Gist Cancer Research Fund

Analysis

Gist Cancer Research Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in N Miami Beach, FL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover diseases, disorders and medical disciplines, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending July 2024, Gist Cancer Research Fund reported income of $401k and spending of $604k, spending 150% of what it took in. Across the 6 years on record, from July 2019 to July 2024, income grew from $378k to $401k (+6.2%), an average of +1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Gist Cancer Research Fund sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile, and in the 69th percentile within FL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lavie Pregnancy Care Center ($401k), Tacoma Pierce County Chaplaincy ($401k) and Cactus Cancer Society ($401k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending July 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $497k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $497k.