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Cancer research organizations

There are 980 cancer research centers in the United States. Combined, these cancer research centers employ 8,977 people, earn more than $3 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $12 billion.
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Job trends for Cancer research centers

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
 
207
1-10
 
89
11-25
 
30
26-100
 
24
101 to 1,000
 
7
1,000+
 
2
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Sizes of cancer research centers

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
264
$250k to $1M
 
92
$1M to $5M
 
67
$5M to $25M
 
37
$25M to $100M
 
20
$100M+
 
5
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Directory of cancer research centers

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1-20 of 980

Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation

To accelerate breakthroughs, the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation provides today's best young scientists with funding to pursue innovative cancer research.
Revenue
$54.7m
Assets
$170.4m
Employees
17
EIN
13-1933825
IRS type
501(c)(3)

THE Breast Cancer Research Foundation

The mission of The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Inc. is to prevent and cure Breast Cancer by advancing The world's most promising Research. Prevent and cure Breast Cancer by advancing The world's most promising Research.
Revenue
$102.3m
Assets
$220.5m
Employees
69
EIN
13-3727250
IRS type
501(c)(3)

American Association for Cancer Research

American Association for Cancer Research drives progress to prevent and cure cancer by advancing research, publishing journals, convening scientific meetings, and promoting education and advocacy.
Revenue
$137.4m
Assets
$291.8m
Employees
301
EIN
23-6251648
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Cancer Research Institute (CRI)

Extend the lives of cancer patients and reduce cancer-related deaths by fueling the development of a new class of smarter, more effective treatments that mobilize our body's natural immune defenses against all types of cancer.
Revenue
$35.5m
Assets
$129.6m
Employees
31
EIN
13-1837442
IRS type
501(c)(3)

St Baldrick's Foundation (SBF)

The St. Baldrick's Foundation is a volunteer and donor powered charity committed to supporting the most promising research to find cures for childhood cancers and give survivors long and healthy lives.
Revenue
$23.9m
Assets
$29.7m
Employees
49
EIN
20-1173824
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Blood Cancer United Research Programs

The corporation was formed exclusively for one or more of the following objectives or purposes: to benefit, to perform the Research functions of, or to carry out the purposes of the leukemia & lymphoma society, Inc. tax id 13-5644916. Tax id #13-5644916.
Revenue
$0
Assets
$0
Employees
0
EIN
13-3470494
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The V Foundation

The Foundation seeks to make a difference by generating broad-based support for cancer research and by creating an urgent awareness among all Americans of the importance of the war against cancer.
Revenue
$61.6m
Assets
$145.9m
Employees
91
EIN
13-3705951
IRS type
501(c)(3)

CURE Childhood Cancer

CURE Childhood Cancer is dedicated to conquering childhood cancer through funding targeted research and through support of patients and their families.
Revenue
$12.6m
Assets
$7.5m
Employees
33
EIN
58-1244138
IRS type
501(c)(3)

National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR)

NFCR's investments in basic cancer research have helped produce breakthroughs in cancer genetics, precision medicine, metastasis research, anti-angiogenic therapies, nanomedicine, immunotherapy, and more.
Revenue
$11.1m
Assets
$12.3m
Employees
16
EIN
04-2531031
IRS type
501(c)(3)

American Institute for Cancer Research

Arlington-based AICR advances cancer prevention through research, education and community programs, focusing on diet, weight and physical activity.
Revenue
$10.7m
Assets
$17.9m
Employees
41
EIN
52-1238026
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Lymphoma Research Foundation (LRF)

The Lymphoma Research Foundation's mission is to eradicate lymphoma and serve those touched by this disease.
Revenue
$14.2m
Assets
$42.7m
Employees
47
EIN
95-4335088
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Diabetes Research Institute Foundation (DRIF)

At the Diabetes Research Institute and Foundation, their mission is clear - they want to cure diabetes now. Simply put, they aim to put themselves out of business by curing this devastating disease.
Revenue
$11.4m
Assets
$26.6m
Employees
17
EIN
59-1361955
IRS type
501(c)(3)

TGen Foundation

To positively impact the lives of patients and their families. We do this by raising funds that accelerate TGen's efforts to make and translate genomic discoveries into advances in human health.
Revenue
$11.0m
Assets
$22.8m
Employees
0
EIN
33-1092191
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Translational Research in Oncology-US

Translational Res in Onc-Us is a private foundation located in Los Angeles, CA. Its trustees are Dennis Slamon, John Glaspy, and James Muff.
Revenue
$9.7m
Assets
$25.8m
Employees
20
EIN
20-0132719
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Israel Cancer Research Fund

ICRF supports cancer research in Israel by funding Israeli scientists and developing the next generation of researchers via fellowships.
Revenue
$9.1m
Assets
$21.0m
Employees
13
EIN
51-0181215
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Addgene

Addgene enables global access to plasmids, supporting research by facilitating their deposit, storage, and distribution linked to published scientific findings.
Revenue
$26.4m
Assets
$53.3m
Employees
154
EIN
90-0133592
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Global Coalition for Adaptive Research

Global Coalition for Adaptive Research accelerates discovery and development of cures for rare and deadly diseases through clinical trial platforms.
Revenue
$32.4m
Assets
$78.1m
Employees
40
EIN
82-1199380
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Mary Crowley Cancer Research

Mary Crowley Cancer Research conducts innovative clinical trials and expands treatment options for cancer patients.
Revenue
$20.6m
Assets
$24.3m
Employees
98
EIN
75-2727375
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope (BRI)

Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope was the first of five Beckman Institutes to be founded, and has held a National Cancer Institute Cancer Center Support Grant for over 30 years.
Revenue
$285.3m
Assets
$2.2b
Employees
1,177
EIN
95-3432210
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Friends of Cancer Research

Friends of Cancer Research drives collaboration to speed up science, policy, and regulation advances that deliver life-saving treatments to patients.
Revenue
$7.5m
Assets
$23.1m
Employees
16
EIN
52-1983273
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990, Form 990-EZ, or Form 990-PF with the IRS. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.
This category corresponds to the "H30: Cancer Research" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.
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