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THE SASS-ARENA FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH INC(FKA SASS FDN FOR MED RES)
THE SASS-ARENA FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH INC(FKA SASS FDN FOR MED RES) (New York) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $800,680 to it, the largest being JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND ($725,108). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $197k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $801k
- Net assets
- $492k
What The Sass-Arena Foundation for Medical Research Inc(Fka Sass Fdn for Med Res) does
Mission
To promote a better understanding of cancer and related life threatening diseases, to educate physicians and the public on the therapies and treatments, and to fund research aimed at combating these diseases.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The foundation sponsors fellowships and provides grants to fundresearch on cancer and related diseases.
$43,142 spentof which $31,000 as grants83% of program spendingThe foundation hosts two annual breast/ovarian cancer awareness days. There is no cost to attend these events as all expenses are paid for by the organization. The events are dedicated to inform and support all who have been or will be affected by breast and ovarian cancers.various sessions were given by physicians and other experts in their field in order to educate the attendees regarding prevention, treatment, surgery and recovery.
$8,962 spent17% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $52,104.
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 2019 to 2020, from $1.1M to $669k (−39%).
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. 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $210k → $78k.
3 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 92% 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 SASS-ARENA FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH INC(FKA SASS FDN FOR MED RES)’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
THE SASS-ARENA FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH INC(FKA SASS FDN FOR MED RES) leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
92% 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 SASS-ARENA FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH INC(FKA SASS FDN FOR MED RES).
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 95% · 2018 100% · 2019 98% · 2020 96% · 2021 100% · 2022 54% · 2023 96% — 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.
How long its funders stay
13% of THE SASS-ARENA FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH INC(FKA SASS FDN FOR MED RES)'s funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 31% 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
92% of THE SASS-ARENA FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH INC(FKA SASS FDN FOR MED RES)'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 $66k that is directly attributable, 53% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $735k 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.
Organizations like THE SASS-ARENA FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH INC(FKA SASS FDN FOR MED RES)
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
31% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE SASS-ARENA FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH INC(FKA SASS FDN FOR MED RES)?
- THE SASS-ARENA FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH INC(FKA SASS FDN FOR MED RES) (New York) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $800,680 to it, the largest being JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND ($725,108). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE SASS-ARENA FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH INC(FKA SASS FDN FOR MED RES) have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $800,680 in grants to THE SASS-ARENA FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH INC(FKA SASS FDN FOR MED RES), 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE SASS-ARENA FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH INC(FKA SASS FDN FOR MED RES)?
- JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND is the largest funder on record, with $725,108 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE SASS-ARENA FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH INC(FKA SASS FDN FOR MED RES) 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 13 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