New York · Public charity
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc
The mission of the breast cancer research foundation, inc. Is to prevent and cure breast cancer by advancing the world's most promising research.
- $72M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 76
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 68
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $61M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $450,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,996,194
- Organizations funded a year
- 60 to 68
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 30
- Total assets, FY2025
- $220M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 42% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23M went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
EducationHealthScience & TechInternationalPhilanthropyPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 68 | $55M | 9% |
| FY2024 | 68 | $54M | 22% |
| FY2023 | 66 | $44M | 12% |
| FY2022 | 60 | $36M | 7% |
| FY2021 | 61 | $34M | 7% |
| FY2020 | 63 | $32M | 11% |
| FY2019 | 60 | $47M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 65 | $50M | 6% |
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What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Health$442MEducation$13MScience & Tech$3.2M
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
KS
TN
NC
DC
HI
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johns Hopkins University | $47,520,029 | 8 | n/a |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $29,076,348 | 9 | 0% |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | $27,053,243 | 8 | n/a |
| University of Pittsburgh | $15,469,214 | 9 | 0% |
| University of North Carolina Chapel Hill | $15,140,864 | 8 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $14,231,750 | 9 | n/a |
| University of California San Francisco | $12,723,789 | 8 | n/a |
| Johns Hopkins University | $12,375,064 | 1 | 0% |
| Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology | $12,079,528 | 9 | 5% |
| Utmd Anderson | $11,827,018 | 9 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johns Hopkins University | $47,520,029 | 8 | n/a |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $29,076,348 | 9 | 0% |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | $27,053,243 | 8 | n/a |
| University of Pittsburgh | $15,469,214 | 9 | 0% |
| University of North Carolina Chapel Hill | $15,140,864 | 8 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $14,231,750 | 9 | n/a |
| University of California San Francisco | $12,723,789 | 8 | n/a |
| Johns Hopkins University | $12,375,064 | 1 | 0% |
| Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology | $12,079,528 | 9 | 5% |
| Utmd Anderson | $11,827,018 | 9 | n/a |
| Cornell University | $8,513,366 | 9 | 0% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $8,287,659 | 9 | n/a |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $7,307,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | $7,064,562 | 9 | 0% |
| Regents Univ of California | $6,929,253 | 9 | n/a |
| Vanderbilt University | $6,262,997 | 9 | 0% |
| University of Washington | $6,193,567 | 8 | n/a |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc | $5,920,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Rockefeller University | $5,565,807 | 9 | 0% |
| Harvard Medical School | $5,548,115 | 8 | n/a |
| Yeshiva University | $5,370,000 | 8 | 0% |
| University of Chicago | $5,055,385 | 9 | 0% |
| American Association for Cancer Research Inc | $4,343,500 | 9 | 1% |
| Ohio State University Research Foundation | $4,201,519 | 9 | 4% |
| Washington University | $4,030,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital Corporation | $4,029,887 | 9 | 0% |
| Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey | $3,960,000 | 9 | n/a |
| University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute | $3,779,865 | 9 | 0% |
| Georgetown University | $3,663,295 | 9 | 0% |
| University of Miami | $3,446,605 | 6 | 0% |
| Roswell Park Cancer Institute | $3,415,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | $3,223,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | $3,175,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology Foundation | $3,170,058 | 6 | 3% |
| Northwestern University | $3,104,653 | 9 | 0% |
| Indiana University School of Medicine | $3,096,305 | 9 | n/a |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $3,005,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | $2,977,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University | $2,939,998 | 9 | 0% |
| Nyu Langone Hospitals | $2,862,823 | 9 | 0% |
| Oregon Health & Science University Foundation | $2,519,358 | 9 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | $2,465,000 | 9 | n/a |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $2,324,720 | 1 | n/a |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $2,069,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Trustees of Boston University | $2,039,394 | 3 | 0% |
| Research Foundation of the City University of New York | $2,015,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Methodist Hospital | $2,015,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Loyola University of Chicago | $2,015,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | $1,969,935 | 9 | n/a |
| Duke University | $1,889,514 | 9 | 0% |
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | $1,881,744 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Wisconsin Madison | $1,844,967 | 8 | n/a |
| Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research | $1,841,250 | 9 | 0% |
| Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope | $1,615,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Michigan State University | $1,565,000 | 7 | n/a |
| The Salk Institute for Biological Studies | $1,565,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Cleveland Clinic | $1,564,182 | 7 | n/a |
| Hmh Hospitals Corporation | $1,480,000 | 7 | 0% |
| American Committee for Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem Inc | $1,377,700 | 4 | 3% |
| Trustees of Tufts College | $1,340,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | $1,091,667 | 4 | 0% |
| Young Survival Coalition Inc | $1,040,000 | 5 | 9% |
| Health Research Inc | $950,093 | 1 | 0% |
| Ecog Research & Education Foundation Inc | $925,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | $925,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Ecog-Acrin Medical Research Foundation Inc | $900,000 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Utah | $900,000 | 4 | n/a |
| American Society for Radiation Oncology | $885,000 | 7 | 1% |
| University of Arizona Foundation | $750,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Morehouse School of Medicine | $725,835 | 3 | 0% |
| Coalition of Cancer Cooperative Groups | $725,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Albert Einstein College of Medicine Inc | $675,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Emory University | $625,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Thomas Jefferson University | $603,522 | 3 | 0% |
| American College of Radiology | $533,333 | 1 | 0% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $525,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Central Florida Research Foundation Inc | $500,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Regents of the University of California at Irvine | $500,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | $500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jhpiego Corporation | $477,403 | 1 | 0% |
| Trustees for Harvard University | $474,424 | 1 | 1% |
| University of Washington Foundation | $450,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Hawaii | $450,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Cente | $449,907 | 1 | n/a |
| The University of Tennessee Foundation Inc | $445,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Upmc | $425,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Larry Ellison Foundation | $415,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Cleveland Clinic Foundation | $391,667 | 2 | 0% |
| University of California San Diego | $365,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc | $365,000 | 2 | 0% |
| H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute Foundation Inc | $330,995 | 2 | 1% |
| Ut Southwestern Health Systems | $325,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic | $250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New York Foundling | $250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Harvard Medical Sc | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nsabp Foundation Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Board of the University of Alabama | $225,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Hawaii Foundation | $225,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $225,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope | $225,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Illinois Foundation | $225,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas A&M Research Foundation | $175,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Society of Preventive Oncology Inc | $120,000 | 3 | 13% |
| American Brain Tumor Association | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Rochester | $81,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Plato Foundation | $80,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Radiation Oncology Institute | $50,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Nrg Oncology Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| International Society of Breast Pathology Inc | $30,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Breast Cancer Think Tank Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Gordon Research Conferences Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Li Fraumeni Syndrome Association Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Share Self-Help for Women With Breast or Ovarian Cancer Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 78.
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.
American Cancer Society IncGA25.2× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: American Cancer Society Inc · Johns Hopkins University · Washington University · Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology Foundation · Cornell University · Mayo Clinic · University of Pittsburgh · The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · Georgetown University · Metavivor Research and Support Inc · Alliance Nctn Foundation · Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
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.
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About The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc
- How much does The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc give?
- The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc reported 76 itemized grants totaling $61,108,218, out of $71,947,853 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 60 and 68 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (97%), Education (3%), Science & Tech (1%).
- Who are The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Johns Hopkins University ($48M), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ($29M), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center ($27M).
- Does The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Cancer Society Inc, Johns Hopkins University, Washington University.
- Where is The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc based?
- The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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