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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2024 , filed 10 February 2026. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$3,529,222 changed to $31,692
Total expenses
$1,100 changed to $0
Contributions and grants received
$1,698,978 changed to $0
Program services expenses
$1,100 changed to $0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,100 changed to $0

Listed only on the earlier return

  • KAREN E KNUDSEN PHD

Totals

Total revenue
$3,529,222
Total expenses
$1,100
Contributions and grants received
$1,698,978
Grants paid
$0
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,100
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,100

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • LISA A LACASSE

    VICE PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $877,312
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $836,640
    Other
    $40,672
    Hours/week
    1 + 55 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $477,253 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $341,095 related
    Other
    $0 + $18,292 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $34,600 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $6,072 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $877,312 related

  • JOHN B WOODWARD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $709,107
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $641,450
    Other
    $67,657
    Hours/week
    1 + 57 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $420,343 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $220,047 related
    Other
    $0 + $1,060 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $39,181 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $28,476 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $709,107 related

  • KAREN E KNUDSEN PHD

    DIRECTOR, OUTGOING

    Total calculated
    $2,242,645
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $2,189,371
    Other
    $53,274
    Hours/week
    1 + 62 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $929,204 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $1,028,608 related
    Other
    $0 + $231,559 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $20,700 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $32,574 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $2,242,645 related

  • MARISSA P BROWN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $427,334
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $391,384
    Other
    $35,950
    Hours/week
    1 + 55 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $280,915 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $106,051 related
    Other
    $0 + $4,418 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $17,914 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $18,036 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $427,334 related

  • PAMELA G TRAXEL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $399,713
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $370,119
    Other
    $29,594
    Hours/week
    1 + 55 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $295,493 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $71,626 related
    Other
    $0 + $3,000 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $18,486 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $11,108 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $399,713 related

  • WAYNE A I FREDERICK MD MBA FACS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $601,730
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $601,730
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 62 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $601,730 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $601,730 related

  • MICHAEL L NEAL

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $1,020,332
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $977,147
    Other
    $43,185
    Hours/week
    1 + 57 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $544,301 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $390,246 related
    Other
    $0 + $42,600 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $21,470 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $21,715 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $1,020,332 related

  • ROBERT C COOK

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $312,085
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $252,306
    Other
    $59,779
    Hours/week
    1 + 57 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $204,579 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $46,862 related
    Other
    $0 + $865 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $35,770 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $24,009 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $312,085 related

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 — 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

Answered yes

  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Schedule J, Part I, Line 3 Arrangement used to establish the top management official's compensation
THE INDIVIDUALS DISCLOSED ON PART VII AND SCHEDULE J ARE EMPLOYED AND COMPENSATED BY ACS. THE PROCEDURES FOR REVIEWING AND DETERMINING COMPENSATION OF THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE OF ACS. PLEASE SEE THE SCHEDULE O DISCLOSURE FOR FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 FOR THE PROCEDURES USED BY ACS.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 4b Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
INDIVIDUALS DISCLOSED ON SCHEDULE J, PART II OF THE FORM 990 ARE EMPLOYED BY ACS, WHICH CONTROLS THE FILING ORGANIZATION. ACS MAINTAINS 457(B) AND 457(F) PLANS AS PART OF THE TOTAL COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENTS FOR CERTAIN EXECUTIVES. ACS RESTORES MATCHING CONTRIBUTION BENEFITS THAT ARE LOST AS A RESULT OF TAX RESTRICTIONS ON ITS 403(B) PLAN IN THE 457(B) AND 457(F) PLANS. AS PART OF THE HUMAN CAPITAL COMMITTEE'S (THE "COMMITTEE") RESPONSIBILITIES, THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERS THE NEW AND TOTAL VALUES OF THE 457(F) BENEFITS AS PART OF THE TOTAL COMPENSATION FOR EACH PARTICIPATING EXECUTIVE. THE COMMITTEE'S PROCESS IS FULLY DESCRIBED IN SCHEDULE O OF ACS' FORM 990 AS RELATED TO PART VI, LINE 15.
Schedule J, Part II, Column (C)
SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN C INCLUDES DEFERRED COMPENSATION RELATED TO THE ANNUAL CHANGE IN ACTUARIAL VALUE OF A QUALIFIED DEFINED BENEFIT RETIREMENT PLAN. THE CHANGE IS CAUSED BY CHANGES IN ACTUARIAL ASSUMPTIONS, WHICH ARE REQUIRED TO BE USED TO VALUE THE BENEFITS. PRIOR TO ACTUAL RETIREMENT, THESE ACTUARIAL (ESTIMATED) VALUES CAN INCREASE OR DECREASE FROM YEAR TO YEAR DEPENDING ON WHETHER CERTAIN ASSUMPTIONS INCREASE OR DECREASE.

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202532879349301383

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