Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
THE TIGERLILY FOUNDATION
THE TIGERLILY FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $297,196 to it, the largest being Merck Foundation a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation ($150,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.1M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $297k
- Net assets
- $-396435
What The Tigerlily Foundation does
Mission
To educate, advocate for, empower, and support young women, before, during and after cancer; and to work to end disparities of age, stage and color.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Angel advocacy program: the angel advocacy program provides comprehensive training for women of color between the ages of 21 and 50, who have been impacted by breast cancer, either by being diagnosed themselves or who have had a loved one touched by the disease. In the u.s., breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women in their 20s and 30s, and black women are diagnosed at younger ages and with more aggressive types of breast cancer than any other group. Through this program, advocates become more knowledgeable about breast cancer, and the disparities that affect this population, they also become empowered to create change, learn how to become better self-advocates, and advocate on behalf of individuals and their greater community to make system-wide impact. Our angel advocates use their time and voices to make an impact by speaking at events, being showcased in the media, advocating with policymakers, speaking on panels, sharing information on breast health and advocacy through their social media channels and engaging healthcare professionals. Many angel advocates are directly involved with developing our programs and partnering with research and scientific…
$1,209,210 spent$1,135,230 earned by the program30% of program spendingHeal center of excellence: tigerlily foundation's heal policy coe aims to educate, empower, and lift patient voices to ensure they are amplified, in order to achieve health equity and end disparities. The heal policy coe focuses on systemic changes through policy at the local, state, and federal level to (1) end barriers to accessing and receiving quality, equitable care for all, (2) lead innovation through patient-leadership, and (3) achieve health equity and eliminate disparities in breast cancer.
$805,666 spent$507,180 earned by the program20% of program spendingDei: the race alliance is a collaborative of patients, experts, caregivers, community leaders and partners, who have signed our #inclusionpledge, focused on establishing priorities and implementing measurable interventions to end mbc disparities for black women. Vision: the vision of the race alliance is to end breast cancer disparities in women of color in our lifetime.
$1,508,788 spent$314,000 earned by the program37% of program spendingTigerlily foundation's other programs include the power center (people-driven outcomes through real-world evidence and research), dedicated to designing, implementing, and disseminating research and evaluation, providing powerful insights to help raise cancer communities' voice, enhance cancer care, and informing policy discussions. Another important program is tigerlily foundation's clinical trials program, which aims to increase awareness of clinical trials and encourage its participants to enroll in clinical trials.
$552,680 spent14% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,076,344.
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 2022 to 2023, from $2.6M to $539k (−79%).
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.
100% of THE TIGERLILY FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $5k → $3k.
2 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 TIGERLILY 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
THE TIGERLILY FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 81%; 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: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 38% · 2021 32% · 2022 75% · 2023 87% — 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
75% of THE TIGERLILY FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
THE TIGERLILY FOUNDATION draws 90% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
THE TIGERLILY FOUNDATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 8,121 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,121 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THE TIGERLILY 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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
56%
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 THE TIGERLILY 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 THE TIGERLILY FOUNDATION?
- THE TIGERLILY FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $297,196 to it, the largest being Merck Foundation a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation ($150,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE TIGERLILY FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $297,196 in grants to THE TIGERLILY FOUNDATION, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE TIGERLILY FOUNDATION?
- Merck Foundation a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE TIGERLILY FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 8 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