Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Colorectal Cancer Alliance
The mission of the COLORECTAL CANCER ALLIANCE is end colon and rectal cancer and support the nearly 50,000 afflicted with this disease each year. This is achieved by supporting preventative measures, accelerating research toward cures, and providing cancer care support services to patients, families and caregivers.
- $4.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 95%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $3.7M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $90,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $521,106
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 16
- Total assets, FY2025
- $15M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 95% of the organizations Colorectal Cancer Alliance funded were first-time grantees, receiving 98% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 2% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.6M 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 | 20 | $3.2M | 45% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $2.6M | 95% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $1.1M | 64% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $116k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $375k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $480k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $555k | 27% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $646k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 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, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utmd Anderson | $1,813,606 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Hope | $720,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $555,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Indiana University School of Medicine | $370,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The J David Gladstone Institutes | $320,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Case Western Reserve University | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | $200,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | $182,688 | 2 | n/a |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $180,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $147,500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utmd Anderson | $1,813,606 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Hope | $720,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $555,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Indiana University School of Medicine | $370,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The J David Gladstone Institutes | $320,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Case Western Reserve University | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | $200,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | $182,688 | 2 | n/a |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $180,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $147,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | $145,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Cente | $135,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Kentucky Research Foundation | $135,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Miami | $135,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Georgetown University | $135,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Adventist Healthcare Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Oregon Health & Science University | $95,000 | 2 | n/a |
| California Colorectal Cancer Coalition | $90,036 | 3 | 32% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $90,000 | 1 | n/a |
| South Dakota State University | $90,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hmh Hospitals Corporation | $90,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | $90,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of California | $90,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Cleveland Clinic Foundation | $78,290 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Connecticut Health Center | $72,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $69,398 | 2 | n/a |
| Mary Crowley Medical Research Center | $58,859 | 2 | 0% |
| Monmouth Medical Center | $51,407 | 2 | 0% |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| La Jolla Institute for Immunology | $47,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Roswell Park Alliance Foundation | $47,500 | 1 | 0% |
| University of California San Francisco | $45,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University | $45,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Arizona | $42,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Health Research Inc | $35,625 | 1 | 0% |
| Mercy Health | $30,186 | 2 | 0% |
| Independent Health Foundation | $25,050 | 2 | 1% |
| Northside Hospital Inc | $15,980 | 1 | 0% |
| Healing Bridge Clinic Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Florida Association of Free and Charitable Clinics Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Colorectal Cancer Alliance supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 23 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: American Heart Association Inc · American Cancer Society Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Colorectal Cancer Alliance
- How much does Colorectal Cancer Alliance give?
- Colorectal Cancer Alliance reported 22 itemized grants totaling $3,715,837, out of $4,183,877 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Colorectal Cancer Alliance fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (86%), Education (7%), Science & Tech (5%).
- Who are Colorectal Cancer Alliance's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Utmd Anderson ($1.8M), City of Hope ($720k), Johns Hopkins University ($555k).
- Does Colorectal Cancer Alliance fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 95% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Colorectal Cancer Alliance?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Heart Association Inc, American Cancer Society Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Colorectal Cancer Alliance based?
- Colorectal Cancer Alliance is based in DC.
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