CANCER COMMONS

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

E60

Classification

1000

Street

2625 MIDDLEFIELD ROAD SUITE 104

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

• PATIENT NAVIGATION AND SUPPORT:CANCER COMMONS PROVIDED PERSONALIZED NAVIGATION AND EXPERT GUIDANCE TO APPROXIMATELY 1,200 NEW AND RETURNING CLIENTS DURING THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2025. MANY OF THESE INDIVIDUALS FACED ADVANCED OR HARD-TO-TREAT CANCERS, INCLUDING BRAIN AND PANCREATIC CANCERS, WHERE TREATMENT DECISIONS ARE COMPLEX AND TIME-SENSITIVE.THE ORGANIZATION'S SERVICES HELP PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS UNDERSTAND THEIR DIAGNOSIS, CLARIFY TREATMENT GOALS, AND EVALUATE TESTING, THERAPIES, AND CLINICAL TRIALS. EACH PATIENT IS PAIRED WITH A SCIENTIST WHO REVIEWS MEDICAL HISTORY, RESEARCHES ADDITIONAL TESTING, AND IDENTIFIES POTENTIAL TREATMENT PATHS AND TRIAL OPPORTUNITIES. THIS INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORT EMPOWERS PATIENTS TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS AT CRITICAL MOMENTS IN THEIR CARE AND HELPS FAMILIES NAVIGATE AN OVERWHELMING AND RAPIDLY EVOLVING MEDICAL LANDSCAPE. DONOR SUPPORT ENABLES CANCER COMMONS TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES AT NO COST TO PATIENTS.

  Expenses $809,763

• LEARNING HEALTH SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT:CANCER COMMONS CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT ON THE LEARNING HEALTH SYSTEM (LHS), A TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM DESIGNED TO ACCELERATE AND IMPROVE TREATMENT DECISION-MAKING FOR PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED CANCERS. THE SYSTEM INTEGRATES REAL-WORLD PATIENT DATA AND AI-DRIVEN ANALYSIS TO HELP IDENTIFY PROMISING TREATMENT OPTIONS AND REFINE RECOMMENDATIONS OVER TIME. THIS WORK ADVANCES THE ORGANIZATION'S LONG-TERM VISION: A LEARNING HEALTH SYSTEM IN WHICH EACH PATIENT'S EXPERIENCE CONTRIBUTES TO KNOWLEDGE THAT BENEFITS THE NEXT. DONOR INVESTMENT IN THIS INITIATIVE HELPS BUILD A FUTURE WHERE PERSONALIZED, DATA-INFORMED CANCER CARE IS ACCESSIBLE TO ALL.

  Expenses $298,783

• WEBSITE, MARKETING, AND COMMUNICATIONS:THE ORGANIZATION ADVANCED ITS WEBSITE, MARKETING, AND COMMUNICATIONS INITIATIVES TO SUPPORT AN UPDATED BRAND IDENTITY AND IMPROVE ACCESS TO PATIENT-FACING RESOURCES. DURING THE YEAR, CANCER COMMONS COMPLETED FOUNDATIONAL WORK, INCLUDING CONTENT DEVELOPMENT, DESIGN PLANNING, AND USER-EXPERIENCE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL ENABLE A FULL LAUNCH IN THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR. THESE EFFORTS STRENGTHEN THE ORGANIZATION'S ABILITY TO REACH PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS SEEKING TIMELY, TRUSTWORTHY GUIDANCE.

  Expenses $133,290

• PARTNERSHIPS:CANCER COMMONS COLLABORATES WITH MISSION-ALIGNED PARTNERS TO EXTEND EXPERT GUIDANCE TO PATIENTS WHO NEED IT MOST. THESE PARTNERSHIPS STRENGTHEN THE ORGANIZATION'S REACH AND ENSURE THAT INDIVIDUALS REFERRED BY TRUSTED INSTITUTIONS RECEIVE TIMELY, PERSONALIZED SUPPORT.KEY PARTNERSHIPS INCLUDED THE MUSELLA FOUNDATION FOR BRAIN TUMOR RESEARCH & INFORMATION AND HEAD FOR THE CURE, WHICH JOINTLY PROVIDED GRANT FUNDING TO EXPAND BRAIN CANCER NAVIGATION SERVICES. THIS SUPPORT ENABLED THE ORGANIZATION TO ENGAGE AN ONCOLOGY NURSE NAVIGATOR AND OFFER SPECIALIZED GUIDANCE TO BRAIN TUMOR PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS. THROUGH THESE COLLABORATIONS, CANCER COMMONS REACHED MORE FAMILIES CONFRONTING SOME OF THE MOST CHALLENGING CANCER DIAGNOSES AND ENSURED THEY HAD ACCESS TO EXPERT, COMPASSIONATE SUPPORT.

  Expenses $127,653

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.

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

  $1,842,982

  Expenses

  $1,726,483

  Contributions

  $1,794,845

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,246,687

  Expenses

  $1,171,436

  Contributions

  $1,247,340

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,164,344

  Expenses

  $1,582,845

  Contributions

  $1,170,687

  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

  $1,655,358

  Expenses

  $1,636,180

  Assets (EOY)

  $832,926

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,739,545

  Expenses

  $1,698,015

  Assets (EOY)

  $829,247

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,104,386

  Expenses

  $1,929,886

  Assets (EOY)

  $883,100

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,805,146

  Expenses

  $1,349,763

  Assets (EOY)

  $775,135

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,424,505

  Expenses

  $1,296,330

  Assets (EOY)

  $327,105

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $807,720

  Expenses

  $1,133,488

  Assets (EOY)

  $117,034

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,352,291

  Expenses

  $1,017,569

  Assets (EOY)

  $539,168

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,002,604

  Expenses

  $1,190,150

  Assets (EOY)

  $174,966

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,086,855

  Assets (EOY)

  $320,518

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

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $195,080

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $174,500

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC

  $150,000

  2024 · MEDICAL / PUBLIC SERVICES

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $103,000

  2023 · HEALTH

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $101,200

  2024 · HEALTH

• THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST

  $100,000

  2023 · General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $51,000

  2022 · HEALTH

• GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC

  $50,000

  2022 · MEDICAL

• MUSELLA FOUNDATION FOR BRAIN TUMOR RESEARCH & INFORMATION INC

  $50,000

  2022 · RESEARCH GRANT

• GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC

  $50,000

  2023 · MEDICAL / PUBLIC SERVICES

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

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