Wisconsin · Nonprofit
SPIERINGS CANCER FOUNDATION INC
SPIERINGS CANCER FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $265,855 to it, the largest being HARTWIG FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($70,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $678k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $266k
- Net assets
- $272k
What Spierings Cancer Foundation Inc does
Mission
We help local families battling with cancer, enhance cancer treatment in the fox valley area of wisconsin, and fund cancer research in wisconsin.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The spierings cancer foundation family grant program supports cancer patients and their families across brown, calumet, outagamie, winnebago, and waupaca counties who are facing financial hardship due to cancer. Treatment brings both increased expenses and reduced income, making it difficult to afford everyday essentials. These grants ease the everyday costs that quickly add up during cancer treatment, such as housing, utilities, transportation, and groceries. Guided by jim spierings' belief that no one fights alone, this program is a way for neighbors to take care of neighbors, ensuring local families have one less worry on their plate while facing cancer.
$292,424 spentof which $280,071 as grants68% of program spendingThe spierings cancer foundation enhancing cancer treatment grant program improves access to high-quality cancer care in our region by working closely with local cancer centers. We partner with providers to understand gaps in care and fund solutions that make an impact for patient care. Support has included nurse navigation programs, advanced equipment that can reduce the need for invasive procedures, and expanded survivorship services. By strengthening local cancer care, the program helps ensure patients can receive the treatment they need close to home which reduces, stress, cost, and burden of traveling long distances during cancer treatment.
$114,851 spentof which $110,000 as grants27% of program spendingThe spierings cancer foundation cancer research grant program invests in wisconsin-based cancer research to drive progress close to home. Many of our gifts serve as seed funding, giving researchers the resources to begin innovative projects that hold significant promise for improving cancer treatment and care. By keeping research dollars in our state, we strengthen wisconsin's medical community and create opportunities for discoveries that will benefit patients and families right here in our own backyard.
$20,882 spentof which $20,000 as grants5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $428,157.
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 $437k to $290k (−34%).
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.
98% of SPIERINGS CANCER FOUNDATION INC’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
Katie Dougherty
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $13k → $54k.
6 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% 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 SPIERINGS CANCER FOUNDATION INC’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
SPIERINGS CANCER FOUNDATION INC 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
57% 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 SPIERINGS CANCER FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 80% · 2018 85% · 2019 34% · 2020 46% · 2021 74% · 2022 29% · 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
83% of SPIERINGS CANCER FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
85% of SPIERINGS CANCER FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $111k 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
SPIERINGS CANCER FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,883 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,883 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like SPIERINGS CANCER FOUNDATION INC
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 Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
73%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SPIERINGS CANCER FOUNDATION INC: 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 SPIERINGS CANCER FOUNDATION INC?
- SPIERINGS CANCER FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $265,855 to it, the largest being HARTWIG FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($70,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SPIERINGS CANCER FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $265,855 in grants to SPIERINGS CANCER FOUNDATION INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SPIERINGS CANCER FOUNDATION INC?
- HARTWIG FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $70,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SPIERINGS CANCER FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing