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PAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC

Closer by the Mile

aka PMC, Pan-Mass Challenge, Pan Mass Challenge, Pan Massachusetts Challange Inc.   |   Needham, MA   |  www.pmc.org

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Mission

The mission of the Pan-Massachusetts Challenge is to raise money for life-saving cancer care and research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute through its Jimmy Fund. The catalyst for the fundraising effort is a bike-a-thon that crosses the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Committed cyclists, volunteers, corporate sponsors, and individual financial contributors are essential to the PMC achieving this goal. Since its founding in 1980, the PMC has been increasingly successful in mobilizing the support of all these constituencies. We strive to inspire even more proponents of our cause and intend the money we raise to afford Dana-Farber's doctors and researchers the resources necessary to discover cures for all cancers.

Ruling year info

1982

Founder / Executive Director

Mr. Billy Starr

CEO

Jarrett Collins

Main address

77 Fourth Ave

Needham, MA 02494 USA

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Formerly known as

William Starr

EIN

04-2746912

NTEE code info

Cancer (G30)

IRS filing requirement

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Communication

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Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

The Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC) was founded in 1980 and while the event has evolved, the mission is unchanged - raise money for life-saving cancer research and treatment at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The PMC carries out our mission by bringing ordinary people together to do something truly extraordinary.

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

PMC

The PMC is a fully supported bike-a-thon that runs through 46 towns across Massachusetts. The PMC donates 100 percent of every rider-raised dollar directly to Dana-Farber and is the institute’s largest single contributor, raising more than 52 percent of the annual revenue at The Jimmy Fund. The PMC's donation to Dana-Farber funds life saving cancer research that improves the cure rates around the globe.

Population(s) Served
People with diseases and illnesses

Where we work

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Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

Total dollar amount of grants awarded

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

People with diseases and illnesses

Related Program

PMC

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

In 2023, the PMC passed through $72 million, 100% of all rider fundraising to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. This impacts cancer treatments and cure rates around the world.

Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

The Pan-Mass Challenge raises money for life-saving cancer research and treatment at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute through an annual bike-a-thon that crosses the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Since its founding in 1980, the PMC has successfully melded support from committed cyclists, volunteers, corporate sponsors and individual contributors. All are essential to the PMC's goal and model: to attain maximum fundraising efficiency while increasing its annual gift. Our hope and aspiration is to provide Dana-Farber's doctors and researchers with the necessary resources to discover cures for all cancers.

The PMC is all about leverage and commitment is at the heart of PMC's culture. PMC 6,000 riders are committed to a significant fundraising minimum so they use the PMC's fundraising tools and cast their nets wide bringing friends, family and colleagues into the fight against cancer. The average PMC rider raises $10,000.

100 percent of all rider-raised funds go directly to cancer research and treatment at Dana-Farber and the Jimmy Fund. The PMC is Dana-Farbers single largest supporter and is 64 percent of the Jimmy Funds annual revenue. Since 1980, the PMC has raised $972 million for Dana-Farber.

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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PAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC

Board of directors
as of 04/30/2024
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Michael Ascione

Berkshire Partners

Term: 2027 - 2024

Billy Starr

Pan Massachusetss Challenge

David Fialkow

General Catalyst

Robert Smith

Castanea Partners

Josh Bekenstein

Bain Capital

Lois Cornell

Massachusetts Medical Society

Caren Deardorf

Editas medicines

Jonathan Gilula

Boston Red Sox

Melany Duval

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Susan Brogan

Albert Research Institute for White Matter and Cognition

Mike Ascione

Berkshire Partners

Hannah Hellebush

TA Associates

Rene Jones

M&T Bank

Bekah Salwasser

Boston Red Sox

Jarrett Collins

Pan-Massachusetts Challenge, Inc.

Billy Starr

Pan-Massachusets Challenge, Inc.

Board leadership practices

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? No
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? No
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 2/12/2024
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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Male, Not transgender
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or Straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

The organization's co-leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Male, Not transgender
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or Straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

Transgender Identity

Sexual orientation

No data

Disability

No data

Equity strategies

Last updated: 02/12/2024

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Policies and processes
  • We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
  • We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
  • We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
  • We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
  • We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
  • We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
  • We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.