Washington · Nonprofit
NORTHWEST SARCOMA FOUNDATION
NORTHWEST SARCOMA FOUNDATION (Washington) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $412,342 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($106,208). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $335k
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $412k
- Net assets
- $621k
What Northwest Sarcoma Foundation does
Mission
We provide hope, education and support to sarcoma patients and their families in the pacific northwest while investing in research to improve cure rates for sarcomas.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The foundation provides financial assistance grants to adult sarcoma patients undergoing treatment. Our service area includes the five-state region of washington, oregon, alaska, montana, and idaho. During 2024, grants were made to 221 patients.
$59,752 spentof which $55,250 as grants28% of program spendingThe foundation administers the jenna westerholm pediatric help$ fund, a financial assistance program for pediatric sarcoma patients undergoing treatment. Our service area includes the five-state region of washington, oregon, alaska, montana, and idaho. During 2024, grants were made to 58 patients.
$16,587 spentof which $14,500 as grants8% of program spendingOutreach programs are patient activities intended to provide support, social and/or educational opportunities. Activities include casual chats for patients, survivors and caregivers. The foundation makes regular contact with sarcoma patients through the help$ programs, inviting them to our groups and other programming. The foundation organizes and sponsors sarcoma journal club meetings attended by sarcoma physicians and researchers in which latest treatments or research are discussed. Sarcoma physicians provide educational opportunities to anyone interested in ongoing research around various sarcomas, through researcher update nights. Patient education nights are led by topic experts to support patients and their families during different parts of their cancer journey. Community fun events are for sarcoma patients, survivors and caregivers to enjoy a fun activity while meeting others in the sarcoma community. Dragonslayer days provide a day of activities in local hospitals for pediatric patients and their families.
$96,833 spent45% of program spendingCare packages are provided to any sarcoma patient or anyone who has lost someone to sarcoma in our region. Packages provide a sense of hope and understanding that the patient and/or loved one of a sarcoma angel has a community that cares. Each package includes various items that assist a patient during treatment along with introductions about our organization and programs we host.
$31,285 spent15% of program spendingThe foundation supports research organizations with grants aimed at advancing the capacity and prospects for sarcoma treatment research. We build capacity by increasing the number of sarcoma samples in tissue banks and adavance treatment prosepcts by supporting labs successful in bringing sarcoma treatments to trial.
$10,317 spentof which $10,000 as grants5% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $214,774.
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 2017 to 2018, from $632k to $519k (−18%).
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 19% · 2022 13% · 2023 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of NORTHWEST SARCOMA FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Jo Mcneal
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $1k → $54k.
8 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 60% 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 NORTHWEST SARCOMA FOUNDATION’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
NORTHWEST SARCOMA FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% 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
76% 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 NORTHWEST SARCOMA FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2018 74% · 2019 91% · 2020 64% · 2021 51% · 2022 35% · 2023 28% — 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
33% of NORTHWEST SARCOMA FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
60% of NORTHWEST SARCOMA FOUNDATION'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 $166k that is directly attributable, 98% of it comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $246k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
NORTHWEST SARCOMA FOUNDATION receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $412k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like NORTHWEST SARCOMA FOUNDATION
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
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
60% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NORTHWEST SARCOMA FOUNDATION?
- NORTHWEST SARCOMA FOUNDATION (Washington) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $412,342 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($106,208). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NORTHWEST SARCOMA FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $412,342 in grants to NORTHWEST SARCOMA FOUNDATION, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTHWEST SARCOMA FOUNDATION?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $106,208 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTHWEST SARCOMA FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 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