The Breast Cancer Research
New York, NY · EIN 13-3727250. Reported 363 grants totalling $255.0M to 107 organizations across tax years 2020-2024, 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 The Breast Cancer Research, the IRS classifies it under public safety & disaster relief rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE M20Z) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 107 distinct organizations, with 7% 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. 83% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is well above the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and above 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 $449,570. Half of what it reported fell between $225,000 and $760,000; the smallest was $6,000 and the largest $12.4M. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $18.4M | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Boston, MA | $16.5M | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $12.4M | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $12.2M | 9 | 5 | 2024 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $12.0M | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of North Carolina Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC | $10.3M | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $8,945,535 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Conquer Cancer Fdn of the American Society of Clinical Oncology | Alexandria, VA | $8,707,859 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $6,819,330 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| University of California San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $6,065,489 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University | Stanford, CA | $5,880,736 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $5,604,728 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $5,254,429 | 7 | 5 | 2024 |
| University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | Dallas, TX | $4,940,931 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | Somerville, MA | $4,846,286 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | $4,638,366 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Regents Univ of California | Los Angeles, CA | $4,154,253 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, TN | $3,912,999 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Baylor College of Medicine | Houston, TX | $3,487,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center | Seattle, WA | $3,470,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Mayo Clinic | Rochester, MN | $3,459,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| University of Washington | Seattle, WA | $3,428,567 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ohio State University | Columbus, OH | $3,276,519 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $3,175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rockefeller University | New York, NY | $3,128,807 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology Foundation | Chicago, IL | $2,920,458 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute | Kansas City, KS | $2,854,865 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Georgetown University | Washington, DC | $2,796,775 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Trustees of Columbia University | New York, NY | $2,734,208 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Yeshiva University | New York, NY | $2,595,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Buffalo, NY | $2,490,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC | $2,324,720 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Harvard Medical School | Boston, MA | $2,240,739 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Washington University | St Louis, MO | $2,180,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Childrens Hospital Corporation | Boston, MA | $2,179,969 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $2,179,658 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| American Association for Cancer Research | Philadelphia, PA | $2,156,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | Boston, MA | $2,145,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Trustees of Boston University | Boston, MA | $2,039,394 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Oregon Health and Science University Foundation | Portland, OR | $1,942,684 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $1,881,744 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $1,880,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Cold Spg Hbr, NY | $1,877,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | Denver, CO | $1,540,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| University of Miami | Coral Gables, FL | $1,450,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Committee for Shaare Zedek | New York, NY | $1,377,700 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Indiana University School of Medicine | Indiannapolis, IN | $1,309,638 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Nyu Langone Hospitals | New York, NY | $1,187,823 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Rutgers University Cancer Institute of New Jersey | Piscataway, NJ | $1,185,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | $1,144,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | $1,090,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | New York, NY | $1,090,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Loyola University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $1,090,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Methodist Hospital | Houston, TX | $1,090,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Research Foundation of the City University of New York | New York, NY | $1,090,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University | Tempe, AZ | $1,089,998 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta, GA | $1,079,935 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | Urbana, IL | $1,055,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Health Research Incorporated Elizabeth Wood | Menands, NY | $950,093 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research | Cambridge, MA | $921,250 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| University of Wisconsin | Madison, WI | $919,967 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ecog-Acrin Medical Research Foundation Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $900,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Utah | Salt Lake City, UT | $900,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hackensack Meridian Health Inc | Edison, NJ | $865,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Young Survival Coalition Inc | New York, NY | $865,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | $750,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Morehouse School of Medicine Inc | Atlanta, GA | $725,835 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Bronx, NY | $675,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Michigan State University | Lansing, MI | $640,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Salk Institute for Biological Studies | La Jolla, CA | $640,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Cleveland Clinic | Cleveland, OH | $639,801 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| American Society for Radiation Oncology | Arlington, VA | $635,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Emory University | Atlanta, GA | $625,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Thomas Jefferson University | Philadelphia, PA | $603,522 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Association for Cancer Research | Philadelphia, PA | $567,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American College of Radiology | Reston, VA | $533,333 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $477,403 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trustees for Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | $474,424 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc | Charlestown, MA | $450,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Hawaii | Honolulu, HI | $450,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Washington Foundation | Seattle, WA | $450,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | Dallas, TX | $449,907 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The University of Tennessee Foundat Ion Inc | Knoxville, TN | $445,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Larry Ellison Foundation | Walnut Creek, CA | $415,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Trustees of Tufts College | Medford, MA | $415,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Foundation Inc | Tampa, FL | $330,995 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic | Lebanon, NH | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Beckman Research Institute | Duarte, CA | $225,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Board of the University of Alabama | Tuscaloosa, AL | $225,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Coalition of Cancer Cooperative Groups | Philadelphia, PA | $225,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Cleveland Clinic Foundation | Independence, OH | $225,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Hawaii Foundation | Honolulu, HI | $225,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Illinois Foundation | Champaign, IL | $225,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | Madison, WI | $225,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $190,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope | Los Angeles, CA | $190,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| University of California San Diego | La Jolla, CA | $190,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ut Southwestern Health Systems | Dallas, TX | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| American Brain Tumor Association | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Jude Childrens Research Hospital Inc | Memphis, TN | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Rochester | Rochester, NY | $81,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Nrg Oncology Foundation Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| International Society of Breast Pathology Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $30,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Breast Cancer Think Tank Inc | Hollywood, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gordon Research Conferences | E Greenwich, RI | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Li Fraumeni Syndrome Association | Bellingham, MA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Share Cancer Support Inc | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
77 of 107 (72%) 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 76 of 107 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 67 | $39.7M | $285,000 |
| 2021 | 69 | $43.6M | $300,657 |
| 2022 | 75 | $50.8M | $450,000 |
| 2023 | 76 | $59.8M | $450,000 |
| 2024 | 76 | $61.1M | $450,000 |
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
16% 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 $449,570 -- 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 The Breast Cancer Research's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). 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 76 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: 28 West 44TH Street Suite 609, New York, NY, 10036.
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