California · Public charity
Teen Cancer America Inc
The mission of teen cancer america is to increase survival and improve the lives of adolescents and young adults with cancer by transforming health systems to better serve their needs.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $101,250
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $238,007
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 60% of the organizations Teen Cancer America Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 80% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 20% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $438k 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 | 12 | $1.2M | 58% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $548k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $1.2M | 80% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $2.0M | 88% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $2.1M | 100% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $1.3M | 100% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $420k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wake Forest University Health Sciences | $590,382 | 2 | 0% |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | $550,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwestern Memorial Healthcare | $464,783 | 1 | n/a |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $430,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford | $412,000 | 1 | 0% |
| M D Anderson Services Corporation | $400,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Duke University | $400,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | $390,329 | 2 | n/a |
| Prisma Health | $362,700 | 2 | 0% |
| Trustees of Tufts College | $348,908 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wake Forest University Health Sciences | $590,382 | 2 | 0% |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | $550,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwestern Memorial Healthcare | $464,783 | 1 | n/a |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $430,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford | $412,000 | 1 | 0% |
| M D Anderson Services Corporation | $400,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Duke University | $400,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | $390,329 | 2 | n/a |
| Prisma Health | $362,700 | 2 | 0% |
| Trustees of Tufts College | $348,908 | 1 | 0% |
| University Health Foundation | $296,000 | 1 | 16% |
| The Ohio State University | $295,942 | 1 | n/a |
| University of California Davis | $282,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Children's National | $280,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $270,206 | 2 | n/a |
| Indiana University Health Inc | $268,862 | 1 | 0% |
| Connecticut Children's Medical Center | $250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shands Teaching Hospital and Clinics Inc | $238,007 | 1 | 0% |
| The Cleveland Clinic Foundation | $236,250 | 2 | 0% |
| State University of Iowa | $232,437 | 1 | n/a |
| Nationwide Childrens Hospital Inc | $171,598 | 1 | n/a |
| Mercy Health Foundation St Louis | $160,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Mayo Clinic | $149,580 | 1 | n/a |
| Norton Children's Hospital | $132,311 | 1 | n/a |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $130,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc | $110,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rush University Medical Center | $101,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwestern Memorial Healthcare | $100,590 | 3 | n/a |
| Christiana Care Health System Inc | $91,912 | 1 | 19% |
| The Nemours Foundation | $91,912 | 1 | n/a |
| The Medstar-Georgetown Medical Center Inc | $82,950 | 1 | 0% |
| Children's Health Care Foundation | $49,920 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Miami | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Christiana Care Health Services Inc | $7,275 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($420k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Teen Cancer America Inc 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: American Cancer Society Inc · American Heart Association Inc · Child's Play · Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc · United Way Worldwide · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
About Teen Cancer America Inc
- How much does Teen Cancer America Inc give?
- Teen Cancer America Inc reported 12 grants totaling $1,214,650 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Teen Cancer America Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (72%), Education (28%).
- Who are Teen Cancer America Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Wake Forest University Health Sciences ($590k), Vanderbilt University Medical Center ($550k), Northwestern Memorial Healthcare ($465k).
- Does Teen Cancer America Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Teen Cancer America Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Cancer Society Inc, American Heart Association Inc, Child's Play.
- Where is Teen Cancer America Inc based?
- Teen Cancer America Inc is based in CA.
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