Twist Out Cancer
Donations deductibleRevenue
$627k
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$584k
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$172k
$16k liabilities
Net assets
$155k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
24
5.4 years on average
Staff
3
employees, year to 31 December 2024
Chair observed
≥6 yrs
Andrew Edelston
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Twist Out Cancer's network
24 people1 organisationi24 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (24). Violet dotted lines (1) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
24 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 18 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 24 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Edelston Chair | Board Chair | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| ANA Feneis | Member at Large | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| August Spree | Member at Large | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Cynthia Beck | Member at Large | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Daniel Glick | Member at Large | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Dr Christian Squillante | Member at Large | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Dr Gena Khodos | Treasurer | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Dr Martin Hogan | Member at Large | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Dr Sharon Arffa | Member at Large | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Ella Hawk | Member at Large | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Emma Peck Block | Company secretary | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Erin Green Johnson | Member at Large | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Gudrun Snyder | Member at Large | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Howard Aaron | Member at Large | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Jacqueline Carmody | Member at Large | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Jeff Guerrero | Member at Large | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Jenn Katz Margolis | Member at Large | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Jenna Benn Shersher | President | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Joelle Goldman Bilow (also filed as Joelle Bilow) | Member at Large | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Jon Goldberg | Member at Large | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Joshua Taustein | Member at Large | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Kimberly Kass | Member at Large | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Mardi Kaplan | Member at Large | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Stephanie Plein | Member at Large | 2019 | 7 yrs |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jenna Benn Shersher | President | 30 | $66k | ||
| August Spree | Member at Large | 1 | $41k | ||
| Jacqueline Carmody | Member at Large | 1 | $20k | ||
| Andrew Edelston | Board Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| Dr Gena Khodos | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Emma Peck Block | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Erin Green Johnson | Member at Large | 1 | $0 | ||
| Joelle Goldman Bilow | Member at Large | 1 | $0 | ||
| Joshua Taustein | Member at Large | 1 | $0 | ||
| Stephanie Plein | Member at Large | 1 | $0 | ||
| Dr Christian Squillante | Member at Large | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jon Goldberg | Member at Large | 1 | $0 | ||
| Howard Aaron | Member at Large | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jenn Katz Margolis | Member at Large | 1 | $0 | ||
| Cynthia Beck | Member at Large | 1 | $0 | ||
| Daniel Glick | Member at Large | 1 | $0 | ||
| Dr Sharon Arffa | Member at Large | 1 | $0 | ||
| Gudrun Snyder | Member at Large | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jeff Guerrero | Member at Large | 1 | $0 | ||
| Dr Martin Hogan | Member at Large | 1 | $0 | ||
| Mardi Kaplan | Member at Large | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kimberly Kass | Member at Large | 1 | $0 | ||
| Ana Feneis | Member at Large | 1 | $0 | ||
| Ella Hawk | Member at Large | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Twist Out Cancer
- EIN
- 453619978
- Address
- 702 N 3rd St, Philadelphia, PA, 19123-2904
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Mission
- The mission is to provide psychosocial support to cancer survivors and their loved ones through creative arts programming. The organization is a global community that enables anyone touched by cancer to connect, create, support and inspire. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- H12 Medical research
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Medical Research
- Size band
- 4 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2011
- Principal officer
- Jenna Benn Shersher (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 February 2014
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsAndrew Edelston
≥8years on the filingsAugust Spree
≥8years on the filingsEmma Peck Block
≥8years on the filingsJenna Benn Shersher
Latest return
year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $172k
- Total liabilities
- $16k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $155k
- Contributions and grants received
- $627k
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Employees
- 3
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $627k | $584k | $43k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Twist Out Cancer likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Pennsylvania Department of State, business entities (data.pa.gov xvd7-5r2c). Licence: public domain. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Entity type
- Foreign Nonprofit Corporation
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 23 August 2016
- Registered agent
- Not stated
Officers (4)
- Andrew Edelston BOARD CHAIR EMERITUS
- Jenna Benn Shersher President
- Jenna Benn Shersher Governor
- Noreen Vlamakis BOARD CHAIR
City and state of officers are not held in this extract.