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GO2 For Lung Cancer

GO2 for Lung Cancer (GO2) relentlessly confronts lung cancer on every front, every day, for everyone.

$468k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$377k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2024.

Health$9.8MScience & Tech$565kYouth Development$188kEducation$50k
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $81k
  • $250k+1 grant · $377k
$80,993
Median grant
3
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Addario Lung Cancer Medical Institute$377,154
Health Research Inc$80,993
Physicians Education Resource$10,000
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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Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $33k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%National Pharmaceutical: $8k → 11%Women's Health Access Matters: $25k → 9%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

NY
MA
OH
NJ
CT
CA
CO
KY
AZ
TN
NC
DC
LA
AL
GA
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.7M · 10 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +104% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
14

Total granted

$9.7M
$1.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+104%
+25%

Still filing today

60%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • AL
    Addario Lung Cancer Medical Institute
    8× · 2017–2025 · $6.7M · revenue +104% · 95% of their budget
  • AP
    ALK POSITIVE INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $700k · revenue +114% · 39% of their budget
  • VU
    Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    3× · 2020–2022 · $611k · revenue +76%

Funded once

  • MH
    MEMORIAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $680k · revenue +30%
  • TR
    The ROS1ders Incgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $102k · revenue +110% · 61% of their budget
  • MI
    MEDNET INC
    one grant, 2017 · $100k
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
Targeting Resistance in Cancer Cooperative
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
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
4
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
5
Lung Cancer Research Foundation

The mission of the lung cancer research foundation is to improve lung cancer outcomes by funding research for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure of lung cancer.

Health
6
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
7
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
8
American Lung Association

The american lung association's mission is to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease. we do this through education, advocacy, and research.

Health
9
Asco Association

Asco association promotes the common business interests of its members by: (1) advocating for policies that improve the quality of cancer care; (2) maintaining the highest standards of oncology medical care through programs supporting…

Community Improvement
10
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
11
American Society of Clinical Oncology Inc

See schedule o:asco is a professional oncology society committed to conquering cancer through research, education, and promotion of the highest quality patient care.

Health
12
Blood Cancer United Inc

Our mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Whamnow Inc; the most unlike its peers is Health Research 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

19 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 26 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/19
Grantees still filing
16/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Addario Lung Cancer Medical Institute: $6,658,443 · HealthAddario Lung Cancer Medical InstituteVanderbilt University Medical Center: $610,962 · HealthVanderbilt University Medical Center+7 more: $537,605 · Health+7 moreALK POSITIVE INC: $699,817 · OtherALK POSITIVE INCMEMORIAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC: $680,000 · OtherMEMORIAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM …UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM: $657,079 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIR…UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO: $250,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN…RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY: $187,500 · OtherRUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITYPhysicians Education Resource: $155,000 · OtherPhysicians Education Resourc…MEDNET INC: $100,000 · Other+3 more: $92,500 · OtherTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $125,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $62,500 · EducationSOUTHERN UNIVERTY SYSTEM: $50,000 · EducationAUGUSTA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $15,313 · EducationINTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF LUNG CANCER: $121,875 · Community ImprovementWHAMNOW INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesCharity Navigator: $8,000 · Human Services
Health$7,807,010Other$2,821,896Education$252,813Community Improvement$121,875Human Services$33,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAddario Lung Cancer Medical Institute: $6,658,443 over 8y, 95% of budgetALK POSITIVE INC: $699,817 over 2y, 39% of budgetMEMORIAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC: $680,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetVanderbilt University Medical Center: $610,962 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $187,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHEALTH RESEARCH INC: $160,652 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $125,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF LUNG CANCER: $121,875 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetThe ROS1ders Inc: $102,000 over 1y, 61% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $62,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONQUER CANCER FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY: $57,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSOUTHERN UNIVERTY SYSTEM: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWHAMNOW INC: $25,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetSCHMIDT LEGACY FOUNDATION: $22,953 over 1y, 87% of budgetAUGUSTA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $15,313 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCharity Navigator: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOwensboro Health Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREATH OF HOPE: $5,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetPERSONALIZED MEDICINE COALITION: $2,000 over 1y, 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.

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.

Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN6.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 GO2 For Lung Cancer funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from GO2 For Lung Cancer. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get 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
    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 26 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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