California · Nonprofit
THE JONSSON CANCER CENTER FOUNDATION
THE JONSSON CANCER CENTER FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 158 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,960,825 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($5,267,171). 81 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $14M
- Funders on record
- 158
- Grants received
- $28M
- Net assets
- $28M
What The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation does
Mission
The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation is the single most important vehicle for raising private funds for cancer research at ucla and plays a key role in advancing cancer treatments and care. Please see schedule o for additional information.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Donor directed grants: ucla's jonsson comprehensive cancer center (jccc) is dedicated to patient care and fundamental research on a broad variety of human cancers and to the development of new protocols for their treatment. Contributions received for the purpose of supporting donor-designated areas and/or investigators as well as research priorities identified by the jccc academic leadership are directed to projects consistent with the specified donor intent.
$11,687,380 spentof which $11,687,380 as grants83% of program spendingSeed and impact grants: seed grants startup funding supports young investigators at the beginning of their careers when it will make the greatest difference or supports established investigators exploring a new lane of research. Impact grants are collaboration among three or more jccc faculty members specializing in a wide range of research areas critical to advancing the fight against cancer.
$450,000 spentof which $450,000 as grants3% of program spendingDirector's discovery: director's discovery funding provides the jonsson comprehensive cancer center director the opportunity to deftly participate in previously unanticipated, new opportunities to support faculty, infrastructure, and programs that will accelerate cancer research.
$1,350,000 spentof which $1,350,000 as grants10% of program spendingClinical/translational research
$250,000 spentof which $250,000 as grants2% of program spendingNext generation technology
$125,000 spentof which $125,000 as grants1% of program spendingStrategic investment in innovative faculty
$100,000 spentof which $100,000 as grants1% of program spendingInformation/outreach
$50,000 spentof which $50,000 as grants0% of program spendingOther program areas
$35,000 spentof which $35,000 as grants0% of program spending
The 8 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $14,047,380.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $25M to $30M (+19%).
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. 5 of the last 6 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
Margaret Steele
Executive director
Board chair
Randall M Katz
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 36 funders to 48 funders, grant income rose $1.9M → $2.7M.
34 of 158 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 56% 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 THE JONSSON CANCER CENTER FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 158 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 JONSSON CANCER CENTER FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
62% 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 JONSSON CANCER CENTER FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 13% · 2018 24% · 2019 31% · 2020 30% · 2021 23% · 2022 31% · 2023 19% — growing more concentrated.
“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
40% of THE JONSSON CANCER CENTER FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 51% 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
56% of THE JONSSON CANCER CENTER 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 $12M that is directly attributable, 76% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $16M arriving through sponsors registered in 18 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 JONSSON CANCER CENTER 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Charitable Remainder Unitrust (4) · corp_trust
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE JONSSON CANCER CENTER FOUNDATION?
- THE JONSSON CANCER CENTER FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 158 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,960,825 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($5,267,171). 81 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE JONSSON CANCER CENTER FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 158 organizations giving $27,960,825 in grants to THE JONSSON CANCER CENTER FOUNDATION, 81 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE JONSSON CANCER CENTER FOUNDATION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $5,267,171 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE JONSSON CANCER CENTER FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 158 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