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The Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation

Fibrolamellar cancer foundation,(the "foundation") was established to raise awareness and research funds for fibrolamellar carcinoma, a rare form of liver cancer that is primarily seen in teens and young adults.

$1.7M
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$400k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Science & Tech$5.2MHealth$5.0MEducation$1.3M
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $1,402,248, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,654,708 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $252,460 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $663k
  • $250k+2 grants · $724k
$199,996
Median grant
3
States reached
$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
X-CHEM INC$400,000
SEVEN BRIDGES GENOMICS INC$324,000
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$200,000
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER$199,996
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN$138,212
FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER CENTER$125,000
DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE$15,040
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 71% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%X-CHEM INC: $400k → 8%BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $50k → 16%STANFORD UNIVERSITY: $50k → 7%DRACEN PHARMACEUTICALS INC: $2.4M → 11%CORNELL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE: $389k → 16%CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTION: $351k → 17%The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center: $250k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN: $138k → 10%ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL: $200k → 17%University of North Carolina: $50k → 13%CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $318k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: $540k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT: $50k → 10%JOHNS HOPKINS: $200k → 19%The Broad Institute: $285k → 8%Boston Children's Hospital: $50k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO: $165k → 11%Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine: $250k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN: $50k → 10%ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL: $200k → 17%Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center: $50k → 16%University of Washington: $310k → 9%Johns Hopkins: $90k → 19%MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER: $200k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO: $165k → 11%CORNELL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE: $250k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN: $25k → 10%University of Washington: $270k → 9%Johns Hopkins: $90k → 19%DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE: $34k → 16%Cornell University: $223k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN: $20k → 10%UIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: $270k → 9%JOHNS HOPKINS: $50k → 19%MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER: $200k → 16%Cornell University: $200k → 16%UIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: $270k → 9%JOHNS HOPKINS: $50k → 19%DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE: $15k → 16%CORNELL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE: $129k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: $200k → 9%Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center: $156k → 16%Cornell University: $100k → 16%University of Washington: $180k → 9%SEVEN BRIDGES GENOMICS INC: $324k → 16%FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER CENTER: $125k → 9%FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER CENTER: $125k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
WA
MI
NY
MA
OH
CA
MD
TN
NC
TX

Grants abroad, by region: $252k on the FY2024 return

Schedule F, as filed: 1 region. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$252k · 100% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.3M · 13 repeat orgs$4.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against +44% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
6

Total granted

$7.3M
$3.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+44%

Still filing today

62%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $724k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • Cornell University
    7× · 2017–2023 · $1.5M · revenue +59%
  • JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2019–2023 · $479k · revenue +25%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $400k · revenue +59%

Funded once

  • DP
    DRACEN PHARMACEUTICALS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $2.4M
  • CR
    CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC
    one grant, 2020 · $351k · revenue -5%
  • TB
    The Broad Institute Incgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $285k · revenue +44%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
2
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
3
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
4
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
5
Hugo W Moser Research Institute At Kennedy Krieger Inc

The hugo w. moser research institute at kennedy krieger, inc. (the "research institute") is an internationally recognized research facility finding answers to problems and injuries that affect a child's developing brain. researchers have…

Science & Tech
6
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

As a leading academic healthcare organization, our mission is to elevate the health status of the communities we serve.(see schedule o for continuation)(continued)-we deliver exceptional healthcare enhanced by research and education-we…

Health
7
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

We educate the next generation of leaders to improve the health of our society.

Education
8
Rhode Island Hospital

As a founding hospital in the brown university health system, rih is committed to its mission: delivering health with care.

Health
9
Children's Research Institute

Children's research institute dba children's national research institute conducts and promotes translational and clinical medical research and education programs that lead to improved understanding, prevention, treatment, and care of…

Health
10
University of Minnesota Physicians

University of minnesota physicians serves as the integrated group practice for the university of minnesota medical school full-time faculty to provide the highest quality healthcare to patients and their families.university of minnesota…

Health
11
Children's Hospital & Research Center At Oakland

The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.

Health
12
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 22 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
10/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DRACEN PHARMACEUTICALS INC: $2,404,179 · OtherDRACEN PHARMACEUTICALS INCUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: $2,040,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO: $702,158 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCOMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $555,993 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATEDX-CHEM INC: $400,000 · OtherX-CHEM INCREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN DIEGO: $330,000 · OtherSEVEN BRIDGES GENOMICS INC: $324,000 · OtherUTMD ANDERSON: $250,000 · Other+3 more: $332,611 · OtherCornell University: $1,540,212 · EducationCornell UniversityJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $479,425 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSIT…DUKE UNIVERSITY: $291,666 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITY+1 more: $49,500 · EducationST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $400,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'…CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $367,814 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPIT…CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $351,000 · HealthCANCER RESEARCH I…The Broad Institute Inc: $285,240 · HealthThe Broad Institu…Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center: $250,000 · HealthFred Hutchinson C…Children's Hospital Corporation: $99,899 · HealthChildren's Hospit…+1 more: $49,414 · Health
Other$7,338,941Education$2,360,803Health$1,803,367

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCornell University: $1,540,212 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $479,425 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $400,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $367,814 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $351,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $291,666 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Broad Institute Inc: $285,240 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFred Hutchinson Cancer Center: $250,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $99,899 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $49,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $49,414 over 2y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds Cornell University ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds The Broad Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Corporation ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ↗

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • The Broad Institute Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to The Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 22 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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