Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY
CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 112 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,568,422 to it, the largest being BARBARA BRADLEY BAEKGAARD FAMILY FOUNDATION C/O JOAN BYRNE HALL TRUSTEE ($743,007). 54 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $8.6M
- Funders on record
- 112
- Grants received
- $5.6M
- Net assets
- $5.7M
What Cancer Support Community does
Mission
Csc uplifts and strengthens people impacted by cancer by providing support, fostering compassionate communities, and breaking down barriers to care.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The Cancer Support Community develops and delivers evidence-based programs that support the psychosocial (mental, emotional, and social) health and well-being of people touched by cancer. Csc serves hundreds of thousands of people through a global nonprofit network with over 200 csc, gilda's club, and healthcare partner locations, as well as a toll-free helpline, digital services, and high-quality, medically reviewed cancer education materials. All csc programs are run by trained, licensed mental health professionals and are designed to help people identify and address their specific needs and concerns from diagnosis, treatment, and post-treatment to long-term survivorship and/or end of life. All resources and services are provided free of charge to anyone impacted by a cancer diagnosis.
$5,502,299 spent79% of program spendingThe Cancer Support Community's research and training institute is the first independent institute in the united states dedicated to psychosocial, behavioral, and survivorship research and training in cancer. The institute studies the distinctive needs of patients, survivors, and caregivers throughout the cancer experience and examines the role of psychosocial support for those impacted by cancer. The research and training institute also manages the cancer experience registry, an online research study that uncovers the emotional, physical, practical, and financial impact of cancer. The registry is open to any adult who has been diagnosed with cancer or has been a family member or caregiver to someone with cancer. Findings are used to inform and develop supportive care programs and services.
$835,792 spent12% of program spendingThe cancer policy institute informs policymakers at the state and federal level of the health and financial benefits of psychosocial cancer care and best delivery practices. The cancer policy institute draws directly on experiences of cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers learned through the Cancer Support Community's direct patient support services, as well as the research and training institute's formal research data, to support and advocate public policies that foster the integration of psychosocial support into comprehensive cancer care.
$626,844 spent9% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,964,935.
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.
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 $13M to $18M (+42%).
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: 2021 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 19 funders to 30 funders, grant income fell $573k → $520k.
20 of 112 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% 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 CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 112 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
CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 13% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
59% 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 CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 73% · 2018 49% · 2019 31% · 2020 40% · 2021 20% · 2022 20% · 2023 18% — 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
39% of CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% 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
CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY draws 81% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 24 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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.
Organizations like CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY
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
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 51 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY?
- CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 112 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,568,422 to it, the largest being BARBARA BRADLEY BAEKGAARD FAMILY FOUNDATION C/O JOAN BYRNE HALL TRUSTEE ($743,007). 54 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY have?
- IRS filings report 112 organizations giving $5,568,422 in grants to CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY, 54 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY?
- BARBARA BRADLEY BAEKGAARD FAMILY FOUNDATION C/O JOAN BYRNE HALL TRUSTEE is the largest funder on record, with $743,007 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 112 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing