California · Nonprofit
HIRSHBERG FOUNDATION FOR PANCREATIC CANC
HIRSHBERG FOUNDATION FOR PANCREATIC CANC (California) receives grants from 83 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,284,603 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($947,060). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.8M
- Funders on record
- 83
- Grants received
- $3.3M
- Net assets
- $3.1M
What Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Canc does
Mission
Founded in 1997, the Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer research is a national, nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing pancreatic cancer research, and providing information, resources, and support to pancreatic cancer patients and their families.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The research programs include various grants and commitments to further research into finding a cure for pancreatic cancer. Through our seed grant program we support basic and clinical scientists and investigators in the u.s. And abroad, awarding more than 130 grants since 2005 and funding more than 50 medical research institutions globally. The ucla agi hirshberg center for pancreatic diseases provides a critical hub for advancing research and treatment breakthroughs. We fund 3 laboratories at ucla focusing on basic and translational science. We fund a pancreas tissue bank.
$1,801,492 spentof which $1,574,736 as grants83% of program spendingThe patient support programs provide information and guidance to patients and caregivers, including counseling and support groups, alternative medicine, clinical trial updates, patient advocacy, financial aid and genetic counseling. Our annual symposium is a patient centered education program that has integrated nearly 200 researchers, clinicians, patients and families to learn about developments, treatments and progression of finding a cure. Our patient and family webinar series is an interactive series connecting specialists with the pancreatic cancer community.
$360,103 spent17% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,161,595.
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 2018 to 2019, from $2.0M to $2.7M (+41%).
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 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of HIRSHBERG FOUNDATION FOR PANCREATIC CANC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Chief executive
Lisa Manheim
Chief executive officer, director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 16 funders to 23 funders, grant income rose $198k → $406k.
18 of 83 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 59% 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 HIRSHBERG FOUNDATION FOR PANCREATIC CANC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 83 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
HIRSHBERG FOUNDATION FOR PANCREATIC CANC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
66% 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 HIRSHBERG FOUNDATION FOR PANCREATIC CANC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 26% · 2018 38% · 2019 33% · 2020 55% · 2021 60% · 2022 22% · 2023 25% — broadly stable.
“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
27% of HIRSHBERG FOUNDATION FOR PANCREATIC CANC'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
59% of HIRSHBERG FOUNDATION FOR PANCREATIC CANC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $1.3M that is directly attributable, 89% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.9M 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.
Against its field
HIRSHBERG FOUNDATION FOR PANCREATIC CANC's revenue grew 52% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like HIRSHBERG FOUNDATION FOR PANCREATIC CANC
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HIRSHBERG FOUNDATION FOR PANCREATIC CANC?
- HIRSHBERG FOUNDATION FOR PANCREATIC CANC (California) receives grants from 83 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,284,603 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($947,060). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does HIRSHBERG FOUNDATION FOR PANCREATIC CANC have?
- IRS filings report 83 organizations giving $3,284,603 in grants to HIRSHBERG FOUNDATION FOR PANCREATIC CANC, 32 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HIRSHBERG FOUNDATION FOR PANCREATIC CANC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $947,060 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HIRSHBERG FOUNDATION FOR PANCREATIC CANC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 83 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