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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 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.

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 13 grants below total $1,950,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,100,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $150,000 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.
$150,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL$150,000
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA - TWIN CITIES$150,000
BECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE CITY OF HOPE$150,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO$150,000
WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY$150,000
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN ST LOUIS$150,000
CITY OF HOPE COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER$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
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY FEINBERG SCHOOL OF MEDICINE$150,000
MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI$150,000
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE$150,000
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 (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 82% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its 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%WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN STLOUIS: $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%BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE: $145k → 16%NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY - CHICAGO CAMPUS RUBLOFF BUILDING 7TH FLOOR: $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 FEINBERG SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $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
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

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

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

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +25% for those 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
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

  • 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 HOPEgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $291k · revenue +45%
  • LU
    LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $250k · revenue +29%
  • IU
    Indiana University Health Incgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $200k · revenue +25%
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
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is City of Hope; 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.
04the grantee network

33 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. 33 of the 54 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/33
Grantees still filing
27/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 MICHIGANIndiana University School of Medicine: $150,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: $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 CHICAGOEmory University: $150,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $150,000 · EducationUniversity of Chicago: $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…Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $200,000 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Institute …Indiana University Health Inc: $200,000 · HealthIndiana University Health IncTHE 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 · HealthThe Institute For Cancer Research: $100,000 · HealthATRIUM HEALTH FOUNDATION: $100,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $100,000 · HealthCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $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 grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's 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 budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIndiana University Health Inc: $200,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JACKSON LABORATORY: $150,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEmory University: $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 budgetUniversity of Chicago: $150,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER: $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 budgetNew York University: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFox Chase Cancer Center Medical GroupIn: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Institute For Cancer Research: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $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 budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPartnership for Cures: $75,000 over 1y, 5.0% 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.

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

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's 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
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 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 54 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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