Cancare Foundation

Analysis

Cancare Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Houston, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1996, 30 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 supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Cancare Foundation reported income of $87k and spending of $57k, leaving 35% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $55k to $87k (+59%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 246%. 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, Cancare Foundation sits at the 25th percentile: it is larger than about 25% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile, and in the 35th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mississippians for Emergency Medical Services ($87k), The Shire Inc ($87k) and Child Health Services ($87k).

At year end it held assets of $974k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $974k.