Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 40 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,421,621 to it, the largest being THE METHODIST HOSPITAL ($2,075,000). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 40
- Grants received
- $4.4M
- Net assets
- $10M
What American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Inc does
Mission
Driven by a vision to end cancer as we know it for everyone, the american cancer society cancer action network, inc. (acs can) advocates for evidence-based public policies to reduce the cancer burden by engaging advocates across the country to make their voices heard to influence legislative and regulatory solutions. As the american cancer society inc.'s nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy affiliate, acs can is making cancer a top priority for public officials and candidates at the federal, state, and local levels.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Access to care - access to quality, affordable health care is an essential piece of acs can's mission to reduce the cancer burden for everyone. Insurance status directly impacts health outcomes, and existing disparities in cancer care are largely attributed to barriers in accessing health care services, including lack of adequate coverage. Acs can mobilizes people with cancer, their families and caregivers across the nation to break down these barriers and advocate to ensure everyone can access the health care they deserve.
$8,199,907 spentof which $443,085 as grants71% of program spendingCancer prevention and screening - acs can engages in supporting public policy that prevents cancer, addressing risk factors for cancer such as limiting tobacco use, promoting healthy eating and active living and addressing access to early detection through cancer screenings. Acs can engages those with a lived experience of cancer to advocate for evidence-based interventions that prevent cancer and ensure early detection of cancer.
$2,826,213 spentof which $60,000 as grants24% of program spendingAccelerating cures - cancer research saves lives. Every new breakthrough is a step toward ending cancer as we know it, for everyone. As the largest funder of basic cancer research, the federal government serves a critical role in advancing innovative ways to understand, prevent, detect, treat and survive cancer. Acs can energizes people with cancer, their families and caregivers to knowledgeably advocate for sustained and meaningful cancer research that benefits all americans.
$579,897 spentof which $2,000 as grants5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $11,606,017.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2021 to 2022, from $19M to $29M (+55%).
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: 2019 1% · 2020 2% · 2021 2% · 2022 2% · 2023 2% · 2024 3% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Wayne A I Frederick Md Mba Facs
Interim CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 11 funders to 10 funders, grant income fell $580k → $186k.
3 of 40 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $174M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest American Cancer Society Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC raised.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 40 funders by total. 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 SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 63%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 17% · 2019 81% · 2020 17% · 2021 62% · 2022 25% · 2023 19% — 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
14% of AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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 SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC draws 87% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 20 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $701k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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 SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC's revenue fell 69% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,843 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 29 states
Part of a family of 5 related entities
- American Cancer Society Inc · exempt
- Acs Development Company II Inc · exempt
- American Cancer Society Inc Puerto Rico · exempt
- Acs Capital Inc · exempt
- Acs Development I Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC?
- AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 40 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,421,621 to it, the largest being THE METHODIST HOSPITAL ($2,075,000). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC have?
- IRS filings report 40 organizations giving $4,421,621 in grants to AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC, 23 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC?
- THE METHODIST HOSPITAL is the largest funder on record, with $2,075,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 40 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