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Gateway for Cancer Research

To accelerate practice-changing discoveries in cancer care by harnessing the unrelenting passion of the research community and empowering patients to triumph over their disease.

$5.8M
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$750k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$53M
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $22k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $1.1M
  • $250k+11 grants · $4.7M
$282,500
Median grant
11
States reached
$20M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER$750,000
MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER$723,465
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL$470,067
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ST LOUIS$421,954
BE THE MATCH FOUNDATION$400,000
MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER$378,993
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO$368,841
THE JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$364,322
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY$282,500
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IRVING MEDICAL CENTER$275,830
CEDARS- SINAI MEDICAL CENTER$262,291
ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE MOUNT SINAI$247,821
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY$199,765
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES$188,051
CITY OF HOPE COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER$161,712
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 85% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $500k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $500k → 11%STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $414k → 7%THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO: $413k → 10%CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES: $567k → 14%LLS PEDAL INITIATIVE LLC THE LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY INC: $500k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER: $500k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CTR: $818k → 14%MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER: $2.0M → 16%UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA: $533k → 19%WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ST LOUIS: $558k → 21%ST JUDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $495k → 17%THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY JAMES CANCER HOSPITAL: $624k → 15%CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $393k → 16%CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $450k → 17%SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $1.1M → 9%GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY: $489k → 9%BE THE MATCH FOUNDATION: $400k → 11%THE LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY: $500k → 9%MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $511k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER: $750k → 14%MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER: $1.6M → 16%WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ST LOUIS: $422k → 21%CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $387k → 16%SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $845k → 9%JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $398k → 19%LLS PEDAL INITIATIVE LLC THE LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY INC: $500k → 9%MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $459k → 17%MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER: $916k → 16%UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CLEVELAND MEDICAL CENTER: $500k → 17%SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $550k → 9%DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE: $1.2M → 16%MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $450k → 17%MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER: $736k → 16%UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CLEVELAND MEDICAL CENTER: $500k → 17%DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE: $815k → 16%MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER: $735k → 16%DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE: $735k → 16%MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER: $723k → 16%DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE: $688k → 16%BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE: $500k → 16%MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER: $511k → 16%MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER: $447k → 16%DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE: $607k → 16%CITY OF HOPE: $412k → 14%MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER: $400k → 16%MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $470k → 16%MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $470k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
WA
MN
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
MO
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
AL
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$42M · 33 repeat orgs$8.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +64% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

33 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
19

Total granted

$42M
$8.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+64%
+28%

Still filing today

64%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $262k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationPhilanthropyOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc
    7× · 2018–2025 · $4.3M · revenue +123%
  • CH
    Children's Hospital Los Angeles
    8× · 2017–2025 · $2.1M · revenue +78%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $1.7M · revenue +145%

Funded once

  • SC
    SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITALgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1.1M · revenue +110%
  • THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $916k · revenue 0%
  • AG
    ARTHUR G JAMES CANCER HOSPITAL AND RICHARD J SOLOVE RESEARCH INSTITUTEgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $624k · revenue +227%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
2
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
3
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
4
University of Minnesota Physicians

University of minnesota physicians serves as the integrated group practice for the university of minnesota medical school full-time faculty to provide the highest quality healthcare to patients and their families.university of minnesota…

Health
5
Rush University Medical Center

The mission of Rush is to improve the health of the individuals and diverse communities we serve through the integration of outstanding patient care, education, research and community partnerships.

Health
6
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
7
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
8
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
9
University of Chicago Medical Center

Our mission at the university of chicago medicine is to provide superior health care through rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing. in partnership with our colleagues, we pursue life-changing…

Health
10
Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return

Mass general brigham incorporated is developing an integrated health care delivery system throughout the region that offers patients a continuum of coordinated, high-quality care.

Health
11
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
12
Cornell University

Education, research, medical services and other public services.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is City of Hope National Medical Center; the most unlike its peers is Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

35 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 35 of the 57 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/35
Grantees still filing
30/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER: $6,880,218 · OtherMD ANDERSON CANCER CENTERTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTE: $2,241,995 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTEMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $1,869,309 · OtherMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTERSeattle Children's Foundation: $1,394,666 · OtherSeattle Children's FoundationGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY: $1,332,676 · OtherGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYRUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY: $1,238,395 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $980,860 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $915,855 · Other+18 more: $7,835,618 · Other+18 moreDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $4,258,111 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Institute IncChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $2,102,676 · HealthChildren's Hospital Los AngelesST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,673,076 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL I…BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,500,201 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INCCITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER: $1,230,357 · HealthCITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTERCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $1,166,552 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTERSEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $1,079,277 · HealthSEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITALTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $1,010,582 · HealthTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATIONMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $807,924 · Health+9 more: $3,014,957 · Health+9 moreJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $1,497,331 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVE…WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $1,369,661 · EducationWASHINGTON UNIVERSI…Yale University: $1,099,099 · EducationYale UniversityTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $1,033,809 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COL…UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $1,000,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF ROCHE…ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $743,462 · EducationICAHN SCHOOL OF MED…DUKE UNIVERSITY: $570,230 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITYBaylor College of Medicine: $499,667 · EducationBaylor College of M…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $414,191 · EducationEmory University: $368,990 · Education+2 more: $335,000 · EducationNMDP FOUNDATION: $1,400,001 · Philanthropy
Other$24,689,592Health$17,843,713Education$8,931,440Philanthropy$1,400,001

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $4,258,111 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $2,102,676 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,673,076 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,500,201 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $1,497,331 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNMDP FOUNDATION: $1,400,001 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetSeattle Children's Foundation: $1,394,666 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $1,369,661 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER: $1,230,357 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $1,166,552 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetYale University: $1,099,099 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $1,079,277 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $1,033,809 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $1,010,582 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $1,000,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $915,855 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $807,924 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $743,462 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $570,230 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPhoenix Children's Hospital Foundation: $500,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGY: $500,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBaylor College of Medicine: $499,667 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $460,194 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetCITY OF HOPE: $428,379 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $414,191 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEmory University: $368,990 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $340,756 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $293,658 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $262,291 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $260,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONQUER CANCER FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY: $230,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $128,736 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Los Angeles ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds NMDP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Seattle Children's Foundation ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Yale University ↗
  • Who funds SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI ↗
  • Who funds ARTHUR G JAMES CANCER HOSPITAL AND RICHARD J SOLOVE RESEARCH INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGY ↗
  • Who funds Baylor College of Medicine ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CITY OF HOPE ↗

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.

The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New YorkNY15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Mayo Clinic · American Heart Association Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Gateway for Cancer Research funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gateway for Cancer Research. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 57 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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