California · Nonprofit
LUNG CANCER FOUNDATION OF AMERICA
LUNG CANCER FOUNDATION OF AMERICA (California) receives grants from 42 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,450,465 to it, the largest being INTERNATIONAL LUNG CANCER FOUNDATION ($712,500). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.8M
- Funders on record
- 42
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $2.2M
What Lung Cancer Foundation of America does
Mission
Lung Cancer Foundation of America (lcfa) is working to change the public perception of lung cancer through education and personal stories about lung cancer and to improve patient outcomes through funding impactful research.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Research grant & scientific advancments: research grants: awarded multiple six-figure lung cancer research grants to young investigators, focusing on early detection, targeted therapies, and immunotherapy. These grants, made possible through generous private donations, have led to groundbreaking discoveries in lung cancer treatment. Scientific advancements: supported research that contributed to significant progress in personalized treatment strategies, including advancements in targeted therapies and immunotherapy for both non-small cell lung cancer (nsclc) and small cell lung cancer (sclc).
$1,011,412 spentof which $200,000 as grants52% of program spendingAwareness initiatives, speakers bureau, fundraising success, & collaborative partnerships: awareness initiatives: reached millions of people through comprehensive awareness-raising campaigns, educating the public about lung cancer risk factors, early detection, and treatment options.scientific advancements: supported research that contributed to significant progress in personalized treatment strategies, including advancements in targeted therapies and immunotherapy for both non-small cell lung cancer (nsclc) and small cell lung cancer (sclc). Fundraising success: successfully raised funds to support ongoing research initiatives and awareness programs, demonstrating strong donor engagement and financial stewardship. Collaborative partnerships: strengthened partnerships with sister organizations to maximize the impact of research funding and advocacy efforts. Through these accomplishments, lcfa has continued to make significant strides in improving lung cancer outcomes and supporting the lung cancer community.
$908,371 spent47% of program spendingCommunity engagement: fostered a supportive community for lung cancer patients and their families through educational resources, support programs, and advocacy efforts.
$16,000 spent1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,935,783.
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 2023 to 2024, from $1.5M to $2.1M (+37%).
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 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of LUNG CANCER FOUNDATION OF AMERICA’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Jim Baranski
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $22k → $183k.
12 of 42 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% 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 LUNG CANCER FOUNDATION OF AMERICA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 42 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
LUNG CANCER FOUNDATION OF AMERICA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
92% 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 LUNG CANCER FOUNDATION OF AMERICA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 45% · 2018 70% · 2019 95% · 2020 65% · 2021 95% · 2022 82% · 2023 55% — growing more concentrated.
“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
18% of LUNG CANCER FOUNDATION OF AMERICA'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
LUNG CANCER FOUNDATION OF AMERICA draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 16 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $260k arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
LUNG CANCER FOUNDATION OF AMERICA runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,002 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,002 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like LUNG CANCER FOUNDATION OF AMERICA
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
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
41%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 35 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LUNG CANCER FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: 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 LUNG CANCER FOUNDATION OF AMERICA?
- LUNG CANCER FOUNDATION OF AMERICA (California) receives grants from 42 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,450,465 to it, the largest being INTERNATIONAL LUNG CANCER FOUNDATION ($712,500). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LUNG CANCER FOUNDATION OF AMERICA have?
- IRS filings report 42 organizations giving $1,450,465 in grants to LUNG CANCER FOUNDATION OF AMERICA, 20 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LUNG CANCER FOUNDATION OF AMERICA?
- INTERNATIONAL LUNG CANCER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $712,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LUNG CANCER FOUNDATION OF AMERICA 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 42 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