Illinois · Nonprofit
SUSAN F LASKY CANCER FOUNDATION
SUSAN F LASKY CANCER FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,140 to it, the largest being MARIAN RENEE AND EDWARD SALTZBERG FOUNDATION ($15,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2021
- $4k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $15k
- Net assets
- $0
What Susan F Lasky Cancer Foundation does
Mission
The susan f. Lasky cancer foundation's mission is to provide support to individuals who are undergoing treatment for cancer, to promote all types of cancer research, and to provide assistance for individuals and organizations whose efforts benefit cancer patients.
As stated on its FY2021 Form 990-EZ.
Program
To provide support to individuals who are undergoingtreatment for cancer.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $53k to $0 (−100%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2019: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $5k → $5k.
From the IRS filings of SUSAN F LASKY 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
SUSAN F LASKY CANCER FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 99% · 2019 98% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of SUSAN F LASKY CANCER FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
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In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
99%
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 SUSAN F LASKY CANCER FOUNDATION: 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 SUSAN F LASKY CANCER FOUNDATION?
- SUSAN F LASKY CANCER FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,140 to it, the largest being MARIAN RENEE AND EDWARD SALTZBERG FOUNDATION ($15,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SUSAN F LASKY CANCER FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $15,140 in grants to SUSAN F LASKY CANCER FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SUSAN F LASKY CANCER FOUNDATION?
- MARIAN RENEE AND EDWARD SALTZBERG FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SUSAN F LASKY CANCER FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2021 (financials across 2017–2021), and the filings of 3 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