health care community and raises awareness.

Activities or mission (Part I)

MOCA provides support, funds research, educates the public and healthcare community, and raises awareness of ovarian cancer.

  • 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.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Mary Adamski

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Patricia Bartholomew

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Eileen O'Byrne

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • John Wetzel

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Megan Buron Gavin

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Melissa Cook

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kristine Greer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kathryn Hunt

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nancy Libbey

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Urista

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Deb Runkle

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carolyn Jahr

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Uran

    Executive Director (beginning Sept.)

    Total calculated
    $51,853
    From this org
    $51,715
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $138
    Hours/week
    40

  • Kathleen Gavin

    Executive Director (until May)

    Total calculated
    $77,773
    From this org
    $68,693
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,080
    Hours/week
    40

  • Julie Bluhm

    Interim Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $15,000
    From this org
    $15,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $1,717,552
    Expenses
    $1,596,478
    Contributions
    $1,577,319
    Grants paid
    $735,104
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,505,940
    Expenses
    $1,542,826
    Contributions
    $1,342,117
    Grants paid
    $825,100
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,615,215
    Expenses
    $1,389,394
    Contributions
    $1,482,963
    Grants paid
    $693,146
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,205,194
    Expenses
    $1,681,157
    Contributions
    $1,125,723
    Grants paid
    $1,037,251

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
    $1,504,957
    Expenses
    $1,371,667
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,046,561

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,261,726
    Expenses
    $1,068,822
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,659,686

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,493,953
    Expenses
    $1,350,823
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,572,365

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,250,611
    Expenses
    $1,432,438
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,562,620

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,259,005
    Expenses
    $1,534,454
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,788,063

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,238,247
    Expenses
    $1,735,986
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,993,792

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,630,771
    Expenses
    $1,319,328
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,257,026

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,022,770
    Expenses
    $1,228,504
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,842,108

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $774,271
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,253,151

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

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

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Grants received

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

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 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.