Illinois · Public charity
Cancer Research Foundation - Chicago Chapter
The cancer research foundation mission is to raise funds to fund both early-career cancer scientists and new directions in cancer science research with the goal of contributing to transformational events in the prevention, treatment and cure for cancer.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,205,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,205,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 1
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Cancer Research Foundation - Chicago Chapter funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $1.2M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $1.2M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $857k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $100k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $100k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $41k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $75k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $75k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Chicago | $3,692,733 | 8 | 0% |
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About Cancer Research Foundation - Chicago Chapter
- How much does Cancer Research Foundation - Chicago Chapter give?
- Cancer Research Foundation - Chicago Chapter reported 1 grants totaling $1,205,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 1 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Cancer Research Foundation - Chicago Chapter fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (100%).
- Who are Cancer Research Foundation - Chicago Chapter's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: University of Chicago ($3.7M).
- Does Cancer Research Foundation - Chicago Chapter fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Cancer Research Foundation - Chicago Chapter based?
- Cancer Research Foundation - Chicago Chapter is based in IL.
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