Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Analysis

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center is a registered charity in United States, based in New York, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a hospital or medical research organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center reported income of $1.67bn and spending of $1.51bn, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $999.2m to $1.67bn (+67%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 100th percentile, and in the 100th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Loyola University Medical Center ($1.64bn), Charleston Area Medical Center Inc ($1.68bn) and Adventist Health System Sunbelt Healthcare Corporation ($1.64bn).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 13% and program service revenue 76% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $40.8m (2.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $581.9m. At year end it held assets of $8.54bn against liabilities of $4.13bn, net assets of $4.42bn. It reported 25,365 employees.