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THE VCS CANCER FOUNDATION INC

THE VCS CANCER FOUNDATION INC (Virginia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,769 to it, the largest being VERIZON FOUNDATION ($2,769). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$117k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$4k
Net assets
$392k
0/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 5%
01What it does

What The Vcs Cancer Foundation Inc does

Mission

The foundation's initial focus is to provide modest financial support to patients who struggle with everyday expenses due to the financial demands associated with their cancer treatment.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Rainy day gifts program: designed to help cancer patients in active treatment with their non-medical, everyday living expenses. These gifts may be used to pay for housing expenses and utility bills, transportation and gas, and food. Our support is intended to provide these patients with some peace of mind so they can focus on healing.

    $64,687 spentof which $64,388 as grants
    98% of program spending
  2. Comfort and companionship volunteer program: volunteers provide companionship and snacks to cancer patients while they are receiving treatment in oncology infusion centers.

    $1,284 spent
    2% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $65,971.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($71k) Expenses 100 ($12) Net assets 100 ($71k)2019 Revenue 265 ($187k) Expenses 77100 ($9k) Net assets 352 ($249k)2020 Revenue 101 ($71k) Expenses 247425 ($30k) Net assets 411 ($291k)2021 Revenue 81 ($57k) Expenses 187775 ($23k) Net assets 460 ($326k)2022 Revenue 57 ($40k) Expenses 230008 ($28k) Net assets 441 ($312k)2023 Revenue 50 ($35k) Expenses 353417 ($42k) Net assets 464 ($328k)2024 Revenue 166 ($117k) Expenses 579108 ($69k) Net assets 554 ($392k)
2018201920202021202220232024
Revenue (166)Expenses (579108)Net assets (554)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $71k to $249k (+252%).

$71k
$249k
$291k
$326k
$312k
$328k
$392k
2018201920202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of THE VCS CANCER FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 14,893 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$71k
’18
$178k
’19
$42k
’20
$35k
’21
$12k
’22
−$7k
’23
$48k
’24
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

From the IRS filings of THE VCS CANCER FOUNDATION INC’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 VCS CANCER FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% 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

73%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

“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

THE VCS CANCER FOUNDATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 2 states in all.

NJ
CA

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE VCS CANCER FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 13,754 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin41% · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)9% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,754 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

76%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

VA

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE VCS CANCER FOUNDATION INC?
THE VCS CANCER FOUNDATION INC (Virginia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,769 to it, the largest being VERIZON FOUNDATION ($2,769). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE VCS CANCER FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $3,769 in grants to THE VCS CANCER FOUNDATION INC.
Who is the largest funder of THE VCS CANCER FOUNDATION INC?
VERIZON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,769 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE VCS CANCER FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 2 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