Illinois Cancercare Foundation

Analysis

Illinois Cancercare Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Peoria, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2001, 25 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 (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Illinois Cancercare Foundation reported income of $1.5m and spending of $732k, leaving 50% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $796k to $1.5m (+82%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 63% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Illinois Cancercare Foundation sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nevada Public Health Foundation Inc ($1.5m), Lambertville-New Hope Ambulance and Rescue Squad Inc ($1.5m) and Diabetes Foundation Inc ($1.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 102% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $25k. It paid $64k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $3.1m against liabilities of $79k, net assets of $3.0m.