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American Institute for Cancer Research
Aicr champions the latest and most authoritative scientific research from around the world on cancer prevention and survival through diet, weight and physical activity, so that we can help people make informed lifestyle choices to reduce their cancer risk.
- $2.6M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.2M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $165,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $375,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $18M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations American Institute for Cancer Research funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $660k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $1.1M | 67% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $660k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $578k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $990k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $742k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $825k | 80% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $1.2M | 86% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $907k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania State University | $824,714 | 3 | n/a |
| The Ohio State University | $412,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Public Health Foundation Inc | $375,000 | 1 | 9% |
| University of Connecticut Health Center | $330,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $329,999 | 2 | n/a |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | $247,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Univ of Texas at Arlington | $247,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | $247,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $247,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $247,500 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania State University | $824,714 | 3 | n/a |
| The Ohio State University | $412,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Public Health Foundation Inc | $375,000 | 1 | 9% |
| University of Connecticut Health Center | $330,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $329,999 | 2 | n/a |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | $247,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Univ of Texas at Arlington | $247,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | $247,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $247,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $247,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Board of the University of Alabama | $247,499 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Kentucky Research Foundation | $165,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Illinois Urbana | $165,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Southern California | $165,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | $165,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $165,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of California San Francisco | $165,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Univ of Tx Health Science Ctr of Sa | $165,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Utmd Anderson | $165,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Illinois | $165,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Johns Hopkins University | $165,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Thomas Jefferson University | $165,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $165,000 | 1 | n/a |
| USC School of Medicine Greenville | $165,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc | $165,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ut Southwestern Health Systems | $165,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | $164,996 | 1 | n/a |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $164,993 | 1 | 0% |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital Inc | $164,970 | 1 | n/a |
| Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation | $164,886 | 1 | 3% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospitals | $164,885 | 1 | 0% |
| Louisiana State University | $160,376 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rutgers the State University | $82,490 | 1 | n/a |
| Cancer Support Community Central Ohio | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Cancer Support Community Los Angeles | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Fanwood-Scotch Plains | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Crossroads4hope | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget American Institute for Cancer Research supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Mayo Clinic · American Cancer Society Inc · American Heart Association Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare American Institute for Cancer Research with peer funders
About American Institute for Cancer Research
- How much does American Institute for Cancer Research give?
- American Institute for Cancer Research reported 7 itemized grants totaling $1,219,485, out of $2,636,163 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does American Institute for Cancer Research fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Science & Tech (43%), Health (41%), Education (16%).
- Who are American Institute for Cancer Research's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Pennsylvania State University ($825k), The Ohio State University ($413k), The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Public Health Foundation Inc ($375k).
- Does American Institute for Cancer Research fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as American Institute for Cancer Research?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Mayo Clinic, American Cancer Society Inc, American Heart Association Inc.
- Where is American Institute for Cancer Research based?
- American Institute for Cancer Research is based in VA.
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