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COMMONWEALTH CANCER CONSORTIUM INC

EIN 85-1681659 CAMBRIDGE, MA

Revenue 2024
$13,409,685
Expenses 2024
$28,738,257

Program services were 91.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
101 ROGERS ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

BREAK THROUGH CANCER IS A FOUNDATION DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH IN THE MOST DIFFICULT TO TREAT CANCERS. OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS ARE AMONG THE TOP CANCER RESEARCH CENTERS AND TOGETHER, REPRESENT SOME OF THE MOST BRILLIANT, CREATIVE MINDS IN THE COUNTRY. WE BELIEVE BREAK THROUGH CANCER IS THE BEGINNING OF A SCIENTIFIC MOVEMENT THAT ACCEPTS NOTHING LESS THAN MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL COLLABORATION IN PATIENT CENTRIC CANCER RESEARCH. THE FOUNDATION WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH TEAMS OF SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, AND CLINICAL RESEARCHERS TO FOCUS ON DIAGNOSING, TREATING, AND IDEALLY CURING SOME OF THE MOST INTRACTABLE FORMS OF CANCER. WHILE MANY PATIENTS HAVE BENEFITED FROM ADVANCES IN RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY, THERE ARE TOO MANY WHO HAVE BEEN LEFT BEHIND. THERE ARE TOO MANY CANCERS WHERE THE NEEDLE REMAINS UNMOVED. BREAK THROUGH CANCER IS COMMITTED TO MAKING HEADWAY IN THESE EXTREMELY COMPLEX, CHALLENGING DISEASES, AND COMMITTED TO FINDING HOPE FOR PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BREAK THROUGH CANCER IS A FOUNDATION DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH IN THE MOST DIFFICULT TO TREAT CANCERS. OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS ARE AMONG THE TOP CANCER RESEARCH CENTERS AND TOGETHER, REPRESENT SOME OF THE MOST BRILLIANT, CREATIVE MINDS IN THE COUNTRY. WE BELIEVE BREAK THROUGH CANCER IS THE BEGINNING OF A SCIENTIFIC MOVEMENT THAT ACCEPTS NOTHING LESS THAN MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL COLLABORATION IN PATIENT CENTRIC CANCER RESEARCH. THE FOUNDATION WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH TEAMS OF SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, AND CLINICAL RESEARCHERS TO FOCUS ON DIAGNOSING, TREATING, AND IDEALLY CURING SOME OF THE MOST INTRACTABLE FORMS OF CANCER. WHILE MANY PATIENTS HAVE BENEFITED FROM ADVANCES IN RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY, THERE ARE FAR TOO MANY WHO HAVE BEEN LEFT BEHIND. THERE ARE TOO MANY CANCERS WHERE THE NEEDLE REMAINS UNMOVED. BREAK THROUGH CANCER IS COMMITTED TO MAKING HEADWAY IN THESE EXTREMELY COMPLEX, CHALLENGING DISEASES, AND COMMITTED TO FINDING HOPE FOR PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

  • PROVIDES FUNDING TO TEAMS OF RESEARCHERS FROM THE FIVE TOP CANCER RESEARCH CENTERS: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, THE SIDNEY KIMMEL COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER AT JOHN HOPKINS, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY'S KOCH INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE CANCER RESEARCH, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER, AND MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER IN ORDER TO HELP INTERCEPT CANCER EARLY, DEVELOP MORE EFFECTIVE TREATMENTS, AND ACCELERATE CURES FOR SOME OF THE DEADLIEST CANCERS.

    Expenses $26,250,079 · Revenue $13,409,685

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • BILL GOODWIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALICE GOODWIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN SHERMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SUSAN HOCKFIELD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GIULIO DRAETTA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID JAFFRAY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BILL NELSON

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID SCHEINBERG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MATT VANDER HEIDEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LISA DEANGELIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BENJAMIN EBERT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BILL HAHN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELIZABETH JAFFEE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TYLER JACKS

    PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $262,500
    From this org
    $250,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,500
    Hours/week
    20

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $250,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $262,500

  • LISA SCHWARZ

    COO/CPO/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $319,764
    From this org
    $268,629
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,135
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $268,629
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,404
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,731
    Filer's total
    $319,764

  • WILLIAM HULME

    CFO/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $224,827
    From this org
    $213,080
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,747
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $213,080
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,582
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,165
    Filer's total
    $224,827

  • JESSE BOEHM

    CHIEF SCIENCE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $303,514
    From this org
    $254,285
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,229
    Hours/week
    32

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $254,285
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,687
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,542
    Filer's total
    $303,514

  • KARI MCHUGH

    CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $245,080
    From this org
    $211,962
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,118
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $211,962
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,565
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,553
    Filer's total
    $245,080

  • MICHEAL NOBLE

    CHIEF DATA SCIENCE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $346,224
    From this org
    $303,386
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,838
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $303,386
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,142
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,696
    Filer's total
    $346,224

  • TERENCE MCGOWAN

    MANAGING DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $239,739
    From this org
    $224,788
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,951
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $224,788
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,162
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,789
    Filer's total
    $239,739

  • CHRISTINA SCHULTZ

    SR. DIRECTOR OF SCIENCE PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $215,996
    From this org
    $202,116
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,880
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $201,116
    Bonus
    $1,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,975
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,905
    Filer's total
    $215,996

  • JONATHAN GRABENSTATTER

    DIRECTOR, STRATEGIC ALLIANCES

    Total calculated
    $212,329
    From this org
    $175,692
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,637
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $174,692
    Bonus
    $1,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,637
    Filer's total
    $212,329

  • HENRY DEWHURST

    PRINCIPAL DATA SCIENCE ENGINEER

    Total calculated
    $185,162
    From this org
    $141,569
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,593
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,569
    Bonus
    $1,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,951
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,642
    Filer's total
    $185,162

  • LUCIAN DE WAAL

    SCENTIFIC PORTFOLIO MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $166,687
    From this org
    $132,975
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,712
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,975
    Bonus
    $1,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,461
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,251
    Filer's total
    $166,687

  • JOHN OKELLO

    SCENTIFIC PORTFOLIO MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $154,595
    From this org
    $124,081
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,514
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $123,081
    Bonus
    $1,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,058
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,456
    Filer's total
    $154,595

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $13,409,685
    Expenses
    $28,738,257
    Contributions
    $13,402,699
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,386,142
    Expenses
    $32,184,501
    Contributions
    $2,380,369
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $27,161,244
    Expenses
    $24,291,674
    Contributions
    $27,158,045
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $99,715,148
    Expenses
    $1,511,418
    Assets (EOY)
    $98,272,406

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $267,646
    Expenses
    $267,646
    Assets (EOY)
    $0

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 23 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.