New Jersey · Nonprofit
AMERICAN CANCER FUND INC A NJ NON-PROFIT CORPORATION
AMERICAN CANCER FUND INC A NJ NON-PROFIT CORPORATION (New Jersey) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $271,011 to it, the largest being MATTHEW HILL FOUNDATION INC ($137,044). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $370k
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $271k
- Net assets
- $2.4M
What American Cancer Fund Inc a Nj Non-Profit Corporation does
Mission
Website and outreach events to inform individuals and groups to a simple way to understand info related to cancer
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Street fairs and outreach events across nj, pa, fl, and ny. Volunteers provide literature and cancer resources. We attented 16 events and interfaced with over 1500 folks per event
$295,826 spent52% of program spendingCancer educational program. Individual and small group sessions via phone, in person or web to assist those in need of simple, easy to understand info. Also part of info presented on our websites. Elevate the understanding of cancer. Nearly 1000 web views per day.
$88,748 spent16% of program spendingWebsite program delivery. Cancer resources and best info summarized for all affected by this disease. The website has nearly 1000 visits per day. Viewers are from all over the world. It is nearly impossible to determine how many more we have helped
$59,165 spent10% of program spendingGrant donation
$126,507 spent22% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $570,246.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $960k to $1.6M (+62%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 5% · 2023 0% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
84% of AMERICAN CANCER FUND INC A NJ NON-PROFIT CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income fell $8k → $5k.
5 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 41% 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 FUND INC A NJ NON-PROFIT CORPORATION’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 FUND INC A NJ NON-PROFIT CORPORATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 FUND INC A NJ NON-PROFIT CORPORATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 57% · 2019 100% · 2020 51% · 2021 93% · 2022 92% · 2023 94% — 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
20% of AMERICAN CANCER FUND INC A NJ NON-PROFIT CORPORATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 39% 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
AMERICAN CANCER FUND INC A NJ NON-PROFIT CORPORATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New Jersey, across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $112k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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 FUND INC A NJ NON-PROFIT CORPORATION's revenue fell 30% between 2018 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like AMERICAN CANCER FUND INC A NJ NON-PROFIT CORPORATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 3 states
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN CANCER FUND INC A NJ NON-PROFIT CORPORATION?
- AMERICAN CANCER FUND INC A NJ NON-PROFIT CORPORATION (New Jersey) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $271,011 to it, the largest being MATTHEW HILL FOUNDATION INC ($137,044). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN CANCER FUND INC A NJ NON-PROFIT CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $271,011 in grants to AMERICAN CANCER FUND INC A NJ NON-PROFIT CORPORATION, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN CANCER FUND INC A NJ NON-PROFIT CORPORATION?
- MATTHEW HILL FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $137,044 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN CANCER FUND INC A NJ NON-PROFIT CORPORATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 18 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