Prevent Cancer Foundation
Alexandria, VA · EIN 52-1429544. Reported 121 grants totalling $9,168,827 to 97 organizations across tax years 2021-2025, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Prevent Cancer Foundation, the IRS classifies it under medical research rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE H300) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 97 distinct organizations, with 8% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 12% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $100,000. Half of what it reported fell between $25,000 and $100,000; the smallest was $5,500 and the largest $200,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $695,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Childrens National | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | Houston, TX | $295,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Basic Health International | Pittsburgh, PA | $245,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Spanish Catholic Center Inc | Washington, DC | $204,490 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| City of Hope | Duarte, CA | $200,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Institute for Cancer Research | Philadelphia, PA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | Somerville, MA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Utah | Salt Lake City, UT | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Hope for Haiti Inc | Naples, FL | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington Inc | Washington, DC | $130,087 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Family Health Partnership Clinic | Crystal Lake, IL | $126,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Research Foundation for the State University of New York | Albany, NY | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Midwest Asian Health Association - Maha | Chicago, IL | $105,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jewish Family Service of Atlantic County Inc | Margate City, NJ | $105,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University of Arizona | Tucson, AZ | $105,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Whole Family Health Center Inc | Vero Beach, FL | $105,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc | Charlestown, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Canoncito Band of Navajos Health Center Inc | Canoncito, NM | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Childrens Hospital Corporation | Boston, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Childrens Research Institute | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Children's National Medical Center | Silver Spring, MD | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Emory University | Atlanta, GA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | Seattle, WA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| George Washington University | Ashburn, VA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| George Mason University | Fairfax, VA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Horizons Community Solutions Inc | Albany, GA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hepatitis B Initiative of Washington DC | Mclean, VA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jewish Community Free Clinic | Santa Rosa, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | Somerville, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mayo Clinic | Rochester, MN | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Migrant Clinicians Network Inc | Austin, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Moses-Weitzman Health System Inc | Middletown, CT | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nevada Cancer Coalition | Reno, NV | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New York-Presbyterian Fund Inc | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| One Community Health | Hood River, OR | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oregon Health & Science University | Portland, OR | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | La Jolla, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | Denver, CO | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rockefeller University | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Research Institute of Fox Chase Cancer Center | Philadelphia, PA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Thomas Jefferson University | Philadelphia, PA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Trustees of Columbia University | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University of California San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Rochester | Rochester, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Maryland Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of North Dakota | Grand Forks, ND | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of North Texas | Fort Worth, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University of Oklahoma | Norman, OK | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston | Dallas, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Washington | Seattle, WA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Voces Coalicion De Inmunizacion Y Promociion De La Salud Inc | Guaynabo, PR | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Woodlawn Hospital | Rochester, IN | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Weill Medical College of Cornell Univ | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services | Mccall, ID | $95,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Grounds for Health Inc | Hinesburg, VT | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Equal Hope | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| HIV Alliance | Eugene, OR | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Uicc Technical Transfer Fellowships | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Union for International Cancer Control | Switzerland | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Vital Access Care Foundation | Fountain Vly, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| West Virginia Univ Foundation Inc | Morgantown, WV | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Conquer Cancer Fdn of the American Society of Clinical Oncology | Alexandria, VA | $46,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Milwaukee Consortium for Hmong Health Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $32,750 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Project Renewal Inc | New York, NY | $30,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Albie Aware Inc | Sacramento, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cheeky Charity Inc | Palm Springs, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Health Project Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems | Brewer, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Erie Family Health Center Inc | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hitting Cancer Below the Belt Inc | Midlothian, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hmong Institute Incorporated | Madison, WI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| House of Transplant & Cancer | Hermosa Beach, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Korean Community Services of Metropolitan New York Inc | Bayside, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Long Island Jewish Medical Center | Westbury, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Long Island Jewish Medical Center | New Hyde Park, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center | Baton Rouge, LA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Norton Healthcare Foundation Inc | Louisville, KY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Panhandle Breast Health | Amarillo, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Johns Community Health | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Syracuse University | Syracuse, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Way Worldwide | Alexandria, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Arizona Foundation | Tucson, AZ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of New Mexico Albuquerque | Albuquerque, NM | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Vax 2 Stop Cancer | Birmingham, AL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Virginia Harm Reduction Coalition | Roanoke, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Western Carolina Medical Society Foundation Inc | Asheville, NC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wyoming Breast Cancer Initiative Foundation | Cheyenne, WY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Academy of Oncology Nurse Navigators Inc | New York, NY | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Alliance Community Services | Salt Lake Cty, UT | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Friends of Mercy Medical Center Inc | Rockville Ctr, NY | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
16 of 97 (16%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 72 of 97 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 28 | $2,085,663 | $87,500 |
| 2022 | 23 | $1,571,327 | $100,000 |
| 2023 | 29 | $1,997,087 | $55,087 |
| 2024 | 19 | $1,762,000 | $100,000 |
| 2025 | 22 | $1,752,750 | $100,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
19% of its giving went to organizations in New York. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $100,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in New York.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Prevent Cancer Foundation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 22 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 333 John Carlyle Street 635, Alexandria, VA, 22314.
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