California · Public charity
John Wayne Cancer Foundation
To lead the fight against cancer with courage, strength and grit.
- $86k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $78k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $20M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations John Wayne Cancer Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $42k 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 | 2 | $78k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $139k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $379k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $2.6M | 100% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $125k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $128k | 80% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $187k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $52k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California Irvine Foundation | $2,514,977 | 2 | 1% |
| Saint John's Cancer Institute | $206,650 | 5 | 0% |
| Texas Tech Foundation Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Duke University | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| John Wayne Cancer Institute Auxiliary | $86,161 | 2 | 27% |
| The Society of Surgical Oncology Inc | $83,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Utmd Anderson | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Wake Forest University Health Sciences | $30,750 | 2 | n/a |
| The American Society of Breast Surgeons Foundation | $30,000 | 3 | 11% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California Irvine Foundation | $2,514,977 | 2 | 1% |
| Saint John's Cancer Institute | $206,650 | 5 | 0% |
| Texas Tech Foundation Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Duke University | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| John Wayne Cancer Institute Auxiliary | $86,161 | 2 | 27% |
| The Society of Surgical Oncology Inc | $83,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Utmd Anderson | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Wake Forest University Health Sciences | $30,750 | 2 | n/a |
| The American Society of Breast Surgeons Foundation | $30,000 | 3 | 11% |
| Endeavor Health Medical Group | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Care Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Vermont and State Agricultural College | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Angeles Clinic & Research Institute | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Kentucky Research Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Newport Beach Junior Lifeguard Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Richmond Institute for Veterans Research | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hunter Seven Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| NorthShore University HealthSystem Research Institute | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Toby Keith Foundation Inc | $17,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Arizona | $11,862 | 1 | n/a |
| Geneva Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The American Society of Breast Surgeons | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $8,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Providence Saint John's Health Center | $6,787 | 1 | 0% |
| The James Ewing Foundation | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
John Wayne Cancer Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 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: Johns Hopkins University · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About John Wayne Cancer Foundation
- How much does John Wayne Cancer Foundation give?
- John Wayne Cancer Foundation reported 4 itemized grants totaling $77,500, out of $85,575 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does John Wayne Cancer Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (72%), Health (27%), Youth Development (1%).
- Who are John Wayne Cancer Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: University of California Irvine Foundation ($2.5M), Saint John's Cancer Institute ($207k), Texas Tech Foundation Inc ($200k).
- Does John Wayne Cancer Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as John Wayne Cancer Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Johns Hopkins University, Paypal Charitable Giving Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is John Wayne Cancer Foundation based?
- John Wayne Cancer Foundation is based in CA.
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