New York · Nonprofit
THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC
THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 1088 organizations whose IRS filings report $216,732,191 to it, the largest being PLAY FOR PINK INC ($33,660,000). 590 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $102M
- Funders on record
- 1,088
- Grants received
- $217M
- Net assets
- $135M
What The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc does
Mission
The mission of the breast cancer research foundation, inc. Is to prevent and cure breast cancer by advancing the world's most promising research.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Breast cancer is a complex disease with no simple solution. Every diagnosis is unique and puts lives at risk. We must stop breast cancer in its tracks, and research is the answer. Founded in 1993 by evelyn h. Lauder, the breast cancer research foundation, inc. Is the largest private funder of breast cancer research in the world. We invest in a wide range of research - from prevention to metastasis - because each area of investigation informs another, propelling us toward the solutions we urgently need. We convene and connect the best minds in science - giving them the opportunity to pursue their most innovative ideas. Our combination of investment and cross-disciplinary collaboration accelerates the entire field and builds momentum for new discoveries. Bcrf - funded investigators have been behind every major breakthrough in breast cancer research, and the field is moving faster than ever.
$79,191,435 spentof which $71,947,853 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $79,191,435.
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 2023 to 2024, from $153M to $199M (+30%).
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: 2022 2% · 2023 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 239 funders to 397 funders, grant income rose $9.9M → $34M.
84 of 1088 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $365k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 1088 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
THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 16% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
69% 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 THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 20% · 2018 32% · 2019 32% · 2020 23% · 2021 17% · 2022 16% · 2023 17% — 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
36% of THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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
53% of THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $58M arriving through sponsors registered in 28 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.
Organizations like THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
74%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 51 states
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Bcrf Ventures LLC · disregarded
- Breast Cancer Research Foundation · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC?
- THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 1088 organizations whose IRS filings report $216,732,191 to it, the largest being PLAY FOR PINK INC ($33,660,000). 590 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 1088 organizations giving $216,732,191 in grants to THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC, 590 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC?
- PLAY FOR PINK INC is the largest funder on record, with $33,660,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 1088 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