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· Public charity

John Wayne Cancer Foundation

To lead the fight against cancer with courage, strength and grit.

$86k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$2.7MHealth$989kYouth Development$25kScience & Tech$12kPublic Safety & Disaster$6k
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 4 grants below total $77,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $85,575 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $8,075 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $22k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$12,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$20M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER$50,000
SOCIETY OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY$12,000
SOCIETY OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY$10,000
SOCIETY OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY$5,500
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 19% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%NEWPORT BEACH JUNIOR LIFEGUARD FOUNDATION: $25k → 10%JOHN WAYNE CANCER INSTITUTE AUXILIARY: $80k → 14%THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER: $25k → 16%THE TOBY KEITH FOUNDATION: $17k → 16%VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER: $25k → 14%DUKE UNIVERSITY: $100k → 11%AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $9k → 13%THE GENEVA FOUNDATION: $10k → 9%SOCIETY OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY: $6k → 14%AMERICAN SOCIETY OF BREAST SURGEONS: $10k → 4%UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & STATE ARGICULTURAL COLLEGE: $25k → 10%THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF BREAST SURGEONS: $10k → 6%THE UC IRVINE FOUNDATION: $2.5M → 10%JOHN WAYNE CANCER INSTITUTE AUXILARY: $6k → 14%THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER: $25k → 16%NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $25k → 14%AMERICAN SOCIETY OF BREAST SURGEONS: $10k → 6%UCI FOUNDATION: $15k → 10%JOHN WAYNE CANCER INSTITUTE: $57k → 14%NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM RESEARCH: $25k → 14%AMEICAN SOCIETY OF BREAST SURGEONS: $10k → 6%CALIFORNIA SURF LIFESAVING ASSOCIATION: $6k → 10%SAINT JOHNS CANCER INSTITUTE: $50k → 14%JOHN WAYNE CANCER INSTITUTE: $46k → 14%JOHN WAYNE CANCER INSTITUTE: $27k → 14%JOHN WAYNE CANCER INSTITUTE: $26k → 14%SAINT JOHN'S HEATH CENTER: $7k → 14%THE ANGELES CLINIC & RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $25k → 14%CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CARE FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%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
IL
CA
NE
KY
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
OK
GA
TX
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.3M · 9 repeat orgs$445k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
19

Total granted

$3.3M
$445k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
+14%

Still filing today

56%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationYouth DevelopmentScience & TechPhilanthropyOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION
    2× · 2022–2023 · $2.5M · revenue +3%
  • SJ
    SAINT JOHN'S CANCER INSTITUTE
    5× · 2018–2024 · $207k · revenue +5%
  • TS
    THE SOCIETY OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY INC
    4× · 2021–2025 · $83k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • DUKE UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +27%
  • EH
    Endeavor Health Medical Group
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +14%
  • CM
    CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CARE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +45%
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
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
2
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
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
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
5
University Medical Center Inc

To provide care to our community and to serve as a major teaching hospital for education and training in medicine, dentistry, nursing, and allied health professions.

Health
6
Usc Care Medical Group Inc

To promote health by engaging in the practice of medicine for patients of hospitals affiliated with the university of southern california keck school of medicine and elsewhere. to provide medical care to the sick and injured who may come…

Health
7
Keck Medical Center of Usc

Organization's primary activity and program service accomplishments keck medical center of usc (the organization) was organized on june 24, 2020 as a california nonprofit corporation for exclusively charitable, scientific, and educational…

Health
8
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
9
American College of Surgeons

The american college of surgeons is dedicated to improving the care of the surgical patient and to safeguarding standards of care in an optimal and ethical practice environment.

Education
10
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

As a leading academic healthcare organization, our mission is to elevate the health status of the communities we serve.(see schedule o for continuation)(continued)-we deliver exceptional healthcare enhanced by research and education-we…

Health
11
The Translational Genomics Research Institute

Please see schedule o

Health
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Providence Saint John's Health Center; the most unlike its peers is Newport Beach Junior Lifeguard Foundation. 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

20 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. 20 of the 28 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/20
Grantees still filing
10/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION: $2,514,977 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATIONTEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 · EducationTEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INCDUKE UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · Education+1 more: $25,000 · EducationJOHN WAYNE CANCER INSTITUTE AUXILIARY: $86,161 · OtherJOHN WAYNE CA…THE SOCIETY OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY INC: $83,000 · OtherTHE SOCIETY O…BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA: $75,000 · OtherBOARD OF REGE…UTMD ANDERSON: $50,000 · OtherUTMD ANDERSONWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES: $30,750 · OtherWAKE FOREST U…UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE: $25,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF…THE ANGELES CLINIC & RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $25,000 · OtherTHE ANGELES C…UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL: $25,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF…NorthShore University HealthSystem Research Institute: $25,000 · OtherNorthShore Un…+3 more: $27,362 · Other+3 moreSAINT JOHN'S CANCER INSTITUTE: $206,650 · HealthSAINT JOHN'…THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF BREAST SURGEONS FOUNDATION: $30,000 · HealthTHE AMERICA…Endeavor Health Medical Group: $25,000 · HealthEndeavor He…CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CARE FOUNDATION: $25,000 · HealthCEDARS-SINA…RICHMOND INSTITUTE FOR VETERANS RESEARCH: $25,000 · HealthRICHMOND IN…Vanderbilt University Medical Center: $25,000 · HealthVanderbilt …HUNTER SEVEN FOUNDATION: $25,000 · HealthHUNTER SEVE…+2 more: $15,287 · HealthNEWPORT BEACH JUNIOR LIFEGUARD FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE TOBY KEITH FOUNDATION INC: $17,000 · PhilanthropyGENEVA FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Science & Tech
Education$2,839,977Other$452,273Health$376,937Youth Development$25,000Philanthropy$17,000Science & Tech$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION: $2,514,977 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetSAINT JOHN'S CANCER INSTITUTE: $206,650 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOHN WAYNE CANCER INSTITUTE AUXILIARY: $86,161 over 2y, 27% of budgetTHE SOCIETY OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY INC: $83,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF BREAST SURGEONS FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetEndeavor Health Medical Group: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CARE FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Kentucky Research Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEWPORT BEACH JUNIOR LIFEGUARD FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetRICHMOND INSTITUTE FOR VETERANS RESEARCH: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetVanderbilt University Medical Center: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUNTER SEVEN FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetTHE TOBY KEITH FOUNDATION INC: $17,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGENEVA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF BREAST SURGEONS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $8,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROVIDENCE SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER: $6,787 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Johns Hopkins Univers…Paypal Charitable Giv…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Johns Hopkins UniversityMD12.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 John Wayne Cancer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John Wayne Cancer Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%4%8%15%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
    3get 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to John Wayne Cancer Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to John Wayne Cancer Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 28 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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