California · Public charity
Tower Cancer Research Foundation
Through local investments, we advance groundbreaking cancer research and profoundly support people affected by the disease to create outsized impact in southern california and beyond.
- $890k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $190k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $49,920
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations Tower Cancer Research Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 66% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 34% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $683k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 8 | $190k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $1.0M | 38% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $885k | 9% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $890k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $830k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $470k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $1.4M | 56% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $1.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | $1,926,614 | 7 | n/a |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | $961,899 | 5 | 0% |
| City of Hope | $955,038 | 4 | 0% |
| Cedars Sinai Advancement | $320,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents Univ of California | $218,120 | 1 | n/a |
| Project Angel Food | $193,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | $160,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Our House Grief Support Center | $120,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Regents of the University of California at Irvine | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 36 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Tower Cancer Research Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 28 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 · Orange County Community Foundation · California Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Tower Cancer Research Foundation
- How much does Tower Cancer Research Foundation give?
- Tower Cancer Research Foundation reported 8 itemized grants totaling $189,920, out of $889,920 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Tower Cancer Research Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (55%), Science & Tech (34%), Education (6%).
- Who are Tower Cancer Research Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Regents of the University of California at San Diego ($1.9M), Cedars-Sinai Medical Center ($962k), City of Hope ($955k).
- Does Tower Cancer Research Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Tower Cancer Research Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Cancer Society Inc, Orange County Community Foundation, California Community Foundation.
- Where is Tower Cancer Research Foundation based?
- Tower Cancer Research Foundation is based in CA.
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