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TOWER CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION

EIN 95-4596354 BEVERLY HILLS, CA

Revenue 2023
$2,539,108
Expenses 2023
$3,174,666

Program services were 70.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
H00Z
Classification
8000
Street
8767 WILSHIRE BLVD SUITE 401

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 · 2023

Mission

THROUGH LOCAL INVESTMENTS, WE ADVANCE GROUNDBREAKING CANCER RESEARCH AND PROFOUNDLY SUPPORT PEOPLE AFFECTED BY THE DISEASE TO CREATE OUTSIZED IMPACT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND BEYOND.

Activities or mission (Part I)

INNOVATIVE RESEARCH, COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND CARING PATIENT SUPPORT WHILE DEVELOPING MORE EFFECTIVE TREATMENTS FOR CANCER AND BLOOD DISORDERS.

  • IN 2023, TOWER FUNDED FOUR NEW CAREER DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH GRANTS FOR FOUR PROMISING YOUNG PHYSICIAN SCIENTISTS LOCATED AT UCLA, UCI AND UCSD. RESEARCH AREAS FOCUS ON INNOVATIVE THERAPIES SUCH AS: THE USE OF PH TO TARGET GLIOBLASTOMA CELLS IN HOPES TO IMPROVE TREATMENT FOR THIS DEADLY DISEASE; USING A MODEL OF SKIN CANCER, A NEW TOOL TO TRACK CANCER CELLS IN THEIR NATURAL HABITAT TO FIND HOW LYMPHATIC VESSELS SHIELD CANCER CELLS AND AID THEIR SPREAD TO OTHER PARTS OF THE BODY; TARGETING LIVER-METASTATIC PANCREATIC CANCER BY IDENTIFYING WEAKNESSES THAT CAN BE EXPLOITED TO SLOW THE GROWTH OF TUMORS IN THE LIVER OR POSSIBLY PREVENT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF METASTASIS FROM HAPPENING IN PANCREATIC CANCER; STEM CELL REPROGRAMMING OF ANTI-TUMOR T CELLS TO MAKE TIL THERAPY A MORE EFFECTIVE TREATMENT. IN ADDITION, TOWER CONTINUED FUNDING MUL-TI-YEAR SENIOR INVESTIGATOR GRANTS. TOTAL SCIENTIFIC GRANT EXPENDITURES IN 2023 TOPPED $700,000. INVESTING IN NOVEL IDEAS OF YOUNG INVESTIGATORS AND EXPERIENCED SENIOR INVESTIGATORS ALLOWS US TO LEVERAGE OUR DONOR DOLLARS TO HAVE MAXIMUM IMPACT. IN 2023 ALONE, TCRF RESEARCHERS REPORTED NEARLY $3M IN FOLLOW-ON FUNDING, DOZENS OF GRANTS, PUBLICATIONS ACADEMIC AWARDS, TWO CLINICAL TRIALS, AND SO MUCH MORE.OUR CLINICALLY-GROUNDED SURVIVORSHIP SUPPORT PROGRAMS, HOSTED BY MAGNOLIA HOUSE, ALIGN WITH THE CHALLENG-ES FACED BY PATIENTS, SURVIVORS, AND THE WHOLE CANCER COMMUNITY. WE PROVIDE INTEGRATIVE HEALTH AND WELL-NESS SUPPORT AND EDUCATION, THROUGH FREE FITNESS, THERAPEUTIC, AND HOLISTIC CLASSES, THAT EMPOWERPEOPLE TO DEVELOP A PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL TOOLKIT TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF CANCER FROM DIAGNOSIS TO SURVIVORSHIP. IN 2023, TOWER INVESTED OVER $500,000 IN SURVIVORSHIP PROGRAMS. IN 2013, MAGNOLIA HOUSE SURVIVORSHIP SUPPORT PROGRAM OFFERED 20 CLASSES AND HAD 500 VISITS IN THE FIRST YEAR. IN 2023, MAGNOLIA HOUSE OFFERED OVER 1500 CLASSES/SERVICES AND RECEIVED OVER 20,000 PARTICIPANT VISITS. IN RESPONSE TO COVID19, WE CONTINUED OFFERING CLASSES ONLINE VIA ZOOM WHICH HAS EXPANDED THE DEMOGRAPHICS IN WHICH WE SERVICE AND ENABLED US TO INCREASE OUR CLASS CAPACITIES. WE ADDED OUTDOOR PROGRAMMING AT LOCAL PARKS WHICH HAVE BEEN WELL RECEIVED. EVEN WITH AN INCREASE IN CLASS CAPACITIES, MANY OF OUR CLASSES HAD A WAIT LIST WHICH HIGHLIGHTS BOTH THE QUALITY IN THE PROGRAMS WE OFFER AND THE VOID THAT EXISTS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE ISO-LATION MANY CANCER PATIENTS EXPERIENCE. PARTICIPANTS VIEW MAGNOLIA HOUSE SURVIVORSHIP SUPPORT PROGRAM AS A LIFELINE THAT PROVIDES NOT ONLY ENHANCED QUALITY OF LIFE BUT A COMMUNITY OF FRIENDSHIP, ENCOURAGEMENT, AND COMFORT AS WELL. ONE EXAMPLE THAT REFLECTS THE IMPACT OF MAGNOLIA HOUSE, IS THE SURVIVOR 2 THRIVER PEER TO PEER FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN WE LAUNCHED IN THE SUMMER OF 2023. OUR GOAL WAS TO RAISE $5,000. MAGNOLIA HOUSE PARTICIPANTS RAISED $30,000 THROUGH THIS CAMPAIGN, HIGHLIGHTING THE DEPTH OF COMMUNITY AND IMPACT OF THE MAGNOLIA HOUSE PROGRAM.TOWER'S COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP GRANT REVIEW COMMITTEE IS COMPOSED OF EXPERT VOLUNTEERS WHO REVIEW APPLICATIONS IN DEPTH AND THEN MEET TO DISCUSS GRANT APPLICATIONS FROM CANCER SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. IN 2023, WE FUNDED $200,000 IN COMMUNITY PARTNER GRANTS AND CONTINUED TO REFINE OUR REVIEW PROCESS WITH A NEW GRANT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, NEW AND EXPERIENCED PEER GRANT REVIEWERS, AND A NEEDS ASSESSMENT TO REFLECT A MORE TARGETED FOCUS ON FUNDING ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT UNDERSERVED AND UNDER RESOURCED COMMUNITIES ALLOWING US TO EXTEND OUR SUPPORT TO THOSE MOST IN NEED OF CARE.

    Expenses $2,229,152 · Grants $790,925

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • NANCY ROSENFELT

    CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LARRY ROSENSTEIN

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DONNA ROSEN

    PAST CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ABBY LEVY

    PAST CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • NANCY MISHKIN

    PAST CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SOLOMON I HAMBURG MD PHD

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • DAVID SPINGARN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JEANNE SCHNITZER MARKS

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KELLY PRATHER

    MAGNOLIA COUNCIL PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • FRED ROSENFELT MD

    VP SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JONATHAN LAYNE

    DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE CHAI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SHELLEY WARSAVSKY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ELIZABETH DRUCKER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KAREN ROSENFELT BLANCATO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • HILTON CHODOROW

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ROBERT DECKER MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LINDA LEVENSON DELSACK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BETTY HAAGEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CASEY FEDERMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KATHY GALLAGHER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RANDY KATZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BETH GOREN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SUSAN KREVOY PHD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • FRANKIE SHOLEM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SALLY MAGARAM

    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, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,539,108
    Expenses
    $3,174,666
    Contributions
    $2,843,931
    Grants paid
    $790,925
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,865,725
    Expenses
    $3,160,741
    Contributions
    $3,022,740
    Grants paid
    $902,500

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
    $2,998,998
    Expenses
    $3,480,662
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,869,425

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,672,021
    Expenses
    $2,863,801
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,952,393

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,739,380
    Expenses
    $2,598,491
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,940,038

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,418,112
    Expenses
    $3,668,871
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,316,830

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,571,686
    Expenses
    $2,993,295
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,163,662

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,600,255
    Expenses
    $3,814,189
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,033,893

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,408,096
    Expenses
    $4,388,708
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,818,920

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,696,883
    Expenses
    $1,911,634
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,532,403

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,676,570
    Expenses
    $1,533,688
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,120,355

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

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.