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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ANIMAL CANCER FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$318,293
Total expenses
$825,963
Contributions and grants received
$261,211
Grants paid
$510,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$56,827
Other revenue
$255
Total assets, end of year
$359,638
Total liabilities, end of year
$15,445
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$344,193
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$632,172
Management and general expenses
$78,145
Fundraising expenses
$115,646
Program service expenses (Part III)
$632,172

Program services were 76.5% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $261,211

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $5,085

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,128 · excluded $3,128

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $304,577

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $250,878

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $53,699

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $53,699 · related or exempt $53,699

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $255 · related or exempt $255

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $255

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $510,000 · program services $510,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $74,000 · program services $51,800 · management and general $7,400 · fundraising $14,800

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $63,600 · program services $25,440 · management and general $6,360 · fundraising $31,800

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $601 · program services $337 · management and general $60 · fundraising $204

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $10,526 · program services $5,908 · management and general $1,053 · fundraising $3,565

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $61,493 · program services $7,500 · management and general $53,993

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $7,902 · program services $2,377 · fundraising $5,525

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $150 · management and general $150

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $64,008 · program services $26,434 · management and general $2,166 · fundraising $35,408

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,195 · management and general $4,195

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRINTING AND POSTAGE

    total $19,813 · program services $904 · management and general $444 · fundraising $18,465

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $5,222 · program services $500 · management and general $386 · fundraising $4,336

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK, CREDIT CARD AND O

    total $3,405 · program services $449 · management and general $1,938 · fundraising $1,018

  • 24d · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $1,048 · program services $523 · fundraising $525

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $286,065 · end of year $102,091

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $283,512 · end of year $203,322

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,971 · end of year $5,580

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $237 · end of year $128

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $19,548 · end of year $15,336

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

    $27,128

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $27,128

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $304,210 · end of year $33,181

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $5,615 · end of year $15,445

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $360,739 · end of year $275,178

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $531,189 · end of year $69,015

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ANIMAL CANCER FOUNDATION IS DEDICATED TO FINDING NEW TREATMENTS AND EVENTUAL CURES FOR CANCER BY FUNDING RESEARCH IN AND INCREASING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF COMPARATIVE ONCOLOGY, THE STUDY OF NATURALLY OCCURRING, SIMILAR CANCERS IN PEOPLE AND IN COMPANION ANIMALS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O.ACF DEVELOPS AND SUPPORTS RESEARCH THAT ADVANCES THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF CANCER FOR PEOPLE AND PETS. ACF FOCUSES ON FURTHERING RESEARCH IN COMPARATIVE ONCOLOGY, WHICH IS THE STUDY OF CANCERS THAT OCCUR SIMILARLY IN BOTH COMPANION ANIMALS AND HUMANS.TO FUND AND DEVELOP RESEARCH FOCUSED ON THE BIOLOGIC SIMILARITY OF CANCER IN PETS AND PEOPLE THAT WILL EXPEDITE THERAPEUTIC AND PREVENTATIVE BENEFITS FOR BOTH. ALSO, TO INFORM THE PUBLIC AND THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY ABOUT THE BIOLOGIC SIMILARITY OF CANCER IN PETS AND PEOPLE, AND TO COMMUNICATE THE WAYS IN WHICH COMPARATIVE ONCOLOGY WILL ACCELERATE THE TREATMENT, PREVENTION AND ULTIMATE ERADICATION OF CANCER. THE CANINE CANCER GENOME PROJECT (CCGP) SPONSORED BY BLUE BUFFALO FOUNDATION AND ANIMAL CANCER FOUNDATION SEEKS TO MAP THE SEVEN MOST COMMON CANINE CANCER TUMORS AND TO PLACE THE DATASETS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR USE BY ALL CANCER RESEARCHERS.

  • ANIMAL CANCER FOUNDATION HAS EMBARKED ON THE CANINE CANCER GENOME PROJECT ("CCGP") SPONSORED BY BLUE BUFFALO FOUNDATION TO ENABLE A MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONAL COLLABORATION TO MAP CANINE CANCER GENOMES FROM SAMPLES DONATED TO ACF BY THE CANINE CANCER ONCOLOGY GENOMICS CONSORTIUM (CCOGC) AND TO PLACE THOSE DATASETS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR USE BY ALL CANCER RESEARCH. THIS MULTI-YEAR PROJECT WILL ENABLE CANCER SCIENTISTS TO BUILD MORE ROBUST COMPARATIVE DATASETS AND TO FURTHER CANCER RESEARCH IN PETS AND PEOPLE. AFTER A COMPETITIVE SELECTION PROCESS, THE TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE WAS SELECTED AS THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS FOR THIS PROJECT.ACF PAID $410,000 IN SEPTEMBER 2024 AND $100,000 IN JUNE 2025 FOR CCGP. AN ADDITIONAL $200,000 IS COMMITTED TO CCGP.ACF COMPARATIVE ONCOLOGY GRANTS AWARDS ARE RESEARCH GRANTS OF $50,000 FOR ONE TO TWO YEAR COMPARATIVE ONCOLOGY RESEARCH THAT IS IDENTIFIED BY A SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COUNCIL AS BEST-IN-FIELD EARLY DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL HAVE RESULTS POISED TO ATTRACT FURTHER GOVERNMENT AND LARGE INSTITUTIONAL FUNDING AND THAT ENCOURAGE OPEN SHARE DISCOVERY TO SPEED NEW SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION AND TREATMENT TO THE CLINICAL SETTING. THESE RFPS ARE OPENED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE ACF BOARD OF DIRECTORS.ACF SUPPORTS WORKSHOPS, SYMPOSIA AND CONFERENCES FURTHERING COMPARATIVE ONCOLOGY THAT INCLUDE THE VETERINARY CANCER SOCIETY ("VCS") ANNUAL CONFERENCE.

    Expenses $632,172 · Grants $510,000

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Loni Edwards

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Gerald Post

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Renee Alsarraf

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Victoria Carmella

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Karen Labarre

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Harold Espinoza

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Barbara Cohen

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $74,000
    From this org
    $74,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
26 March 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202640859349300919

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