North Carolina · Public charity
Lung Cancer Initiative
Our mission is to advance survivorship and provide support to those affected by lung cancer through research, education, and access programs.
- $388k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $378k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $37,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $137,314
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Lung Cancer Initiative funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $86k 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 | 8 | $378k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $382k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $466k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $338k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $333k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $245k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $365k | 56% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $330k | 86% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $1,164,750 | 8 | n/a |
| Duke University | $397,314 | 8 | 0% |
| The V Foundation | $350,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Wake Forest University Health Sciences | $350,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Atrium Health Foundation | $182,340 | 8 | 0% |
| Lungevity Foundation Inc | $150,000 | 4 | 0% |
| East Carolina University Foundation Inc | $145,832 | 7 | 0% |
| Nc State University | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The University of North Carolina at Greensboro | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lung Cancer Research Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 27 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($50k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lung Cancer Initiative supplied at peak.
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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: The Duke Endowment · North Carolina Healthcare Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Lung Cancer Initiative
- How much does Lung Cancer Initiative give?
- Lung Cancer Initiative reported 8 itemized grants totaling $378,066, out of $388,066 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Lung Cancer Initiative fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (71%), Science & Tech (22%), Education (7%).
- Who are Lung Cancer Initiative's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ($1.2M), Duke University ($397k), The V Foundation ($350k).
- Does Lung Cancer Initiative fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Lung Cancer Initiative?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Duke Endowment, North Carolina Healthcare Foundation Inc, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Lung Cancer Initiative based?
- Lung Cancer Initiative is based in NC.
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