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Grants for cancer research centers
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
Foundation size
| Foundation size | Number of grantmakers |
|---|
| Small | |
| Medium | |
| Large | |
Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.
Grants made
| Grants made to cancer research orgs | Number of grantmakers |
|---|
| 1 | |
| 2-3 | |
| 4-10 | |
| 11+ | |
Top 10 foundations supporting cancer research organizations
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 | |
| $10k-$25k | |
| $25k-$100k | |
| $100k+ | |
Grant amount by grantee size
| Grantee annual revenue | Median grant size |
|---|
| <$100k | |
| $100k-$500k | |
| $500k-$1M | |
| $1M-$5M | |
| >$5M | |
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 |
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.