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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH

EIN 23-6251648 PHILADELPHIA, PA

Revenue 2025
$129,520,731
Expenses 2025
$97,689,916

Program services were 87.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
H300
Classification
2800
Street
615 CHESTNUT STREET 17TH FL

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).

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.

  • DR MARGARET FOTI

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $1,705,978
    From this org
    $1,463,037
    From related orgs
    $162,560
    Other
    $80,381
    Hours/week
    35 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $1,244,877 + $138,320 related
    Bonus
    $218,160 + $24,240 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $25,200 + $2,800 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $47,143 + $5,238 related
    Filer's total
    $1,535,380 + $170,598 related

  • MICHAEL STEWART

    SR. VICE PRESIDENT, CFO

    Total calculated
    $545,581
    From this org
    $453,150
    From related orgs
    $23,850
    Other
    $68,581
    Hours/week
    35 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $453,150 + $23,850 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $36,252 + $1,908 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,900 + $1,521 related
    Filer's total
    $518,302 + $27,279 related

  • JON RETZLAFF

    CPO & VP SCI. POL. & GOVT. AFF

    Total calculated
    $491,525
    From this org
    $433,696
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $57,829
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $423,696
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $33,260
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,569
    Filer's total
    $491,525

  • YIXIAN ZHANG

    VP, RESEARCH AND GRANTS ADMIN

    Total calculated
    $401,904
    From this org
    $337,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $64,304
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $327,600
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $26,208
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,096
    Filer's total
    $401,904

  • PAUL DRISCOLL

    CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER AND VP

    Total calculated
    $396,497
    From this org
    $334,135
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $62,362
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $324,135
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $25,931
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,431
    Filer's total
    $396,497

  • CHRISTINE BATTLE

    PUBLISHER & VP. SCI. COMMUN.

    Total calculated
    $394,015
    From this org
    $352,300
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,715
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $342,300
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $27,384
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,331
    Filer's total
    $394,015

  • RICHARD BUCK

    CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $382,152
    From this org
    $326,418
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $55,734
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $316,418
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $25,313
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,421
    Filer's total
    $382,152

  • JOSEPH PONTOSKI

    VP. FINANCE AND BUSINESS ADMIN

    Total calculated
    $372,381
    From this org
    $317,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $55,381
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $312,000
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,960
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,421
    Filer's total
    $372,381

  • MARY BALLINGER

    VP, MEETINGS AND EXHIBITS

    Total calculated
    $343,660
    From this org
    $291,138
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,522
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $281,138
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $22,491
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,031
    Filer's total
    $343,660

  • DR PATRICIA LORUSSO

    PRESIDENT (JAN-MAR)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 2 related

  • DR LILLIAN SUI

    PRESIDENT (APR-DEC)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 2 related

  • DR LILLIAN SUI

    PRESIDENT-ELECT (JAN-MAR)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 2 related

  • Dr Keith Flaherty

    PRESIDENT-ELECT (APR-DEC)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 2 related

  • DR PHILIP GREENBERG

    PAST PRESIDENT (JAN-MAR)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 2 related

  • DR PATRICIA LORUSSO

    PAST PRESIDENT (APR-DEC)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 2 related

  • Dr Michael Caliguiri

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Dr JOH CARETHERS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DR CHRISTINE LOVLY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DR ELIZABETH PLATZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DR ALICE SHAW

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DR JEDD WOLCHOK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DR CHRISTINA CURTIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DR WILLIAM PAO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DR KIMBERLY STEGMAIER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DR ROBERT VONDERHEIDE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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 — 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
    $129,520,731
    Expenses
    $97,689,916
    Contributions
    $39,008,538
    Grants paid
    $18,751,552
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $74,316,369
    Expenses
    $80,202,057
    Contributions
    $16,080,259
    Grants paid
    $13,561,946
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $83,093,510
    Expenses
    $83,018,160
    Contributions
    $26,628,085
    Grants paid
    $22,976,597

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

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

Nonprofiteer parses the Form 990 only. 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.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2025 return

Declared as related by

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 10 September 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.