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Leukemia Research Foundation

To cure leukemia by funding innovative research, and to support patients and families.

$2.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Health$6.4MScience & Tech$3.5MEducation$691k
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 13 grants below total $1,950,000 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $2,100,000 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $150,000 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

$150,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO$150,000
WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY$150,000
MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI$150,000
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL$150,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON$150,000
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY - CHICAGO CAMPUS RUBLOFF BUILDING 7TH FLOOR$150,000
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN ST LOUIS$150,000
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA - TWIN CITIES$150,000
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE$150,000
BECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE CITY OF HOPE$150,000
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN ST LOUIS$150,000
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY FEINBERG SCHOOL OF MEDICINE$150,000
CITY OF HOPE COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER$150,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 82% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL (MASS GENERAL): $100k → 8%DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE: $100k → 16%MAYO CLINIC: $200k → 9%REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA - TWIN CITIES: $150k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE: $150k → 11%THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $100k → 12%TEMPLE UNIVERSITY: $100k → 22%THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $100k → 7%STANFORD UNIVERSITY: $100k → 8%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO: $200k → 11%CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES: $100k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $100k → 14%THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON: $150k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI HEALTH SYSTEMS: $150k → 15%WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN ST LOUIS: $150k → 11%WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN ST LOUIS: $150k → 20%THE JACKSON LABORATORY FOR GENOMIC MEDICINE: $150k → 11%ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $145k → 17%EMORY UNIVERSITY: $150k → 14%INDIANA UNIVERSITY: $200k → 18%THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: $145k → 15%CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $145k → 16%SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $150k → 9%COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: $150k → 19%MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $150k → 16%MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER: $145k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $145k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO: $145k → 11%CITY OF HOPE COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER: $150k → 14%WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY: $150k → 17%BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE: $145k → 16%MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI: $150k → 15%INDIANA UNIVERSITY: $150k → 18%LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $250k → 14%JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $145k → 19%BECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE CITY OF HOPE: $150k → 14%WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY: $150k → 17%WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN STLOUIS: $145k → 16%NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY FEINBERG SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $150k → 14%JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $145k → 19%UNIVERSITY OF PENN PERELMAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $145k → 22%BECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE CITY OF HOPE: $145k → 14%ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $150k → 17%MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $150k → 16%BECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE CITY OF HOPE: $145k → 14%ICHAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $145k → 17%NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY - CHICAGO CAMPUS RUBLOFF BUILDING 7TH FLOOR: $150k → 14%THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $150k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

WA
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
NE
MO
MD
TN
NC
AL
GA
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

50%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$4.8M · 14 repeat orgs$4.8M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +39% since the first grant, against +25% for the ones you funded once.

14 repeat relationships — 7 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
32

Total granted

$4.8M
$3.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+25%

Still filing today

57%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $900k 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
HealthEducationRecreation & SportsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2020–2025 · $595k · revenue +16%
  • ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI
    3× · 2020–2024 · $395k · revenue +39%
  • JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2021–2023 · $391k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • BR
    BECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE CITY OF HOPE
    one grant, 2023 · $291k · revenue +25%
  • LU
    LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $250k · revenue +29%
  • IU
    Indiana University Health Incgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $200k · revenue +25%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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
2
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
3
University of Minnesota Physicians

University of minnesota physicians serves as the integrated group practice for the university of minnesota medical school full-time faculty to provide the highest quality healthcare to patients and their families.university of minnesota…

Health
4
Thomas Jefferson University

Thomas jefferson university ("tju") is a comprehensive university with preeminence in transdisciplinary, experiential professional education, research and discovery, delivering exceptional value for the 21st century students with…

Education
5
Rush University Medical Center

The mission of Rush is to improve the health of the individuals and diverse communities we serve through the integration of outstanding patient care, education, research and community partnerships.

Health
6
University of Chicago Medical Center

Our mission at the university of chicago medicine is to provide superior health care through rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing. in partnership with our colleagues, we pursue life-changing…

Health
7
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
8
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

We educate the next generation of leaders to improve the health of our society.

Education
9
Drexel University

Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…

Education
10
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
11
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
12
Truman Medical Center Incorporated

University health is an academic health center providing accessible, state-of-the-art quality healthcare to our community regardless of the ability to pay.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is City of Hope and the most unlike its peers is Partnership for Cures. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 57 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr14%3%5–10yr19%18%10–20yr16%10%20–35yr13%18%35–55yr16%51%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%4%5–10yr19%16%10–20yr16%8%20–35yr13%14%35–55yr16%58%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/54
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,511

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

33 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 33 of the 54 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/33
Grantees still filing
27/33
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

UTMD ANDERSON — $510,808 · OtherUTMD ANDERSONMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED — $400,000 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATEDREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN DIEGO — $345,340 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA…Weill Medical College of Cornell Univers — $300,000 · OtherWeill Medical College of Cornell Univer…THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY — $245,333 · OtherTHE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITYREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN — $200,000 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA — $150,000 · OtherIndiana University School of Medicine — $150,000 · Other+14 more — $1,370,000 · Other+14 moreWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY — $595,340 · EducationWASHINGTON UNIVERSITYTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — $445,340 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVA…ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI — $395,337 · EducationICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAIJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — $390,680 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYUniversity of Miami — $300,000 · EducationUniversity of MiamiUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — $295,340 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGHLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO — $250,000 · EducationLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOUniversity of Chicago — $150,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK — $150,000 · EducationEmory University — $150,000 · EducationBaylor College of Medicine — $145,340 · Education+4 more — $400,000 · Education+4 moreCITY OF HOPE — $350,000 · HealthCITY OF HOPEMAYO CLINIC — $345,337 · HealthMAYO CLINICBECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE CITY OF HOPE — $290,677 · HealthBECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $245,340 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH H…Indiana University Health Inc — $200,000 · HealthIndiana University Health IncDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc — $200,000 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Institute …THE JACKSON LABORATORY — $150,000 · HealthTHE JACKSON LABORATORYCITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER — $150,000 · HealthCITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL…SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL — $150,000 · HealthSEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITALCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER — $145,340 · HealthFox Chase Cancer Center Medical GroupIn — $100,000 · HealthCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER — $100,000 · HealthThe Institute For Cancer Research — $100,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital Los Angeles — $100,000 · HealthATRIUM HEALTH FOUNDATION — $100,000 · Health+1 more — $75,000 · HealthNorthwestern University — $450,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$3,671,481Education$3,667,377Health$2,801,694Recreation & Sports$450,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY — $595,340 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — $445,340 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI — $395,337 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — $390,680 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCITY OF HOPE — $350,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMAYO CLINIC — $345,337 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Miami — $300,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — $295,340 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE CITY OF HOPE — $290,677 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO — $250,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $245,340 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIndiana University Health Inc — $200,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc — $200,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JACKSON LABORATORY — $150,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Chicago — $150,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK — $150,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEmory University — $150,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL — $150,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER — $145,340 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBaylor College of Medicine — $145,340 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFox Chase Cancer Center Medical GroupIn — $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER — $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Institute For Cancer Research — $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER — $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew York University — $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles — $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education — $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPartnership for Cures — $75,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The V FoundationVanderbilt University…Mayo ClinicAmerican Cancer Socie…Charities Aid Foundat…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
The V FoundationNC15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The V Foundation · Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Mayo Clinic · American Cancer Society Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Leukemia Research Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Johns Hopkins University — 12% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc — 7% of income from government
  • University of Miami — 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Leukemia Research Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Leukemia Research 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 54 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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