About Roswell Park Alliance Foundation
To advance the work of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center by supporting cancer research, patient care, education and community outreach through philanthropic giving.
Focus Areas
Cancer researchPatient support and servicesClinical trialsScreening and preventionCommunity outreach and engagement
Who They Fund
patients benefiting from immunotherapy (improved quality of life)researchers and scientific staff (institutional research community)local community/general public (education and outreach)
Funding Style
capital expansioncampaign-driven/major gifts (Release the Breakthroughs Campaign)
About Roswell Park Alliance Foundation
Roswell Park Alliance Foundation concentrates its giving on one institution: Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo. The largest recent awards are tied to scientific research, including $9,203,852 in 2023, $9,070,305 in 2025, and $6,566,379 in 2024, showing sustained support for the center’s research agenda. The foundation’s grant history also includes funding for the Center for Immunotherapy, Quality of Life, Capital Expansion, and the Release the Breakthroughs Campaign, which points to a mix of research, patient-facing, and institutional priorities. Its support reaches beyond laboratory work. Recent grants to Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center have also gone toward community outreach and education, education, equipment, and capital expansion. That combination suggests a funder backing both the center’s scientific capacity and the services that shape patient experience and public engagement. Across the recent grants listed here, the foundation’s giving remains tightly focused on advancing Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center’s work through philanthropic support for cancer research, patient care, education, and community outreach.
What Roswell Park Alliance Foundation Funds
Scientific research is a core theme. The foundation gave $9,070,305 in 2025 to Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center for Scientific Research, alongside a $6,566,379 award in 2024 for the same purpose. That scale signals repeated investment in the center’s research enterprise. It also supports clinical and patient-centered work. In 2025, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center received $4,448,527 for Quality of Life, following a $4,326,430 grant in 2024 for the same area and a $3,088,748 grant in 2023. The pattern shows sustained attention to how cancer care affects patients beyond treatment itself. Community-facing work appears as well. The foundation awarded $1,824,968 in 2024 and $1,612,306 in 2025 for Community Outreach and Education, and it also funded Education with $1,535,373 in 2023.
How Roswell Park Alliance Foundation Gives
Typical grants are large: the p25 is $1,665,472, the median is $4,107,753, and the p75 is $5,661,770. The recent record shows repeated awards to the same recipient across 2023, 2024, and 2025, with several recurring purposes such as Scientific Research, Quality of Life, Capital Expansion, and Community Outreach and Education. The foundation does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments. The grant list also shows a local, place-based pattern rather than broad regional or national dispersal.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$28.7M
Total Assets
$162.8M
Total Revenue
$32.9M
Total Expenses
$34.1M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $1.7M and $5.7M, with a median of $4.1M.
25th Percentile
$1.7M
Median
$4.1M
75th Percentile
$5.7M
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
Cindy Eller
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