Cancer Commons

Analysis

Cancer Commons is a registered charity in United States, based in Palo Alto, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, 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 June 2023, Cancer Commons reported income of $1.2m and spending of $1.6m, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $1.8m to $1.2m (-35%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income dropped by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Cancer Commons sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Cancer Foundation Inc ($1.2m), Hearts in Motion Inc ($1.2m) and Kent Hospital Foundation ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 101% and program service revenue 5.1% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $354k (22% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $686k. At year end it held assets of $409k against liabilities of $57k, net assets of $352k. It reported 18 employees.