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COURAGE THRU CANCER INC

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Retrieved 2026-10-19; covers tax years 2018–2024. Data: Strategy Studio, CC BY 4.0.

2024 · Form 990 · revenue $165K · expenses $181K · assets $72K

EIN
36-4899656
Address
9160 US HIGHWAY 64 STE 112 PMB 312, ARLINGTON, TN 38002-3010
Website
WWW.COURAGETHRUCANCER.COM
NTEE code
E86
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2018
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Mission

COURAGE THRU CANCER IS A COMMUNAL SITE FOR ANYONE WHOSE LIFE HAS BEEN TOUCHED BY CANCER. THIS SITE IS NOT TRYING TO RAISE MONEY FOR CURES FOR ANY SPECIFIC TYPE OF CANCER. THIS SITE IS CREATED TO INSPIRE AND ENCOURAGE THOSE WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN TURNED UPSIDE DOWN BY THIS DISEASE. THROUGH THIS WEBSITE, WE HAVE CREATED A VEHICLE WHERE ANYONE CAN ENTER A STORY ABOUT A FRIEND OR LOVED ONE'S BATTLE AND SHARE HOW THEIR FIGHT IMPACTED OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES. OUR GOAL IS TO CREATE A LIVING TRIBUTE TO ANYONE FACING THESE BATTLES AND ENSURE THEIR STORY WILL BE TOLD. IF ONE PERSON IS TOUCHED BY A STORY THAT THEY READ AND GIVES THEM THE ROADMAP ON HOW TO FIGHT AND IMPACT OTHERS THROUGH THEIR FIGHT, THEN THIS SITE'S GOAL WILL BE A SUCCESS.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 16 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

16 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Courtney Neal CO-FOUNDER AND TREASURER2018-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Christopher Pelt DIRECTOR2018-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Heather Russell DIRECTOR2023-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Steve Gilmore DIRECTOR2018-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Joy Gilmore DIRECTOR2018-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Tommy Kiggins DIRECTOR2018-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Sean Oldham DIRECTOR2020-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Jon Neal FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT2018-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Lori Millar SECRETARY2020-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Debbie Allen DIRECTOR2023-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Jamie Earnest DIRECTOR2023-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Scott Knowlton DIRECTOR2023-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Gerry Finney (former) DIRECTOR2018-2022 1 $0 reported 1
Stephanie Simpson (former) DIRECTOR2018-2022 1 $0 reported 1
Heather Rasch (former) DIRECTOR2018-2022 1 $0 reported 1
Lori Miller (former) DIRECTOR2018-2019 1 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 12 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
COURTNEY NEAL CO-FOUNDER AND TREASURER1 $0$0$0 $01
CHRISTOPHER PELT DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
HEATHER RUSSELL DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
STEVE GILMORE DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
JOY GILMORE DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
TOMMY KIGGINS DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
SEAN OLDHAM DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
JON NEAL FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT1 $0$0$0 $01
LORI MILLAR SECRETARY1 $0$0$0 $01
DEBBIE ALLEN DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
JAMIE EARNEST DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
SCOTT KNOWLTON DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
2023 · 12 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
COURTNEY NEAL CO-FOUNDER AND TREASURER1 $0$0$0 $01
CHRISTOPHER PELT DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
HEATHER RUSSELL DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
STEVE GILMORE DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
JOY GILMORE DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
TOMMY KIGGINS DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
SEAN OLDHAM DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
JON NEAL FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT1 $0$0$0 $01
LORI MILLAR SECRETARY1 $0$0$0 $01
DEBBIE ALLEN DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
JAMIE EARNEST DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
SCOTT KNOWLTON DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
2022 · 11 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
COURTNEY NEAL DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
GERRY FINNEY DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
CHRISTOPHER PELT DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
STEPHANIE SIMPSON DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
HEATHER RASCH DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
STEVE GILMORE DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
JOY GILMORE DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
TOMMY KIGGINS DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
SEAN OLDHAM DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
JON NEAL CHAIRMAN1 $0$0$0 $01
LORI MILLAR SECRETARY1 $0$0$0 $01
2021 · 11 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
COURTNEY NEAL DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
GERRY FINNEY DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
CHRISTOPHER PELT DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
STEPHANIE SIMPSON DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
HEATHER RASCH DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
STEVE GILMORE DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
JOY GILMORE DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
TOMMY KIGGINS DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
SEAN OLDHAM DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
JON NEAL CHAIRMAN1 $0$0$0 $01
LORI MILLAR SECRETARY1 $0$0$0 $01
2020 · 11 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
COURTNEY NEAL DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
GERRY FINNEY DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
CHRISTOPHER PELT DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
STEPHANIE SIMPSON DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
HEATHER RASCH DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
STEVE GILMORE DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
JOY GILMORE DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
TOMMY KIGGINS DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
SEAN OLDHAM DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
JON NEAL CHAIRMAN1 $0-$0 $01
LORI MILLAR SECRETARY1 $0-$0 $01
2019 · 10 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
GERRY FINNEY DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
CHRISTOPHER PELT DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
STEPHANIE SIMPSON DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
LORI MILLER DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
HEATHER RASCH DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
STEVE GILMORE DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
JOY GILMORE DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
TOMMY KIGGINS DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
JON NEAL CHAIRMAN1 $0-$0 $01
COURTNEY NEAL SECRETARY1 $0-$0 $01
2018 · 10 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
GERRY FINNEY DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
CHRISTOPHER PELT DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
STEPHANIE SIMPSON DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
LORI MILLER DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
HEATHER RASCH DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
STEVE GILMORE DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
JOY GILMORE DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
TOMMY KIGGINS DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
JON NEAL CHAIRMAN1 $0-$0 $01
COURTNEY NEAL SECRETARY1 $0-$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who the money went to

Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.

2024 · 4 grants to organizations · $180K
2023 · 1 grant to organizations · $25K
2022 · 3 grants to organizations · $104K
2021 · 2 grants to organizations · $80K

Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$164,957$180,517 $72,289$72,289 $0$0 $000
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$89,378$25,000 $87,847$87,847 $0$0 $000
2022 · Form 990 period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$105,606$104,321 $23,469$23,469 $0$0 $000
2021 · Form 990 period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$91,357$80,270 $22,184$22,184 $0$0 $000
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$16,571$57,605 $11,097$11,097 $16,040- ---
2019 · Form 990EZ period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$48,323$42,184 $52,131$52,131 -- ---
2018 · Form 990EZ period ending 2018-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$52,736$11,037 $45,992$45,992 $7,375- ---

Funders of this organization

5 grantors reported grants to this organization, $49,897 in all, tax years 2018 to 2025. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
BAPTIST MEMORIAL HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION Public charity Exact 2021-2023 3$37,750 2023$15,750
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COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER MEMPHIS INC DAF sponsor Exact 2018 3$4,750 2018$4,750
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JPMORGAN CHASE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “COURAGE THRU CANCER INC” 2022-2023 3$4,000 2023$3,000
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CROWE & DUNLEVY FOUNDATION INC Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “Courage Thru Cancer Inc” 2025 1$3,000 2025$3,000
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AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “COURAGE THRU CANCER INC” 2020-2023 4$397 2023$112
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990 · $180,517 spent · pay $0 · grants $180,517 · events $163,844
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $180,517$180,517-- 100.0%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income $328,801$163,844reported apart
Total$180,517100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $25,000 spent · pay $0 · grants $25,000 · events $188,093
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $25,000$25,000-- 100.0%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income $277,471$188,093reported apart
Total$25,000100%

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2022 · Form 990 · $104,321 spent · pay $0 · grants $104,321 · events $185,061
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $104,321$104,321-- 100.0%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income $290,667$185,061reported apart
Total$104,321100%

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2021 · Form 990 · $80,270 spent · pay $0 · grants $80,270 · events $154,084
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $80,270$80,270-- 100.0%
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2020 · Form 990EZ · $57,605 spent · pay $0 · grants $51,514 · events $9,469
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $51,514 89.4%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $5,441 9.4%
Fees to independent contractors $650 1.1%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$9,469reported apart
Total$57,605100%

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2019 · Form 990EZ · $42,184 spent · pay $0 · grants $35,000 · events $147,414
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $35,000 83.0%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $7,184 17.0%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$147,414reported apart
Total$42,184100%

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2018 · Form 990EZ · $11,037 spent · pay $0 · grants $1,850 · events $78,961
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $9,187 83.2%
Grants and similar amounts paid $1,850 16.8%
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