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Cancer Support Community

Public charity · Grantmaker Washington, DC EIN: 95-4163931 Website

Csc uplifts and strengthens people impacted by cancer by providing support, fostering compassionate communities, and breaking down barriers to care.

Cancer Support Community at a glance

Total assets
$6,806,546
-16.7% vs 2023
Revenue (2024)
$8,585,153
+25.3% vs 2023
Net investment income (2024)
$131,194
-4.5% vs 2023
Expenses (2024)
$9,470,130
-11.9% vs 2023
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2024 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2024; updated September 2026.

Who Cancer Support Community funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

19 grants across all recorded years

18<$50K1$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 18 grants of 19 (95%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

13states
+5 more states

Cities

Los AngelesTuba CityWashingtonAllentownAnn ArborAtlantaBedminsterDavenportGreat FallsIndianapolisKansas CityLouisvilleOrlandoPhoenixSt JosephWalnut CreekWarminsterYardville

How Cancer Support Community gives

  • Giving grew 82% from 2019 to 2022. 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$100K$200K$300K2 grants2019 8 grants2020 2 grants2021 9 grants2022 0 grants2023 0 grants2024

From 2019 to 2022, annual grant giving ranged from $30K (2021) to $205K (2020). In 2022 it made 9 grants totaling $98K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Cancer Support Community - Arizona Phoenix, AZGeneral Operations$35,750
Cancer Support Community - San Francisco Bay Area Walnut Creek, CAGeneral Operations$12,700
Cancer Support Community - Los Angeles Los Angeles, CAGeneral Operations$11,550
Cancer Support Community - Indiana Indianapolis, INGeneral Operations$7,300
Cancer Support Community - Philadelphia Warminster, PAGeneral Operations$6,700
Gilda's Club Kentuckiana Louisville, KYGeneral Operations$6,525
Gilda's Club Quad Cities Davenport, IAGeneral Operations$6,250
Cancer Support Community - Atlanta Atlanta, GAGeneral Operations$5,500
Cancer Support Community - Greater Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MIGeneral Operations$5,500
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2024$6,806,546$8,585,153$9,470,130——$131,194
2023$8,175,902$6,849,311$10,751,776——$137,308
2022$11,936,797$8,650,355$12,728,572$97,7759$101,319
2021$16,279,490$12,548,151$13,720,353$30,0002$89,905
2020$17,878,406$15,661,388$11,675,084$204,8378$56,904
2019$12,546,305$11,009,880$10,221,274$53,7502$101,016

About Cancer Support Community

Based on IRS filings

Cancer Support Community is a public charity, based in Washington, DC. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2024. As of 2024, the organization holds $6.8M in total assets. Net investment income was $131K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Cancer Support Community is led by Jill Durovsik, Chair Development Committee since 2024 (on filings since 2019); 4 of 29 officers listed in 2024 are compensated.

Officers on the 2024 filing

  • Jill Durovsik

    Chair Development Committee

    Immediate Past Chair → Director, 2020

    Director → Chair Development Committee, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Jaeger

    Governance Chair

    Director → Governance Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Paula J. Malone

    Co Chair Network Partner

    Director → Co Chair Network Partner, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rich Mutell

    Board Chair

    Director → Board Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Robert Defrantz

    Co Chair Network Partner

    Director → Co Chair Network Partner, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Beth Burnett

    Chair

    New on the 2024 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Andrew Sandler

    Director

    Vice Chair → Director, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Bjoern Albrecht

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Charles R. Scheper

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Fauzea Hussain

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeffrey A. Galvin

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lauren G. Barnes

    Director

    Chair → Director, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lynne O'Brien

    Director

    Secretary → Director, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Craig Cole

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dennis Serrette

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rujul H. Desai

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tim Hill

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Julia Forth

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Nancy Lomibao

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Scott Barr

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Scott Shively

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sally Werner

    Chief Experience Officer

    Executive Director & Institute for Excellence in Psychosocial Care → Executive Director & Institute for Excellence, 2020

    Executive Director & Institute for Excellence → Chief Experience Officer, 2022

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $166K (2019) → $265K (2024)

  • Claire Saxton

    Vice President Insights & Impact

    Vice President & Education → Vice President, Executive Vice President, Insights & Impact, 2023

    Vice President, Executive Vice President, Insights & Impact → Vice President Insights & Impact, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    40 hrs/week

    $129K (2022) → $173K (2024)

  • Heather Badt

    Chief of Staff

    Vice President & Research → Chief of Staff, 2023

    On filings since 2022

    40 hrs/week

    $148K (2022) → $187K (2024)

  • Kelly Hendershot

    Vice President & Mission Delivery

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    $120K (2023) → $137K (2024)

  • Holly Tyson

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jonathan Marks

    Compliance Officer

    Director → Compliance Officer, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kenneth Scalet

    Vice Chair

    Director → Vice Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • David Lesser

    Treasurer

    Director → Treasurer, 2024

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (27)
  • Former: Beverly Soult (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Don Elsey (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Jeffrey Travers (2019–2023) — COO
  • Former: Jean Smart (2021–2023) — Director
  • Former: Debbie Weir (2022–2023) — CEO
  • Former: Belinda Paulicin (2023) — Director
  • Former: Zubair Ansari (2023) — Executive Director & Csc Dc
  • Former: David Hicks (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Jing Liang (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Michael M. Paese (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Michael Zilligen (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Shannon La Cava (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Stuart Arbuckle (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Tom Wallace (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Kelly Harris (2022) — Director
  • Former: Lizzy Morton (2022) — Director
  • Former: Pankaj Amin (2022) — Director
  • Former: Susan Ash-Lee (2022) — Vice President & Program
  • Former: William J. Ashbaugh (2022) — Director
  • Former: Elizabeth Franklin (2019–2021) — Executive Director & Cancer Policy Institute
  • Former: Kim Thiboldeaux (2019–2021) — CEO
  • Former: Linda Bohannon (2019–2021) — President
  • Former: Nick Baker (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Danelle Johnston (2021) — Vice President & Program
  • Former: Theodore Miller (2019–2020) — Vice President, Development & External Affairs
  • Former: Hildy Dillon (2019) — Senior Vice President, Program & Education
  • Former: Marcia Donziger (2019) — Vice President & Digital Strategy

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2024. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2024 IRS filing

Sally Werner — Chief Experience Officer: $265KSally WernerChief Experience Officer$265KHeather Badt — Chief of Staff: $187KHeather BadtChief of Staff$187KClaire Saxton — VP Insights & Impact: $173KClaire SaxtonVP Insights & Impact$173KKelly Hendershot — VP, Mission Delivery: $137KKelly HendershotVP, Mission Delivery$137K

The highest reported compensation on the 2024 filing was $265K, to Sally Werner (Chief Experience Officer). 4 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Cancer Support Community

How large is Cancer Support Community?

Cancer Support Community reported $6.8M in total assets on its 2024 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $8.6M.

Where does Cancer Support Community operate?

Cancer Support Community has awarded grants in Arizona, California, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, Pennsylvania.

What is Cancer Support Community's EIN?

Cancer Support Community's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 95-4163931. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2024.

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

Data update history

(5)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS January 13, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS November 12, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 15, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS November 13, 2023)
  5. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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