Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$1,842,982

Total expenses

$1,726,483

Contributions and grants received

$1,794,845

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$25,000

Investment income

$23,137

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$668,478

Total liabilities, end of year

$125,129

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$543,349

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,369,489

Management and general expenses

$181,121

Fundraising expenses

$175,873

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,369,489

Program services were 79.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2024

• PATIENT NAVIGATION AND SUPPORT:CANCER COMMONS PROVIDED PERSONALIZED NAVIGATION AND EXPERT GUIDANCE TO APPROXIMATELY 1,200 NEW AND RETURNING CLIENTS DURING THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2025. MANY OF THESE INDIVIDUALS FACED ADVANCED OR HARD-TO-TREAT CANCERS, INCLUDING BRAIN AND PANCREATIC CANCERS, WHERE TREATMENT DECISIONS ARE COMPLEX AND TIME-SENSITIVE.THE ORGANIZATION'S SERVICES HELP PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS UNDERSTAND THEIR DIAGNOSIS, CLARIFY TREATMENT GOALS, AND EVALUATE TESTING, THERAPIES, AND CLINICAL TRIALS. EACH PATIENT IS PAIRED WITH A SCIENTIST WHO REVIEWS MEDICAL HISTORY, RESEARCHES ADDITIONAL TESTING, AND IDENTIFIES POTENTIAL TREATMENT PATHS AND TRIAL OPPORTUNITIES. THIS INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORT EMPOWERS PATIENTS TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS AT CRITICAL MOMENTS IN THEIR CARE AND HELPS FAMILIES NAVIGATE AN OVERWHELMING AND RAPIDLY EVOLVING MEDICAL LANDSCAPE. DONOR SUPPORT ENABLES CANCER COMMONS TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES AT NO COST TO PATIENTS.

  Expenses $809,763

• LEARNING HEALTH SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT:CANCER COMMONS CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT ON THE LEARNING HEALTH SYSTEM (LHS), A TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM DESIGNED TO ACCELERATE AND IMPROVE TREATMENT DECISION-MAKING FOR PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED CANCERS. THE SYSTEM INTEGRATES REAL-WORLD PATIENT DATA AND AI-DRIVEN ANALYSIS TO HELP IDENTIFY PROMISING TREATMENT OPTIONS AND REFINE RECOMMENDATIONS OVER TIME. THIS WORK ADVANCES THE ORGANIZATION'S LONG-TERM VISION: A LEARNING HEALTH SYSTEM IN WHICH EACH PATIENT'S EXPERIENCE CONTRIBUTES TO KNOWLEDGE THAT BENEFITS THE NEXT. DONOR INVESTMENT IN THIS INITIATIVE HELPS BUILD A FUTURE WHERE PERSONALIZED, DATA-INFORMED CANCER CARE IS ACCESSIBLE TO ALL.

  Expenses $298,783

• WEBSITE, MARKETING, AND COMMUNICATIONS:THE ORGANIZATION ADVANCED ITS WEBSITE, MARKETING, AND COMMUNICATIONS INITIATIVES TO SUPPORT AN UPDATED BRAND IDENTITY AND IMPROVE ACCESS TO PATIENT-FACING RESOURCES. DURING THE YEAR, CANCER COMMONS COMPLETED FOUNDATIONAL WORK, INCLUDING CONTENT DEVELOPMENT, DESIGN PLANNING, AND USER-EXPERIENCE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL ENABLE A FULL LAUNCH IN THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR. THESE EFFORTS STRENGTHEN THE ORGANIZATION'S ABILITY TO REACH PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS SEEKING TIMELY, TRUSTWORTHY GUIDANCE.

  Expenses $133,290

• PARTNERSHIPS:CANCER COMMONS COLLABORATES WITH MISSION-ALIGNED PARTNERS TO EXTEND EXPERT GUIDANCE TO PATIENTS WHO NEED IT MOST. THESE PARTNERSHIPS STRENGTHEN THE ORGANIZATION'S REACH AND ENSURE THAT INDIVIDUALS REFERRED BY TRUSTED INSTITUTIONS RECEIVE TIMELY, PERSONALIZED SUPPORT.KEY PARTNERSHIPS INCLUDED THE MUSELLA FOUNDATION FOR BRAIN TUMOR RESEARCH & INFORMATION AND HEAD FOR THE CURE, WHICH JOINTLY PROVIDED GRANT FUNDING TO EXPAND BRAIN CANCER NAVIGATION SERVICES. THIS SUPPORT ENABLED THE ORGANIZATION TO ENGAGE AN ONCOLOGY NURSE NAVIGATOR AND OFFER SPECIALIZED GUIDANCE TO BRAIN TUMOR PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS. THROUGH THESE COLLABORATIONS, CANCER COMMONS REACHED MORE FAMILIES CONFRONTING SOME OF THE MOST CHALLENGING CANCER DIAGNOSES AND ENSURED THEY HAD ACCESS TO EXPERT, COMPASSIONATE SUPPORT.

  Expenses $127,653

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

9 March 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202600689349301780

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