New York · Nonprofit
AMERICAN CANCER ASSOCIATION INC
AMERICAN CANCER ASSOCIATION INC (New York) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $338,305 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM AND MAY D NORRIS FOUND FOUNDATION ($169,933). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2019
- $15k
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $338k
- Net assets
- $0
What American Cancer Association Inc does
Mission
The purpose of this organization is to provide support and comfort through a very difficult time. We employ a direct and personal approach, recognizing that each individual has his unique journey and perspective. Additionally, we provide moraland psychological support to their caregivers and family members who are affected by the disease. We are sensitive to the fact some of us are tough in the face of the myriad of challenges, and some are fragile, and most are somewhere in between. Consequently, we strive to tailor our involvement in a way that best suits each individual's needs. Our staff is thoroughly trained to recognize the range and variation of each individuals' "journey" in our effort to achieve optimal results. We work with doulas, who embrace their task with strength and sensitivity.
As stated on its FY2019 Form 990-EZ.
Program
We, at ACA , are devoted to re-mediating this situation. Ours is a threefold approach:1) Firstly, we intend to raise awareness of this critical situation. With alarming crises (both natural and man made)occurring periodically, public attention is pulled in multiple directions.Consequently, the continuing devastation continues unabated. It is our intention to raise awareness of this situation, and sustain that awareness.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $13k → $42k.
5 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN CANCER ASSOCIATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
AMERICAN CANCER ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
38% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AMERICAN CANCER ASSOCIATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 57% · 2020 69% · 2021 42% · 2022 76% · 2023 55% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
38% of AMERICAN CANCER ASSOCIATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
78% of AMERICAN CANCER ASSOCIATION INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $119k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
AMERICAN CANCER ASSOCIATION INC's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 6 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,586 health nonprofits under $100k, FY2019
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN CANCER ASSOCIATION INC?
- AMERICAN CANCER ASSOCIATION INC (New York) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $338,305 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM AND MAY D NORRIS FOUND FOUNDATION ($169,933). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN CANCER ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $338,305 in grants to AMERICAN CANCER ASSOCIATION INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN CANCER ASSOCIATION INC?
- THE WILLIAM AND MAY D NORRIS FOUND FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $169,933 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN CANCER ASSOCIATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2019 (financials across 2019–2019), and the filings of 17 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing