Nonprofit · EIN 26-2224475
CIRCLE OF CARE FOR FAMILIES WITH CANCER
Tax-exempt · WILTON, CT 06897
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $1,783,162 | $1,647,464 | $135,698 | $1,536,181 | $215,207 | $1,320,974 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $1,717,845 | $1,562,683 | $155,162 | $1,283,326 | $207,121 | $1,076,205 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $1,513,965 | $1,386,964 | $127,001 | $1,039,357 | $118,314 | $921,043 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $897,646
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $22,300
- Net income from fundraising events
- $860,503
- Other revenue
- $863,216
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $553,496
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $86,844
- Other salaries and wages
- $433,759
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $641,535
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $400
- Accounting fees
- $7,500
- Occupancy
- $71,431
- Travel
- $1,905
- Program services (functional)
- $1,281,327
- Management and general (functional)
- $148,372
- Fundraising (functional)
- $217,765
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,283,326
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,536,181
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $215,207
- Net assets, end of year
- $1,320,974
- Publicly traded securities
- $1,140,990
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $1,283,715
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $37,259
- Gross receipts
- $1,889,433
- Employees
- 8
- Volunteers
- 250
- Year formed
- 2008
- State of legal domicile
- CT
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELIZABETH VEGA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $86,844 |
| ELIZABETH SALGUERO | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $0 |
| STACEY SAVAS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| DAWN BENNETT LADENHEIM | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| SUSAN KOBYLINSKI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| RAY ECKERT | OFFICER Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| MISSY DORSEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| BILL ALLEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| KATERINA TCHAKAROV | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| JEFF SALGUERO | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 30 | $0 |
| AMY GONCH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| GEORGE WHANG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 12 | $0 |
| APRIL BOOK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| KEN WISDOM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| CHRISTINA HANNA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 15 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELIZABETH VEGA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $82,000 |
| ELIZABETH SALGUERO | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $0 |
| STACEY SAVAS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| DAWN BENNETT LADENHEIM | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| SUSAN KOBYLINSKI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| RAY ECKERT | OFFICER Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| MISSY DORSEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| ZELIE PFORZHEIMER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| KATERINA TCHAKAROV | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| JEFF SALGUERO | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 30 | $0 |
| AMY GONCH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| GEORGE WHANG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 12 | $0 |
| APRIL BOOK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| FRED PODOLSKY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| CHRISTINA HANNA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 16 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELIZABETH VEGA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $77,500 |
| ELIZABETH SALGUERO | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $0 |
| STACEY SAVAS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| DAWN BENNETT LADENHEIM | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| SUSAN KOBYLINSKI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| RAY ECKERT | OFFICER Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| MISSY DORSEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| ZELIE PFORZHEIMER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| KATERINA TCHAKAROV | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| JEFF SALGUERO | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 30 | $0 |
| ALEX RAMOS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| AMY GONCH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| GEORGE WHANG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 12 | $0 |
| APRIL BOOK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| FRED PODOLSKY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| CHRISTINA HANNA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 144 DANBURY RD, WILTON, CT 06897-4437
- In care of
- % DAWN LADENHEIM
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- LIZ SALGUERO, 144 DANBURY ROAD, WILTON, CT 06897
- Signed the 990
- DAWN LADENHEIM, TREASURER
- Phone
- (203) 663-6893
- Website
- WWW.THECIRCLEOFCARE.ORG
- Return prepared by
- ELLEN M ESSMAN CPA & ASSOCIATES LLC
Mission
CIRCLE OF CARE FOR FAMILIES OF CHILDREN PROVIDES PRACTICAL, EMOTIONAL, AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THEIR DAY OF DIAGNOSIS, THROUGH TREATMENT AND BEYOND. OUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES ADDRESS THE UNIQUE AND CHALLENGING NON-MEDICAL NEEDS OF PEDIATRIC CANCER BECAUSE WE KNOW CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS NEED MORE THAN MEDICINE TO HEAL.
Program accomplishments
- Mission Circle of Care provides practical, emotional, and financial support to families and their children, adolescents, and young adults, facing a cancer diagnosis. We believe that the path to healing extends beyond medicine and we offer services tailored to address the distinct and demanding, non-medical challenges families encounter throughout their entire journey with pediatric cancer. Our vision is to ensure that no family faces the financial or emotional burden of pediatric cancer alone. we are committed to providing comprehensive, coordinated support to relieve the emotional strain and financial toxicity families face so that they can focus on caring for their child and their family. Our CARE model is meticulously crafted and is based on three core pillars of support: emotional, practical, and financial. these pillars serve as the cornerstone of our unwavering dedication to being a steadfast resource for families, not just during the treatment phase, but throughout their entire journey--from the moment of diagnosis and beyond. Practical: The challenges associated with caring for a child with pediatric cancer are unfamiliar, complex, and can be overwhelming. Having guidance from those who have been down this path can be helpful in little ways that make a big difference. Our Bags of Love delivers canvas totes filled with personal care items (thermometers, phone chargers, reusable water bottles, a fuzzy blanket and our resource directory) to ease the transition to a typically long hospital stay. Emotional: We understand the power of support from others who have or are currently facing a pediatric cancer journey, so we offer opportunities for families to meet and connect with one another outside the medical environment. We also offer a program to support the needs of adolescents and young adults in treatment for cancer to connect with one another. Our dream room makeover program provides and enormous emotional boost to patients and families. Financial: Our emergency financial program provides direct financial assistance to help families in financial crisis due to their child's medical needs, meet their basic needs (e.g. rent or mortgage payments, food, utilities, transportation) by paying bills directly to creditors.Expenses $1,281,327
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 26-2224475
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2008
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Voluntary health associations and medical disciplines (G30)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $1,536,181
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,889,433
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $1,783,162 | $1,647,464 | $1,536,181 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2024 | $1,717,845 | $1,562,683 | $1,283,326 | XML |
| 990 | June 2023 | $1,513,965 | $1,386,964 | $1,039,357 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 26-2224475).
Questions about CIRCLE OF CARE FOR FAMILIES WITH CANCER
- What is the EIN of CIRCLE OF CARE FOR FAMILIES WITH CANCER?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of CIRCLE OF CARE FOR FAMILIES WITH CANCER is 26-2224475.
- Is CIRCLE OF CARE FOR FAMILIES WITH CANCER tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2008.
- Are donations to CIRCLE OF CARE FOR FAMILIES WITH CANCER tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does CIRCLE OF CARE FOR FAMILIES WITH CANCER file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of CIRCLE OF CARE FOR FAMILIES WITH CANCER due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did CIRCLE OF CARE FOR FAMILIES WITH CANCER last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of CIRCLE OF CARE FOR FAMILIES WITH CANCER?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names LIZ SALGUERO.
- Who are the officers and directors of CIRCLE OF CARE FOR FAMILIES WITH CANCER?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 15 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $86,844 (ELIZABETH VEGA, DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does CIRCLE OF CARE FOR FAMILIES WITH CANCER have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,783,162, expenses of $1,647,464 and total assets of $1,536,181 at year end.
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