Grants for cancer research centers

Name: Top 25 grants made to cancer research organizations
Creator: Cause IQ
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110 cancer research organizations received at least $268.9 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 357 grants made from 229 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,000. Of these 229 foundations, 86% made just a single grant to cancer research orgs, and 5% made grants to four or more cancer research orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$268,904,043

Total grant dollars given to cancer research centers

357

Number of grants made annually to cancer research centers

229

Number of grantmakers funding cancer research centers

$1,000

Median grant size to cancer research centers

Foundations that support cancer research organizations

Out of all grants made to cancer research centers, 67% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 97% of the dollar-value of grants to cancer research orgs. Foundations funding cancer research orgs also made grants to cancer organizations, universities, religious organizations, multiservice human service organizations, and specialty hospitals.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	154
Medium	33
Large	42

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	10
Private	174
Corporate	20
Other	25

Grants made

Grants made to cancer research orgs	Number of grantmakers
1	199
2-3	17
4-10	9
11+	4

Top 10 foundations supporting cancer research organizations

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to cancer research orgs	Number of grants made to cancer research orgs	Median grant size
Seattle Foundation	WA	State	0.0%	26	$1,000
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.0%	21	$200
Chubb Charitable Foundation	PA	National	0.1%	15	$100
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	11	$200
Baxter	IL	National	0.1%	10	$75
Baird Foundation	WI	National	0.1%	6	$75
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.0%	6	$175
Community Foundation of Collier County	FL	National	0.0%	5	$1,000
Arthur J Gallagher Foundation	IL	National	0.1%	5	$50
Fox Chase Cancer Center	PA	Metro	84.7%	4	$17,106,595

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Cancer research organizations grantees

Cancer research centers with more than $5 million in total revenues received 99% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 60% of all cancer research orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	340
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	17

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$2,937
$100k-$500k	$1,750
$500k-$1M	$500
$1M-$5M	$1,000
>$5M	$1,000

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
Washington	84
Maryland	71
New York	51
Pennsylvania	18
Other	133

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
Washington DC	92
Seattle	84
New York City	46
Philadelphia	18
Other	116

Top 25 grants made to cancer research centers

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy	$91,753,500	Health	Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACSCAN)	$29,902,718	FMV	American Cancer Society (ACS)
The Fox Chase Cancer Center (FCCC)	$28,589,363	Research	Fox Chase Cancer Center
The Fox Chase Cancer Center (FCCC)	$28,589,363	Actual Amount Received	Fox Chase Cancer Center
Moffitt Cancer Center (MCC)	$14,730,406	Philanthropic Distributions	H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Foundation
Fred Hutch (FHCRC)	$14,090,631	Hiv	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Fred Hutch (FHCRC)	$13,056,437	Hiv	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
John Wayne Cancer Institute	$8,447,790	Cost	Saint John's Health Center Foundation
John Wayne Cancer Institute	$8,016,661	Research	Saint John's Health Center Foundation
The Fox Chase Cancer Center (FCCC)	$5,623,828	Agreed Upon Alloc of Exp Incurre	Fox Chase Cancer Center
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	$5,250,806	Research	The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	$4,750,285	Research Sub-Award	Harvard University
Fred Hutch (FHCRC)	$4,041,821	Pediatric Medical Research Grant Subaward and Support for Brain Tumor Research	Seattle Children's Hospital
The Fox Chase Cancer Center (FCCC)	$3,446,349	Agreed Upon Alloc of Exp Incurre	Fox Chase Cancer Center
Aim Hi Translation Research	$3,000,000	Translational	National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR)
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	$2,580,044	Program Support	The Broad Institute
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	$2,500,000	Food Bank Financial Assistance	Ahold Delhaize USA Family Foundation
BrightFocus Foundation	$5,000	Unrestricted	Irvin and Connie Pund Foundation
Fred Hutch (FHCRC)	$5,000	Health Research & Care	The McNaughton Foundation
Cure Childhood Cancer Association	$5,000	Charitable Purpose	Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation
Fred Hutch (FHCRC)	$5,000	Pediatric Cancer Research	St Baldrick's Foundation (SBF)
Fred Hutch (FHCRC)	$5,000	General Support	Five for the Fight Foundation
Prevent Cancer Foundation (PCF)	$5,000	Health	The Carl M Freeman Foundation
Canary Foundation	$5,000	Healthcare	Edwards Foundation
This Time Tomorrow	$5,000	Public Welfare	Mayer Family Foundation

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Cancer research centers" category for this page is determined by 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.