North Carolina · Public charity
Kay Yow Cancer Foundation Inc
The mission of kay yow cancer fund is to be a part of finding an answer in the fight against all cancers affecting women; through raising money for scientific research, assisting the underserved, and unifying people for a common cause.
- $750k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 78%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 11
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 78% of the organizations Kay Yow Cancer Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 55% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $450k 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 | 16 | $750k | 81% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $825k | 78% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $350k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $450k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $50k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $600k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $750k | 75% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $500k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The V Foundation | $2,250,000 | 8 | 2% |
| The Rex Healthcare Foundation Inc | $350,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Unc Health Foundation Inc | $275,000 | 3 | 0% |
| H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute Foundation Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Cleveland Clinic Foundation | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Carle Development Foundation | $150,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mount Nittany Health System | $150,000 | 1 | 31% |
| Masonic Cancer Center Fund Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Saint Barnabas Health Care System Foundation | $75,000 | 2 | 2% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The V Foundation | $2,250,000 | 8 | 2% |
| The Rex Healthcare Foundation Inc | $350,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Unc Health Foundation Inc | $275,000 | 3 | 0% |
| H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute Foundation Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Cleveland Clinic Foundation | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Carle Development Foundation | $150,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mount Nittany Health System | $150,000 | 1 | 31% |
| Masonic Cancer Center Fund Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Saint Barnabas Health Care System Foundation | $75,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Equal Hope | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sisters Network | $50,000 | 1 | 63% |
| Candler Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| St Luke's Hospital of Bethlehem Pa | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Navicent Health Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nevada Health Centers Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Carilion Clinic Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hampton Roads Cancer Care Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Multicare Foundations | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($350k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Kay Yow Cancer Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 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: American Cancer Society Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Kay Yow Cancer Foundation Inc
- How much does Kay Yow Cancer Foundation Inc give?
- Kay Yow Cancer Foundation Inc reported 16 grants totaling $750,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Kay Yow Cancer Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (97%), Human Services (3%).
- Who are Kay Yow Cancer Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The V Foundation ($2.3M), The Rex Healthcare Foundation Inc ($350k), Unc Health Foundation Inc ($275k).
- Does Kay Yow Cancer Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 78% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Kay Yow Cancer Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Cancer Society Inc, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, The Blackbaud Giving Fund.
- Where is Kay Yow Cancer Foundation Inc based?
- Kay Yow Cancer Foundation Inc is based in NC.
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