Massachusetts · Public charity
Golf Fights Cancer Inc
Golf fights cancer (gfc) taps into the passion and generosity of all golfers to raise much needed funds for cancer related organizations and families living with the disease. Specifically, gfc makes targeted donations for equipment, services, and/or amenities that make an immediate positive impact on treatment and the experience for both…
- $2.3M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 33
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $2.3M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $35,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $460,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 28
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 36% of the organizations Golf Fights Cancer Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $531k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 32 | $2.2M | 31% |
| FY2023 | 28 | $1.5M | 36% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $1.8M | 35% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $1.7M | 38% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $968k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $840k | 65% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $802k | 70% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $712k | n/a |
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $1,228,800 | 6 | 0% |
| Detectogether Inc Formerly Known as the 15-40 Connection Inc | $1,073,000 | 6 | 21% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $692,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Team Impact Inc | $500,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Newton-Wellesley Hospital Charitable Foundation | $500,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation | $458,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Childrens Cancer Therapy Development Institute | $456,500 | 6 | 6% |
| One Mission Inc | $426,000 | 4 | 11% |
| Lifespan Corporation | $380,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Beat Childhood Cancer Foundation Inc | $345,000 | 5 | 6% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Golf Fights Cancer Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 8 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 52 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: Joy In Childhood Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Citizens Charitable Foundation · DCU for Kids · GivenGain Foundation USA · Boston Foundation Inc · The New England Patriots Charitable Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Pga Tour Inc · Salem Five Charitable Foundation Inc · Arbella Insurance Foundation · Haymakers for Hope Inc
How this is measured
About Golf Fights Cancer Inc
- How much does Golf Fights Cancer Inc give?
- Golf Fights Cancer Inc reported 33 itemized grants totaling $2,250,000, out of $2,300,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 28 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Golf Fights Cancer Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (94%), Recreation & Sports (5%), Philanthropy (1%).
- Who are Golf Fights Cancer Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ($1.2M), Detectogether Inc Formerly Known as the 15-40 Connection Inc ($1.1M), Mass General Brigham Incorporated ($692k).
- Does Golf Fights Cancer Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Golf Fights Cancer Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Joy In Childhood Foundation Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation, Citizens Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Golf Fights Cancer Inc based?
- Golf Fights Cancer Inc is based in MA.
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