Prevent Cancer Foundation

Analysis

Prevent Cancer Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Alexandria, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover medical research, 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, Prevent Cancer Foundation reported income of $8.9m and spending of $8.1m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $5.9m to $8.9m (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 126%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Prevent Cancer Foundation sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 95th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mississippi Public Health Institute ($8.9m), Albuquerque Area Indian Health Boar D Inc ($8.9m) and West Shore Advanced Life Support Services Inc ($8.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 90% and program service revenue 0.1% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $800k (9.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.8m. It paid $641k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $21.5m against liabilities of $5.5m, net assets of $16.0m. It reported 26 employees.