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RIO GRANDE CANCER FOUNDATION

RIO GRANDE CANCER FOUNDATION (Texas) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $610,060 to it, the largest being THE ALBERTSONS COMPANIES FOUNDATION ($220,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.6M
Funders on record
14
Grants received
$610k
Net assets
$15M
9/14 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 29%
01What it does

What Rio Grande Cancer Foundation does

Mission

To reduce the human and economic effect of cancer on the citizens of el paso county through the financial support and development of effective programs for advocacy, education, early detection, and other services to cancer patients and their families.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. COLLECTIVE PROGRAMS: The Classroom Series offers ongoing education about treatment, coping, exercise, nutrition, grief support and cancer specific support groups and are held regularly throughout the year. Average attendance at the weekly events is about 15 people per class. Special programming toward male health awareness consists of messaging about male specific cancers and how to prevent and manage a diagnosis. The Foundation hosts a separate site, good2know.org, focused on education, prevention, and early detection. cancerhelpcenter.org, formerly rgcf.org, provides information on public services, support, events, appointments, and information for newly diagnosed cancer patients. Social media posts are managed on the foundation's webpage, facebook page, instagram site, and email newsletters which are updated with weekly content.

    $433,601 spent
    57% of program spending
  2. The patient assistance program provides direct financial assistance to physician-referred patients in the form of a $250 prepaid mastercard up to twice per year to qualified patients. Cards can be used for any cancer-related expenses, such as travel, co-payments, medications, nutritional needs, or diagnostics. Approximately 489 patrons were served through this program during 2025.

    $204,237 spentof which $128,500 as grants
    27% of program spending
  3. The four seasons beauty program provides practical assistance and services to cancer patients, including wigs, support garments, and lyphedema assistance. All services are provided at no charge. Approximately 419 cancer patients were assisted through this program during 2025.

    $73,082 spent
    10% of program spending
  4. Direct grants were provided to qualified non-profit organizations in el paso county for programs aligned with Rio Grande Cancer Foundation's mission. Multiple grants were awarded to organizations during 2025 for support services, quality of life assistance, education and prevention campaigns, and other community assistance.

    $51,743 spentof which $6,250 as grants
    7% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $762,663.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($912k) Expenses 100 ($957k) Net assets 100 ($14M)2018 Revenue 197 ($1.8M) Expenses 109 ($1.0M) Net assets 93 ($13M)2019 Revenue 100 ($914k) Expenses 101 ($962k) Net assets 101 ($15M)2020 Revenue 94 ($859k) Expenses 109 ($1.0M) Net assets 106 ($15M)2021 Revenue 154 ($1.4M) Expenses 108 ($1.0M) Net assets 109 ($16M)2022 Revenue 137 ($1.3M) Expenses 99 ($948k) Net assets 91 ($13M)2023 Revenue 98 ($895k) Expenses 104 ($993k) Net assets 97 ($14M)2024 Revenue 107 ($975k) Expenses 106 ($1.0M) Net assets 100 ($14M)2025 Revenue 180 ($1.6M) Expenses 104 ($990k) Net assets 108 ($15M)
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Revenue (180)Expenses (104)Net assets (108)

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 $16M to $13M (−16%).

$14M
$13M
$15M
$15M
$16M
$13M
$14M
$14M
$16M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$45k
’17
$753k
’18
−$48k
’19
−$187k
’20
$371k
’21
$303k
’22
−$98k
’23
−$38k
’24
$652k
’25
6.1
months of
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.

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Listed181818161720161616
Joined·+3+7+1+1+4+0+3+3
No longer listed·37301433
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 8 funders, grant income rose $3k → $70k.

4 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% 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 RIO GRANDE CANCER 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

RIO GRANDE CANCER FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

84% 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 RIO GRANDE CANCER FOUNDATION.

36%
largest funder
68%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 60% · 2019 54% · 2020 43% · 2021 81% · 2022 79% · 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 RIO GRANDE CANCER FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

RIO GRANDE CANCER FOUNDATION draws 69% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 3 states in all.

IL
CA
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Texas out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $186k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like RIO GRANDE CANCER 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 Texas

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

77% of spending goes to programs.

Program 77%Management 20%Fundraising 3%

Governance

15
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

22%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds RIO GRANDE CANCER FOUNDATION?
RIO GRANDE CANCER FOUNDATION (Texas) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $610,060 to it, the largest being THE ALBERTSONS COMPANIES FOUNDATION ($220,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does RIO GRANDE CANCER FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $610,060 in grants to RIO GRANDE CANCER FOUNDATION, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of RIO GRANDE CANCER FOUNDATION?
THE ALBERTSONS COMPANIES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $220,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like RIO GRANDE CANCER FOUNDATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 14 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