Florida · Nonprofit
WOMANS CANCER ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI INC
WOMANS CANCER ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI INC (Florida) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $143,819 to it, the largest being GEORGE AND CLAIRE LESSNER CHARITABLE TRUST ($64,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $365k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $144k
- Net assets
- $683k
What Womans Cancer Association of the University of Miami Inc does
Mission
Founded in 1939, the mission of the women's cancer association is to award grants for cancer research, provide cash payments to needy cancer patients and their families, promote cancer education in the community, and operate a thrift store called, bargain box, for the purpose of raising funds to make possible the accomplishment of the above goals.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
Providing funds for cancer research, cancer education and patient welfare.
$195,046 spentof which $195,046 as grants57% of program spendingThe molly bush silver lady fund of the woman's cancer association of the university of miami (wca) was established in 1963 to financially assist needy oncology patients undergoing treatment at sylvester comprehensive cancer center and university of miami hospital. Recipients are identified and referred by social services at these facilities and patients are awarded funds up to $600 with a budget of $3,000 a month. These funds are administered to help with various needs such as emergency housing, transportation, medicines and supplements, childcare and medical emergency copayments. Currently, wca is the only agency able to directly assist these patients. Donations for the silver lady fund are collected from wca members throughout the year. The two chapters, barton ravlin and heidi hewes, raise fund at events called "grape therapy with an educational twist." here doctors share about their research in a social gathering, and funds raised goes to the silver lady fund. Barton ravlin established a zoom "bingo night" to raise emergency funds to supplement the silver lady fund to support cancer research patients in need of assistance.
$41,469 spentof which $41,469 as grants12% of program spendingThe woman's cancer association of the university of miami (wca) owns and operates a thrift store called bargain box. The thrift store is managed, owned, and operated by the wca. Donations are brought to the store and sold. Items include clothing, shoes, handbags, hats, household goods, small appliances, collectibles, art, furniture, and miscellaneous items.
$103,326 spent$140,065 earned by the program30% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $339,841.
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 2020 to 2021, from $430k to $564k (+31%).
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 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 10 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.
Board chair
Gisele Armour
Silver lady fund chair
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $5k → $31k.
2 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 WOMANS CANCER ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI 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
WOMANS CANCER ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 99% · 2019 66% · 2020 82% · 2022 100% · 2023 58% — 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
20% of WOMANS CANCER ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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 WOMANS CANCER ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $18k 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.
Organizations like WOMANS CANCER ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI 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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WOMANS CANCER ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI INC: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. Screen this nonprofit · How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds WOMANS CANCER ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI INC?
- WOMANS CANCER ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI INC (Florida) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $143,819 to it, the largest being GEORGE AND CLAIRE LESSNER CHARITABLE TRUST ($64,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WOMANS CANCER ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $143,819 in grants to WOMANS CANCER ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WOMANS CANCER ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI INC?
- GEORGE AND CLAIRE LESSNER CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $64,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WOMANS CANCER ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 9 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