New York · Public charity
Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation
The SAMUEL WAXMAN CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION (the "foundation") funds innovative research to bring faster cures to patients. In addition to supporting ongoing collaborative research in specific cancers, our scientists are investigating the biology of cancer to find treatments across the disease.
- $618k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $80,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $112,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $125k 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 | $618k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $1.3M | 10% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $1.1M | 25% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $487k | 19% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $1.5M | 15% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $1.1M | 24% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $1.2M | 12% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $1.2M | 21% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | $2,310,443 | 8 | 0% |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | $1,251,201 | 8 | 0% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $701,763 | 9 | 0% |
| Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Inc | $600,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Salk Institute for Biological Studies | $550,000 | 8 | 0% |
| University of California San Francisco | $369,167 | 8 | n/a |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $300,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $287,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $280,000 | 8 | n/a |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $254,938 | 8 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | $2,310,443 | 8 | 0% |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | $1,251,201 | 8 | 0% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $701,763 | 9 | 0% |
| Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Inc | $600,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Salk Institute for Biological Studies | $550,000 | 8 | 0% |
| University of California San Francisco | $369,167 | 8 | n/a |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $300,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $287,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $280,000 | 8 | n/a |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $254,938 | 8 | n/a |
| City of Hope | $225,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Miami | $225,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Utmd Anderson | $215,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Albert Einstein College of Medicine | $210,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research | $197,252 | 8 | 0% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $175,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Weill Medical College of Cornell Univers | $165,000 | 8 | n/a |
| University of Chicago | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Leidos Biomedical Research Inc | $125,000 | 5 | n/a |
| University of Florida | $120,706 | 6 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ben Towne Center of Childhood Cancer Research | $62,500 | 1 | n/a |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $62,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Seattle Children's Hospital | $62,500 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Maryland College Park | $62,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Northwestern University | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Baltimore | $55,634 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Regents Univ of California | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New York University | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sianai | $29,099 | 1 | n/a |
| Buck Institute for Research on Aging | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | $10,154 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($55k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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About Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation
- How much does Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation give?
- Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $617,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (67%), Science & Tech (30%), Education (3%).
- Who are Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai ($2.3M), Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center ($1.3M), Johns Hopkins University ($702k).
- Does Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation based?
- Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation is based in NY.
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