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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH.

Totals

Total revenue
$83,093,510
Total expenses
$83,018,160
Contributions and grants received
$26,628,085
Grants paid
$22,976,597
Program service revenue
$51,198,544
Investment income
$4,193,811
Other revenue
$1,073,070
Total assets, end of year
$231,693,702
Total liabilities, end of year
$79,424,842
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$152,268,860
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$74,022,248
Management and general expenses
$7,742,912
Fundraising expenses
$1,253,000
Program service expenses (Part III)
$74,022,248

Program services were 89.2% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $25,847,121

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $780,964

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS

    total $25,626,189 · related or exempt $19,297,414 · unrelated business $282,258 · excluded $6,046,517

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PUBLICATIONS

    total $18,309,868 · related or exempt $18,086,524 · unrelated business $223,344

  • 2c · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP

    total $4,474,214 · related or exempt $4,474,214

  • 2d · Program service revenue: SCIENTIFIC INITIATIVES

    total $2,448,001 · related or exempt $2,448,001

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $340,272 · related or exempt $340,272

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,697,176 · excluded $1,697,176

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $1,073,070 · excluded $1,073,070

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $40,075,523

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

    securities $37,578,888

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $2,496,635

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $2,496,635 · excluded $2,496,635

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $21,710,597 · program services $21,710,597

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $1,266,000 · program services $1,266,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,367,363 · program services $1,160,011 · management and general $207,352

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $19,167,406 · program services $16,260,800 · management and general $2,906,606

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,229,526 · program services $1,043,077 · management and general $186,449

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,359,908 · program services $2,002,044 · management and general $357,864

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,387,451 · program services $1,177,053 · management and general $210,398

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $476,223 · program services $411,393 · management and general $64,830

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $314,831 · program services $314,831

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $1,308,265 · management and general $1,308,265

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $4,034,825 · program services $3,639,182 · management and general $395,643

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,201,495 · program services $2,106,875 · management and general $94,620

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,883,854 · program services $1,627,111 · management and general $256,743

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,367,776 · program services $2,156,218 · management and general $211,558

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,597,197 · program services $1,429,669 · management and general $167,528

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $5,837,988 · program services $5,272,748 · management and general $565,240

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $1,253,000 · fundraising $1,253,000

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $319,500 · program services $206,723 · management and general $112,777

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $255,218 · program services $237,433 · management and general $17,785

  • 24a · Other expenses: AUDIO VISUAL SERVICES

    total $4,690,324 · program services $4,518,519 · management and general $171,805

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRINTING

    total $3,667,324 · program services $3,506,679 · management and general $160,645

  • 24c · Other expenses: HONORARIA

    total $1,330,320 · program services $1,330,320

  • 24d · Other expenses: CREDIT CARD FEES

    total $913,147 · program services $835,754 · management and general $77,393

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,078,622 · program services $1,809,211 · management and general $269,411

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $19,723,400 · end of year $16,270,356

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $7,818,212 · end of year $3,394,949

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $47,606,880 · end of year $33,360,393

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,393,081 · end of year $3,482,308

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,024,478 · end of year $2,286,575

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

    $4,706,132

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

    $4,468,185

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $587,667 · end of year $237,947

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $75,386,791 · end of year $68,096,212

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $97,141,307 · end of year $89,664,319

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $8,449,390 · end of year $14,900,643

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $13,730,166 · end of year $10,899,855

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $38,551,597 · end of year $29,367,393

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $14,307,022 · end of year $23,558,683

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $8,389,390 · end of year $15,598,911

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $158,906,317 · end of year $130,896,323

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $27,246,714 · end of year $21,372,537

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE AACR IS TO PREVENT AND CURE CANCER THROUGH RESEARCH, EDUCATION, COMMUNICATION, AND COLLABORATION. THROUGH ITS PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, THE AACR FOSTERS RESEARCH IN CANCER AND RELATED BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE; ACCELERATES THE DISSEMINATION OF NEW RESEARCH FINDINGS AMONG SCIENTISTS AND OTHERS DEDICATED TO THE CONQUEST OF CANCER; PROMOTES SCIENCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING; AND ADVANCES THE UNDERSTANDING OF CANCER ETIOLOGY, PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PREVENT AND CURE CANCER THROUGH RESEARCH, EDUCATION, COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION.

  • RESEARCH GRANTS, SCIENTIFIC AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARDS.

    Expenses $25,056,116 · Grants $22,484,702

  • ANNUAL MEETING AND SPECIAL CONFERENCES ATTENDED BY MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBERS FOR THE PRESENTATION OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. ALSO INCLUDES EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS FOR TRAINING YOUNG INVESTIGATORS.

    Expenses $20,045,833 · Grants $385,578 · Revenue $25,626,189

  • PUBLICATIONS - PRODUCTION & DISTRIBUTION OF THE JOURNALS: "CANCER RESEARCH", "MOLECULAR CANCER RESEARCH", "CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY BIOMARKERS & PREVENTION", "CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH", "MOLECULAR CANCER THERAPEUTICS", "CANCER PREVENTION RESEARCH", "CANCER DISCOVERY", "CANCER TODAY", "CANCER IMMUNOLOGY RESEARCH AND "BLOOD CANCER DISCOVERY".

    Expenses $13,050,911 · Revenue $18,309,868

  • [1] SCIENCE POLICY AND GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

    Expenses $2,136,468

  • [2] COMMUNICATIONS

    Expenses $4,936,535

  • [3] SPECIAL CONSTITUENCIES - CONSISTS OF SERVICES TO UNDER-REPRESENTED POPULATIONS (WOMEN, MINORITIES, UNDERGRADUATES) TO ENHANCE THEIR SCIENTIFIC CAREERS.

    Expenses $2,001,928 · Grants $106,317 · Revenue $340,272

  • [4] SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS

    Expenses $5,102,607 · Revenue $2,448,001

  • [5] SURVIVOR PROGRAM

    Expenses $471,160

  • [6] MEMBERSHIP

    Revenue $4,474,214

  • [7] CANCER TODAY MAGAZINE

    Expenses $1,220,690

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dr David A Tuveson

    PRESIDENT (JAN-MAR)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 2 related

  • Dr Lisa Coussens

    PRESIDENT (APR-DEC)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 2 related

  • Dr Lisa Coussens

    PRESIDENT-ELECT (JAN-MAR)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 2 related

  • Dr Philip Greenberg

    PRESIDENT-ELECT (APR-DEC)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Dr Antoni Ribas

    PAST PRESIDENT (JAN-MAR)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Dr David A Tuveson

    PAST PRESIDENT (APR-DEC)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 2 related

  • Dr William N Hait

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 2 related

  • Dr Marcia R Cruz-Correa

    DIRECTOR (2019-2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Keith T Flaherty

    DIRECTOR (2019-2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Martine F Roussel

    DIRECTOR (2019-2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Charles Swanton

    DIRECTOR (2019-2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Silvia C Formenti

    DIRECTOR (2020-2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Elaine Fuchs

    DIRECTOR (2020-2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Roy S Herbst

    DIRECTOR (2020-2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Ira Mellman

    DIRECTOR (2020-2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Suzanne L Topalian

    DIRECTOR (2020-2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Nina Bhardwaj

    DIRECTOR (2021-2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Luis Diaz

    DIRECTOR (2021-2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Susan Galbraith

    DIRECTOR (2021-2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Thomas Lynch

    DIRECTOR (2021-2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Lisa Newman

    DIRECTOR (2021-2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Christina Curtis

    DIRECTOR (2022-2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr William Pao

    DIRECTOR (2022-2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Kimberly Stegmaier

    DIRECTOR (2022-2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Robert Vonderheide

    DIRECTOR (2022-2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr John Carpten

    DIRECTOR (2021-2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Margaret Foti

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $1,053,026
    From this org
    $896,040
    From related orgs
    $99,560
    Other
    $57,426
    Hours/week
    35 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $765,000 + $85,000 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $131,040 + $14,560 related
    Deferred
    $21,960 + $2,440 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,723 + $3,303 related
    Filer's total
    $947,723 + $105,303 related

  • Michael Stewart

    VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $441,726
    From this org
    $369,075
    From related orgs
    $19,425
    Other
    $53,226
    Hours/week
    35 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $369,075 + $19,425 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $29,526 + $1,554 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,039 + $1,107 related
    Filer's total
    $419,640 + $22,086 related

  • Jon Retzlaff

    VP. SCIENCE POLICY & GOV. AFFAIRS, CHIEF POLICY OF

    Total calculated
    $414,672
    From this org
    $368,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,672
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $368,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $29,440
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,232
    Filer's total
    $414,672

  • Christine Battle

    VP. SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS, PUBLISHER

    Total calculated
    $330,988
    From this org
    $290,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,988
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $290,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $23,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,788
    Filer's total
    $330,988

  • Paul Driscoll

    VP. MARKETING AND CREATIVE SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $328,457
    From this org
    $280,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,457
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $280,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $22,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,057
    Filer's total
    $328,457

  • Yixian Zhang

    SR. DIRECTOR / SCIENTIFIC REVIEW AND.

    Total calculated
    $317,656
    From this org
    $270,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,656
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $270,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $21,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,056
    Filer's total
    $317,656

  • Richard Buck

    VP. COMMUNICATION

    Total calculated
    $312,623
    From this org
    $270,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,623
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $270,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $21,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,023
    Filer's total
    $312,623

  • Joseph Pontoski

    SR. MANAGING DIRECTOR / FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $311,143
    From this org
    $269,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,143
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $269,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $21,120
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,023
    Filer's total
    $311,143

  • Mary Ballinger

    MNG. DIRECTOR / MEETINGS AND EXHIBITS

    Total calculated
    $269,171
    From this org
    $230,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,171
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $230,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,771
    Filer's total
    $269,171

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

Answered yes

  • 1a · First-class or charter travel
  • 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 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)

PART I, LINE 1A
SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 1A: FIRST-CLASS OR CHARTER TRAVEL IT IS THE POLICY OF THE ASSOCIATION TO AUTHORIZE FIRST CLASS TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE BUSINESS TRAVEL SCHEDULES AND FACILITATE ONGOING BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS.
SCHEDULE J, PART II: OTHER REPORTABLE COMPENSATION
THE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT FOR THE AACR CEO CALLS FOR ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO A DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN. DUE TO STATUTORY AND AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS, A PORTION OF THESE ANNUAL PAYMENTS CAN NO LONGER BE DEFERRED INTO A QUALIFIED PLAN AND MUST BE PAID OUT ANNUALLY AND CLASSIFIED AS OTHER REPORTABLE COMPENSATION. IN ADDITION, THE COMPANY PROVIDES AN ANNUAL CAR ALLOWANCE THAT IS ALSO INCLUDED AS PART OF OTHER COMPENSATION.

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.

  • AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION

    501(C)(3) · SEE SCHEDULE O FOR DETAILS · PA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH INC

  • AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL - CANADA

    501(C)(3) · SEE SCHEDULE O FOR DETAILS · CA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
25 July 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202322069349301417

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