Cancer Fashionista Foundation Inc

Private foundation · Grantmaker Mahwah, NJ EIN: 83-4412040

Cancer Fashionista Foundation Inc is a private foundation, based in Mahwah, NJ. IRS filing data is available from 2021 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $21K in total assets. In 2025, it made $225K in qualifying distributions.

Cancer Fashionista Foundation Inc at a glance

Total assets
$20,901
-71.7% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$204,793
-40.5% vs 2024
Qualifying distributions (2025)
$224,645
-23.3% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$255,607
-15.7% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Cancer Fashionista Foundation Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

4 grants across all recorded years

4<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 4 grants of 4 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

3states

Cities

AnnapolisNorwoodSacramento

How Cancer Fashionista Foundation Inc gives

  • In 2024 it paid out well above its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$20K$40K$60K$80K0 grants2021 2 grants2022 Total only2023 2 grants2024 0 grants2025

From 2022 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $2K (2023) to $70K (2022). In 2024 it made 2 grants totaling $3K.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation Norwood, NJTo assist the organization with the fight to end triple-negative breast cancer$2,656
Touch Therapy Inc Annapolis, MDTo assist the fight to end breast cancer for black women$206
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsQualifying DistributionsNet Investment IncomeDistributable Amount
2025$20,901$204,793$255,607——$224,645——
2024$73,928$344,248$303,050$2,8622$292,924—$4,466
2023$30,504$130,536$109,839$1,675Total only———
2022$9,807$207,301$222,500$69,8002—$1—
2021$25,006$115,000$89,994—————

"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Cancer Fashionista Foundation Inc is led by Melissa Berry, President on every filing since 2021; none of the 6 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Melissa Berry

    President

    On filings since 2021

    40 hrs/week

    $47K (2021) → $0 (2025)

  • Emme Aronson

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jennifer Galarneau

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kelli Anderson

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Melanie Cohen

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tina Stratton

    Secretary

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2021–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2023 IRS filing

Melissa Berry — President: $85KMelissa BerryPresident$85K

The highest reported compensation on the 2023 filing was $85K, to Melissa Berry (President).

Frequently asked questions about Cancer Fashionista Foundation Inc

How large is Cancer Fashionista Foundation Inc?

Cancer Fashionista Foundation Inc reported $21K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Its revenue that year was $205K.

Where does Cancer Fashionista Foundation Inc operate?

Cancer Fashionista Foundation Inc has awarded grants in California, Maryland, New Jersey.

What is Cancer Fashionista Foundation Inc's EIN?

Cancer Fashionista Foundation Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 83-4412040. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2021–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(4)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS August 23, 2023)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 14, 2024)
  3. Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 22, 2026)
  4. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2021–2024

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