To understand cancer from its beginnings, to use that knowledge in the creation and improvement of cancer treatments, to relieve the suffering of cancer patients, and to provide education about cancer risk, prevention, and care.
A defining feature of Huntsman Cancer Foundation is its role as a sole supporting organization to Huntsman Cancer Institute. The recent grants show repeated large transfers to the Health Sciences Center in Salt Lake City, with one 2023 payment of $90,167,143 described as donor-restricted and coordinated through the CEOs of both organizations. A 2024 grant of $38,462,978 followed the same pattern, indicating that the foundation’s grantmaking is organized around institutional support rather than a broad portfolio of independent recipients. Its mission centers on understanding cancer from its beginnings, using that knowledge to improve treatment, relieving patient suffering, and providing education about cancer risk, prevention, and care. The foundation also works within a donor-instruction framework, with payments tied to specific instructions in the grant records. Its public charity status and high annual grant volume place it in a large-scale funding role, but the recipient pattern is tightly focused on Huntsman Cancer Institute and related health services functions at the University of Utah.
Cancer research is a core area for Huntsman Cancer Foundation, reflected in its stated purpose to understand cancer from its beginnings and use that knowledge to improve treatments. That research orientation sits alongside support for clinical trials and genetics and hereditary cancer, both listed in its focus areas. Patient-facing work is also part of the portfolio: the foundation’s purpose includes relieving the suffering of cancer patients, and its focus areas include patient support and care. Education and prevention appear as well, with explicit attention to cancer risk, prevention, and care. The 2025 grant of $41,173,236 to the Health Sciences Center at the University of Utah was described as support for Huntsman Cancer Institute at Health Services Center, linking the foundation’s giving to institutional cancer services and research delivery.
The foundation’s typical grant size is very large: p25 is $51,389,019, median is $64,315,060, and p75 is $77,241,102. The recent grant record shows a repeated institutional pattern across 2023, 2024, and 2025, with all listed grants going to the same Salt Lake City recipient. It is structured as a public charity and a sole supporting organization, with grant payments coordinated between the CEOs of Huntsman Cancer Foundation and Huntsman Cancer Institute. The records also describe donor-restricted compliance, with grants made according to specific donor instructions.
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$41.2M
$96.6M
$51.9M
$50M
Most grants fall between $51.4M and $77.2M, with a median of $64.3M.
25th Percentile
$51.4M
Median
$64.3M
75th Percentile
$77.2M
About 100% of grants go to recipients in UT.
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All listed grants went to recipients in Utah, and the recipient country distribution is entirely U.S.-based. The grants land in Salt Lake City, with the Health Sciences Center appearing as the recipient city in the recent grants list. The top state by grant count is UT, and 100% of grants were awarded to recipients in the HQ state. This is a local giving pattern centered on one Utah institution rather than a multi-state portfolio.
Its stated purpose is to understand cancer from its beginnings, improve cancer treatments, relieve the suffering of cancer patients, and provide education about cancer risk, prevention, and care. Its listed focus areas include cancer research, clinical trials, genetics and hereditary cancer, patient support and care, and cancer education and prevention.
The typical grant size is very large. The foundation’s grant-size distribution shows p25 at $51,389,019, median at $64,315,060, and p75 at $77,241,102.
The recent grants all go to the Health Sciences Center in Salt Lake City, UT, which the records connect to Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah. The beneficiary description identifies Huntsman Cancer Institute and University of Utah–affiliated health services as central recipients of support.
No. The geographic scope of giving is local, the top state by grant count is UT, and 100% of the listed grants went to recipients in the HQ state. The recipient country distribution is also entirely U.S.-based.
It is a public charity and a sole supporting organization. The grant records also describe routine coordination between the CEOs of Huntsman Cancer Foundation and Huntsman Cancer Institute, along with donor-restricted compliance and specific donor instructions.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER | SALT LAKE CITY, UT | $41,173,236 | 2025 | SUPPORT HUNTSMAN CANCER INSTITUTE AT HEALTH SERVICES CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH |
| HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER | SALT LAKE CITY, UT | $38,462,978 | 2024 | HCF IS A SOLE SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION TO HCI. THERE IS ROUTINE COMMUNICATION AND COORDINATION BETWEEN THE CEO'S OF BOTH HCF AND HCI ON ALL GRANT PAYMENTS MADE. DONOR GRANTS WITH SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS AS TO TIMELINE AND DESTINATION ARE HANDLED ACCORDING TO THOSE DIRECTIVES. ALL OTHER GRANT MONIES ARE TRANSFERRED ONCE A YEAR, AND ACCOMPANIED WITH DETAILS OF DONORS AND INTENDED USE. FUNDRAISING UPDATES ARE ROUTINELY DISCUSSED BETWEEN CEO'S OF BOTH ORGANIZATIONS. |
| HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER | SALT LAKE CITY, UT | $90,167,143 | 2023 | HCF IS A SOLE SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION TO HCI. THERE IS ROUTINE COMMUNICATION AND COORDINATION BETWEEN THE CEO'S OF BOTH HCF AND HCI ON ALL GRANT PAYMENTS MADE. DONOR GRANTS WITH SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS AS TO TIMELINE AND DESTINATION ARE HANDLED ACCORDING TO THOSE DIRECTIVES. ALL OTHER GRANT MONIES ARE TRANSFERRED ONCE A YEAR, AND ACCOMPANIED WITH DETAILS OF DONORS AND INTENDED USE. FUNDRAISING UPDATES ARE ROUTINELY DISCUSSED BETWEEN CEO'S OF BOTH ORGANIZATIONS. |
HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER
$41,173,236SUPPORT HUNTSMAN CANCER INSTITUTE AT HEALTH SERVICES CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER
$38,462,978HCF IS A SOLE SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION TO HCI. THERE IS ROUTINE COMMUNICATION AND COORDINATION BETWEEN THE CEO'S OF BOTH HCF AND HCI ON ALL GRANT PAYMENTS MADE. DONOR GRANTS WITH SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS AS TO TIMELINE AND DESTINATION ARE HANDLED ACCORDING TO THOSE DIRECTIVES. ALL OTHER GRANT MONIES ARE TRANSFERRED ONCE A YEAR, AND ACCOMPANIED WITH DETAILS OF DONORS AND INTENDED USE. FUNDRAISING UPDATES ARE ROUTINELY DISCUSSED BETWEEN CEO'S OF BOTH ORGANIZATIONS.
HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER
$90,167,143HCF IS A SOLE SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION TO HCI. THERE IS ROUTINE COMMUNICATION AND COORDINATION BETWEEN THE CEO'S OF BOTH HCF AND HCI ON ALL GRANT PAYMENTS MADE. DONOR GRANTS WITH SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS AS TO TIMELINE AND DESTINATION ARE HANDLED ACCORDING TO THOSE DIRECTIVES. ALL OTHER GRANT MONIES ARE TRANSFERRED ONCE A YEAR, AND ACCOMPANIED WITH DETAILS OF DONORS AND INTENDED USE. FUNDRAISING UPDATES ARE ROUTINELY DISCUSSED BETWEEN CEO'S OF BOTH ORGANIZATIONS.