The Cancer League Inc

Analysis

The Cancer League Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Oakland, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1994, 32 years ago. 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 2022, The Cancer League Inc reported income of $428k and spending of $284k, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $248k to $428k (+72%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, The Cancer League Inc 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 68th percentile, and in the 69th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hawks Booster Club Inc ($428k), Coalition of Institutionalized Aged and Disabled ($428k) and One on One ($427k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 62% and program service revenue 4.8% of the total. At year end it held assets of $595k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $595k.