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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SOCIETY FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY OF CANCER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$12,836,586
Total expenses
$14,136,449
Contributions and grants received
$2,256,264
Grants paid
$908,704
Program service revenue
$10,044,421
Investment income
$458,620
Other revenue
$77,281
Total assets, end of year
$21,858,862
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,553,613
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$20,305,249
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$11,959,622
Management and general expenses
$2,124,757
Fundraising expenses
$52,070
Program service expenses (Part III)
$11,959,622

Program services were 84.6% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $36,313

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,219,951

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ANNUAL MEETING

    total $6,336,534 · related or exempt $6,336,534

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES & ASSESSMENTS

    total $1,840,040 · related or exempt $1,840,040

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER REGISTRATION PROGRAMS

    total $673,469 · related or exempt $673,469

  • 2d · Program service revenue: PUBLISHER REVENUE

    total $520,753 · related or exempt $520,753

  • 2e · Program service revenue: PRIMER

    total $227,605 · related or exempt $227,605

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $446,020 · related or exempt $446,020

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $458,620 · excluded $458,620

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $1,772 · excluded $1,772

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $39,500

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $36,313

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $50,792

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$11,292 · excluded -$11,292

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $4,591

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $3,778

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $813 · related or exempt $813

  • 11a · Other revenue: ADVERTISING

    total $73,000 · unrelated business $73,000

  • 11b · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $12,988 · related or exempt $12,988

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $85,988

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $737,618 · program services $737,618

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $6,337 · program services $6,337

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $164,749 · program services $164,749

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $5,000 · program services $5,000

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $6,759,233 · program services $5,268,633 · management and general $1,472,600 · fundraising $18,000

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $19,504 · program services $19,304 · management and general $200

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $18,975 · management and general $18,975

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $24,095 · management and general $24,095

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $156,000 · program services $156,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $272,555 · program services $223,978 · management and general $47,130 · fundraising $1,447

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $67,445 · program services $17,425 · management and general $26,596 · fundraising $23,424

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $353,997 · program services $184,582 · management and general $169,415

  • 17 · Travel

    total $688,123 · program services $596,435 · management and general $91,688

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,459,640 · program services $4,326,491 · management and general $126,522 · fundraising $6,627

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,493 · management and general $6,493

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK AND CC FEES

    total $226,400 · program services $198,448 · management and general $25,380 · fundraising $2,572

  • 24b · Other expenses: EXHIBITING

    total $85,683 · program services $7,386 · management and general $78,297

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $35,718 · program services $287 · management and general $35,431

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN

    total $27,139 · program services $27,139

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $21,745 · program services $19,810 · management and general $1,935

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $5,615,756 · end of year $3,417,889

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $6,637,682 · end of year $6,761,432

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $435,000 · end of year $2,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $202,254 · end of year $357,310

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $2,220 · end of year $1,434

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $415,828 · end of year $415,636

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $9,133,809 · end of year $10,882,892

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $16,519 · end of year $20,269

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $146,563 · end of year $140,973

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,307,655 · end of year $1,312,640

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $100,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $18,096,662 · end of year $17,174,187

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,908,188 · end of year $3,131,062

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO IMPROVE CANCER PATIENT OUTCOMES BY ADVANCING THE SCIENCE, DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF CANCER IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOTHERAPY THROUGH OUR CORE VALUES OF INTERACTION/INTEGRATION, INNOVATION, TRANSLATION, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AND LEADERSHIP IN THE FIELD. SITC AIMS TO MAKE CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY A STANDARD OF CARE AND THE WORD "CURE" A REALITY FOR CANCER PATIENTS EVERYWHERE.

  • THE SOCIETY FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY OF CANCER'S (SITC) 39TH ANNUAL MEETING & PRE-CONFERENCE PROGRAMS (SITC 2024) PROVIDED A MULTIDISCIPLINARY EDUCATIONAL AND INTERACTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOCUSED ON IMPROVING THE OUTCOME FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE PATIENTS WITH CANCER BY INCORPORATING STRATEGIES BASED ON BASIC AND APPLIED CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY. THE ANNUAL MEETING CONSISTED OF CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS BY EXPERTS IN THE FIELD, ORAL AND POSTER ABSTRACT PRESENTATIONS AND AMPLE OPPORTUNITY FOR STRUCTURED AND INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS, INCLUDING IMPORTANT NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES. IN ADDITION, THE MEETING INCLUDES UPDATES ON MAJOR NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVES COMING FROM ACADEMIA, GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY, AS WELL AS IMPORTANT SOCIETY PROJECTS.

    Expenses $6,261,769 · Revenue $6,409,534

  • CIG PROGRAM - THE SITC CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY GUIDELINES PROGRAM IS A COLLECTION OF CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES (CPGS) DEVELOPED BY MULTI-DISCIPLINARY PANELS OF EXPERTS WHO DRAW FROM THEIR OWN PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE AS WELL AS EVIDENCE IN THE PUBLISHED LITERATURE AND CLINICAL TRIAL DATA TO DEVELOP EVIDENCE- AND CONSENSUS-BASED RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHEN AND HOW TO USE IMMUNOTHERAPY TO HELP IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR PATIENTS WITH CANCER. THESE CPGS OFFER A VITAL RESOURCE FOR THE PRACTICING ONCOLOGY COMMUNITY. SITC USES AS A MODEL THE INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE'S 2011 "STANDARDS FOR DEVELOPING TRUSTWORTHY CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES" TO ENSURE A FAIR, TRANSPARENT AND BALANCED PROCESS FOR CREATING THE CPGS. EACH CPG EXPERT PANEL IS COMPRISED OF A COMPREHENSIVE MIX OF ACADEMIC PHYSICIANS AND RESEARCHERS, NURSES, PATIENTS, AND PATIENT ADVOCATES INVITED FROM INSTITUTIONS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

    Expenses $618,457

  • THE ADVANCES IN CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY (ACI) SERIES HOSTED TEN CME-, CNE-, CPE-, AND MOC- CERTIFIED PROGRAMS IN 2024. TWO OF THE PROGRAMS WERE HELD IN PERSON AT SUBSPECIALTY GROUP MEETINGS, AND EIGHT OF THE PROGRAMS WERE HELD VIRTUALLY ONLY. THE SERIES WAS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE EDUCATION TO PATIENT CARE PROVIDERS AND OTHERS WHO WISH TO LEARN THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF TUMOR IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOTHERAPY, AND TO IMPROVE THEIR ABILITY TO INTEGRATE IMMUNOTHERAPY INTO STATE-OF-THE-ART CLINICAL MANAGEMENT FOR THEIR PATIENTS. THIS INTENDED AUDIENCE INCLUDED CLINICAL ONCOLOGISTS, REGISTERED NURSES, ADVANCED PRACTITIONERS, PHARMACISTS, EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS, PATHOLOGISTS, SURGEONS, RADIATION ONCOLOGISTS, ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, AND OTHER PATIENT CARE PROVIDERS, STUDENTS AND PATIENT ADVOCATES.

    Expenses $354,970 · Revenue $20,930

  • WORKSHOP / CONNECTED / PRIMER / WIC/ INDUSTRY / WINTER / WIN / SPAKATHON PROGRAM / JOURNAL / COLLABORATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS / CIG / POLICY ACTIVITIES / SCIENTIFIC RESOURCES / CERTIFICATE PROGRAM / DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION / ENGINEERING AND IO / FAIO / OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES

    Expenses $4,724,426 · Grants $908,704 · Revenue $3,627,758

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Leisha Emens MD PhD

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • James Gulley MD PhD

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Patrick Hwu MD

    IMM. PAST PRES.

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Julie Brahmer MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Guerriero PhD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $2,000
    From this org
    $2,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Wargo MD Mmsc

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jason Luke MD PhD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sarah Warren PhD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tullia Bruno PhD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $2,000
    From this org
    $2,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pamela Ohashi PhD

    SECR/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Arlene Sharpe MD PhD Faio

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Avery Posey Jr PhD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Crystal Paulos PhD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $1,000
    From this org
    $1,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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.

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Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
12 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513169349306946

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