About National Foundation for Cancer Research
Support cancer research and public education relating to prevention, early diagnosis, better treatments and ultimately a cure for all types of cancer; promote collaboration to accelerate discovery from bench to bedside.
Focus Areas
Cancer ImmunotherapyEarly Detection and PreventionGenomics Research & BiomarkersTumor MicroenvironmentClinical Research and Trial PlatformsTransformative TherapiesCancer MetastasisCancer Diagnosis and Molecular ImagingCirculating Tumor CellsTargeted Cancer TherapiesTherapeutic Antibody EngineeringComputational BiologyComputational Drug Design
About National Foundation for Cancer Research
National Foundation for Cancer Research uses research contracts and collaborative awards to push cancer science toward prevention, earlier detection, better treatments, and a cure. A visible thread in its recent giving is support for team science and translational work, including a $1,000,000 collaboration to the Aim Hi Accelerator Fund in Rockville and repeated research-contract funding to major cancer centers and universities. The foundation also backs grant programs that are not limited to a single disease pathway, but instead span immunotherapy, genomics and biomarkers, tumor microenvironment, clinical research platforms, metastatic disease, and computational approaches. That mix suggests a funder that is comfortable supporting both high-risk exploratory projects and more applied, bench-to-bedside research. Recent grantees include Massachusetts General Hospital, Yale University, Columbia University, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, University of Pennsylvania, The Scripps Research Institute, and MD Anderson Cancer Center. Its portfolio also includes the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance, showing attention to disease-specific research alongside broader cancer-science infrastructure.
What National Foundation for Cancer Research Funds
In cancer immunotherapy, the foundation funded research through collaborative grants tied to tumor microenvironment and therapeutic development, including awards to major academic medical centers. For early detection and prevention, its stated program focus includes basic cancer research aimed at detection and prevention, and recent contracts to institutions such as Yale University and Johns Hopkins University align with that emphasis. Genomics research and biomarkers also appear in the active grant portfolio, alongside computational biology and computational drug design, signaling interest in data-driven approaches to cancer science. Translational work is another clear theme: the foundation supports recoverable translational research grants and a collaborative platform for glioblastoma, pairing laboratory discovery with applied development.
How National Foundation for Cancer Research Gives
Typical grants cluster around a median of $85,000, with a lower quartile of $40,158 and an upper quartile of $108,670. The recent record shows repeated awards to the same institutions across multiple years, including Yale University, Massachusetts General Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Johns Hopkins University, The Scripps Research Institute, and Henry Ford Health System. That pattern points to ongoing project support rather than one-off gifts. The foundation is organized around research grants, research contracts, fellowships, and collaborative awards; some active programs are unsolicited while others are not, including Graduate Fellowship in Biomedical Research and Data Science and GBM AGILE.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$3.3M
Total Assets
$12.3M
Total Revenue
$11.1M
Total Expenses
$9.8M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $40K and $109K, with a median of $85K.
25th Percentile
$40K
Median
$85K
75th Percentile
$109K
Geographic Reach
National13 states funded
About 12% of grants go to recipients in NY.
Funding intensity
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Headquarters
Leadership
SUJUAN BA
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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