Illinois · Public charity
Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Foundation
The Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Foundation's mission is to eradicate breast cancer by investing in early career doctors and innovative research. Investments are directed locally within the Chicago area, but drive impact globally.
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2025
- $599,315
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $611,495
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 4 | $1.5M | 50% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $1.0M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $1.2M | 50% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $571k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $383k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $681k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $557k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $104k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern Memorial Healthcare | $3,647,826 | 7 | n/a |
| University of Chicago | $1,311,495 | 3 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $599,315 | 1 | n/a |
| Rush University Medical Center | $375,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group | $90,000 | 1 | n/a |
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About Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Foundation
- How much does Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Foundation give?
- Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $1,525,810 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (82%), Science & Tech (18%).
- Who are Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Northwestern Memorial Healthcare ($3.6M), University of Chicago ($1.3M), Northwestern University ($599k).
- Does Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Foundation based?
- Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Foundation is based in IL.
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