Who are American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Inc's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Georgia First Inc ($900k), Together for Hope ($331k), Bvm Capacity Building Institute Inc ($300k).

Does American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Inc fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Inc?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, AARP, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

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Washington, D.C. · Public charity

American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Inc

Driven by a vision to end cancer as we know it for everyone, the american cancer society cancer action network, inc. (acs can) advocates for evidence-based public policies to reduce the cancer burden by engaging advocates across the country to make their voices heard to influence legislative and regulatory solutions. As the american…

$505k
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 14
Grants FY2025: 25
Organizations funded FY2024: 36%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Median grant, FY2025: $25,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $100,000
Organizations funded a year: 1 to 39; FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 7
Total assets, FY2025: $20M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 36% of the organizations American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $266k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

HealthCivil RightsHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementPublic BenefitCrime & LegalOther

How this is measured

First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	14	$503k	29%
FY2024	25	$1.3M	36%
FY2023	39	$2.1M	97%
FY2022	2	$150k	100%
FY2019	1	$50k	100%
FY2018	5	$284k	80%
FY2017	3	$100k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$2.5MCivil Rights$610kHuman Services$375kCommunity Improvement$325kPublic Benefit$278kCrime & Legal$140kInternational$119kEducation$38kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Georgia First Inc	$900,000	2	77%
Together for Hope	$331,250	2	4%
Bvm Capacity Building Institute Inc	$300,000	1	1%
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Cente	$197,484	2	n/a
National Lgbt Cancer Network Inc	$196,660	2	7%
University of Wisconsin Madison	$164,421	2	n/a
Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy Inc	$140,000	2	1%
National Health Law Program Inc	$120,000	3	0%
Center Forward	$105,000	3	0%
Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund	$100,000	1	0%

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All grantees of American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Inc by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Georgia First Inc	$900,000	2	77%
Together for Hope	$331,250	2	4%
Bvm Capacity Building Institute Inc	$300,000	1	1%
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Cente	$197,484	2	n/a
National Lgbt Cancer Network Inc	$196,660	2	7%
University of Wisconsin Madison	$164,421	2	n/a
Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy Inc	$140,000	2	1%
National Health Law Program Inc	$120,000	3	0%
Center Forward	$105,000	3	0%
Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund	$100,000	1	0%
Keep Americans Covered	$100,000	1	1%
Asian Pacific Amer InstitCongressional	$90,000	2	2%
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Inc	$90,000	2	0%
Council of State Governments	$82,500	2	0%
American Nonsmokers Rights Foundation	$79,080	1	2%
National Coalition of 100 Black Women Inc	$75,000	3	2%
National Indian Health Board	$72,000	2	1%
The Rush Center Inc	$71,900	1	11%
Franklin Center for Global Policy Exchange	$62,500	3	1%
Mississippi Faith Based Coalition for Community Renewal Inc	$60,000	1	27%
University of South Florida	$59,800	1	n/a
Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum	$55,000	1	1%
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids	$50,000	2	0%
Iyg Inc	$50,000	1	2%
National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators	$50,000	1	2%
Oregonians for a Smoke Free Tomorrow	$50,000	1	0%
National Hispanic Medical Association	$50,000	1	1%
Transform 314	$45,000	2	n/a
North Carolina Alliance for Health	$40,000	1	2%
Zero Prostate Cancer	$40,000	3	0%
National Black Caucus of State Legislators	$40,000	1	1%
Equal Hope	$37,500	2	1%
National Council of Urban Indian Health	$35,000	2	0%
Touch4life Inc	$30,000	1	4%
San Antonio Council on Alcohol and Drug Awareness	$30,000	1	n/a
Douglass Leadership Institute Inc	$30,000	1	11%
Partnership to Protect Coverage	$30,000	2	9%
Grand Chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc	$30,000	2	0%
Lungevity Foundation Inc	$27,500	1	0%
Center for Transforming Communities	$25,000	1	1%
Food Well Alliance	$25,000	1	1%
Heart Coalition Inc	$25,000	1	7%
Nami Indiana	$25,000	1	n/a
The Center for Black Health and Equity	$25,000	1	0%
National Urban League Inc	$25,000	1	n/a
Congressional Black Caucus Political Edu Cation and Leadership Institute	$25,000	1	1%
Alabama Arise	$20,000	1	1%
Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute Inc	$20,000	1	1%
David a Winston Health Policy Fellowship	$15,000	2	1%
American Heart Association Inc	$15,000	1	0%
Coalition for Health Funding	$13,670	2	2%
Jack and Jill of America Foundation Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Lead Leaders Engaged and Determined South Dakota	$10,000	1	n/a
National Medical Association	$10,000	1	0%
Foothills Community Health Care Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Missouri Coalition for the Environment Foundation	$10,000	1	1%
The Links Foundation Incorporated	$10,000	1	0%
United for Medical Research Inc	$7,500	1	2%
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc	$7,500	1	n/a
Black Hills Center for American Indian Health	$7,500	1	0%
Florida Voices for Health Inc	$7,500	1	n/a

American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 51 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 51.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of AmericaDC34.8× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America · AARP · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · American Cancer Society Inc · Community Catalyst Inc · Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc · Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Inc · Ctia - the Wireless Association · Edison Electric Institute Inc · WK Kellogg Foundation · Natural Resources Defense Council Inc · The Pew Charitable Trusts

How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Inc

How much does American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Inc give?: American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Inc reported 14 grants totaling $505,085 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 39 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Inc fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (55%), Civil Rights (14%), Human Services (8%).
Who are American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Inc's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Georgia First Inc ($900k), Together for Hope ($331k), Bvm Capacity Building Institute Inc ($300k).
Does American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Inc fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Inc?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, AARP, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Where is American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Inc based?: American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Inc is based in DC.