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SARCOMA FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC

EIN 52-2275294 BETHESDA, MD

Largest nonprofits in Maryland

Revenue 2025
$3,362,208
Expenses 2025
$4,303,065

Program services were 75.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A12
Classification
1000
Street
7700 WISCONSIN AVENUE 310

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 · 2025

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO ADVOCATE FOR SARCOMA PATIENTS BY FUNDING RESEARCH AND BY INCREASING AWARENESS ABOUT THE DISEASE. THE ORGANIZATION RAISES MONEY TO PRIVATELY FUND GRANTS FOR SARCOMA RESEARCHERS AND CONDUCTS EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF SARCOMA PATIENTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WE ADVOCATE FOR SARCOMA PATIENTS BY FUNDING RESEARCH, INCREASING AWARENESS, AND PROVIDING PATIENT EDUCATION.

  • THE SARCOMA FOUNDATION OF AMERICA (SFA) COORDINATES A NATIONAL RESEARCH GRANT PROGRAM THAT FUNDS TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE SARCOMA RESEARCH. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MISSION OF THE SFA, RESEARCH INVOLVING THE DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL AGENTS AGAINST SARCOMA, OR RESEARCH THAT COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL AGENTS AGAINST SARCOMA, IS SUPPORTED THROUGH THIS FUNDING. THE SFA ENGAGES IN PATIENT EDUCATION PROGRAMS ON THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN SARCOMA RESEARCH AND TREATMENTS. THESE EDUCATION INITIATIVES ARE DESIGNED TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN AND DEEPEN PATIENTS' ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THEIR CARE AND RESEARCH PROJECTS. SFA ALSO CONDUCTS ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES ON BEHALF OF THE SARCOMA COMMUNITY TO ENSURE ADEQUATE FEDERAL CANCER RESEARCH FUNDING LEVELS AND POLICIES THAT POSITIVELY IMPACT SARCOMA PATIENTS.

    Expenses $3,244,504 · Grants $1,239,448 · Revenue $3,201

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Mark Thornton

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • John Brooks

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Patricia Thornton

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Jennifer Goodwin

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris Connery

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Lewis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Justin Green

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bruce March

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Nellany

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Barron

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brandi Felser

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $261,868
    From this org
    $239,104
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,764
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $222,104
    Bonus
    $17,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,644
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,120
    Filer's total
    $261,868

  • Dean Frohlich

    DIRECTOR OF SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $166,099
    From this org
    $147,273
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,826
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,273
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,279
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,547
    Filer's total
    $166,099

  • Annie Blake

    NATIONAL DIRECTOR, RTCS

    Total calculated
    $128,251
    From this org
    $109,476
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,775
    Hours/week
    40

  • Claire Wang

    FINANCE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $149,166
    From this org
    $131,616
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,550
    Hours/week
    40

  • Cheryl Mayes

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $128,560
    From this org
    $107,976
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,584
    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. 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

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $3,362,208
    Expenses
    $4,303,065
    Contributions
    $2,825,668
    Grants paid
    $1,239,448
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,547,902
    Expenses
    $3,570,622
    Contributions
    $3,185,724
    Grants paid
    $934,210
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,709,252
    Expenses
    $3,222,438
    Contributions
    $3,689,910
    Grants paid
    $995,248
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,674,023
    Expenses
    $2,690,137
    Contributions
    $3,559,687
    Grants paid
    $1,074,949

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
    $3,973,362
    Expenses
    $2,396,561
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,642,356

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,719,131
    Expenses
    $1,993,762
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,850,855

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,308,423
    Expenses
    $3,171,547
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,375,324

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,942,268
    Expenses
    $2,647,890
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,491,558

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,284,006
    Expenses
    $1,903,735
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,368,547

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,097,944
    Expenses
    $1,761,851
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,682,261

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,753,863
    Expenses
    $1,762,208
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,094,449

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,792,281
    Expenses
    $2,125,797
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,395,691

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,714,240
    Expenses
    $2,104,428
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,505,515

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,700,357
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,836,257

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

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

Where these grants went next →

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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.