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Form 990-PFTax year 2019EIN 36-2385213

Cancer Research Foundation

A private foundation in Chicago, IL. Its return for tax year 2019 lists 4 grants and $773,220 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2019 (period ending Mar 31, 2020), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

2 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2019

    $773,220

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $7,097,137

  • Tax year 2018

    $740,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $6,809,287

Grants paid in 2019

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. University of ChicagoChicago, IL

    To fund research in emerging cancer therapies/cures

    $358,220
  2. Cancer Research Foundation - Chicago ChapterChicago, IL

    To support the chapter in mission to fundraise for cancer research grants

    $200,000
  3. Washington University in St LouisSt Louis, MO

    To fund research in emerging cancer therapies/cures

    $200,000
  4. Institut de Cancerologie Gustave RoussyFrance

    To fund research in emerging cancer therapies/cures

    $15,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education2 grants $558,220100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois2 grants $558,220
  2. Missouri1 grant $200,000

Officers, directors and trustees

13 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Mr S GoldblattCHAIRMAN Hours 2Pay $0
  • Mrs M CohenPRESIDENT Hours 2Pay $0
  • Mr J GoldblattDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Mr M FreedDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Mr R GoldsteinDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Mr T ShieldsDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • MS L Cohen SchenkmanSECRETARY Hours 1Pay $0
  • Mrs A NikitasEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Hours 20Pay $81,500
  • Mr J Michael LockeDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Mr T NoardTREASURER Hours 2Pay $0
  • Mr D KinnearDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • MS K KozlowskiDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Mr M JohnsonCEO Hours 40Pay $6,666

The return

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