The Hope Foundation
The Hope Foundation is an Ann Arbor, Michigan, public charity that provides nonfederal support for cancer research and education in partnership with the SWOG Cancer Research Network. It funds research grants, fellowships, training, clinical-trial support, and patient advocacy.
The Hope Foundation at a glance
In short: The Hope Foundation gave $1.8M across 23 grants in 2025 (avg $77K), top state Washington. 12% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $1,778,568
- -29.2% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 23
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $77,329
- -29.2% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $50,000
- Total assets
- $64,516,032
- +3.0% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 12% first-time grantees (2 of 17, 2025; small sample)
- Primary geography
- Washington (40% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to The Hope Foundation
- Contact
Mailing address: 24 Frank Lloyd Wright Dr 4300K, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: (734) 998-7150
Website: https://thehopefoundation.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Open Grants
5 open opportunities from The Hope Foundation
Dr. Charles A. Coltman, Jr. Fellowship Program
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Amount
Varies
Deadline
Deadline not published
SWOG Early Exploration & Development (SEED) Fund
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Amount
Varies
Deadline
Deadline not published
SWOG Rare Cancer Fellowship
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Amount
Varies
Deadline
Deadline not published
Who The Hope Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ($528K across 3 grants). Together the top 10 received $1.5M.
Organizations only. It also paid 1 grant to individuals ($49,701), which are not listed by name.
Grant Size Distribution
108 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $50–100K range: 43 grants of 108 (40%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The foundation’s programs identify SWOG member and affiliated institutions as the relevant geographic scope. Its 2025 grant dollars went to recipients in multiple states; the largest stated shares were Washington (40%), Texas (13%), Florida (10%), Arizona (7%), and New York (6%).
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 23 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is The Hope Foundation open to new grantees?
12%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 2 of 17 grantees (12%) were first-time recipients. With only 17 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 6 points. First grants averaged $60K; repeat grants $111K. How we count
Medians: $60K first-time, $75K repeat.
- 65% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (−2%). Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $1.2M (2023) to $2.5M (2024). In 2025 it made 23 grants totaling $1.8M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Seattle, WA | Hope Swog SDMC Award | $352,701 |
| Cancer Research and Biostatistics Seattle, WA | Swog Latin America Initiative | $188,731 |
| University of Texas MD Anderson Houston, TX | Swog/Hope Impact Award | $152,101 |
| H Lee Moffitt Tampa, FL | Coltman 2024 Year 1 | $125,000 |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Seattle, WA | Swog/Hope Impact Award | $125,000 |
| Columbia University New York, NY | Swog/Hope Career Engagement Award | $100,000 |
| University of Arizona Tucson, AZ | Swog/Hope Impact Award | $75,000 |
| Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX | Swog/Hope Seed Funding | $62,500 |
| Northwestern University Evanston, IL | Mu Ncorp Pilot Projects | $62,500 |
| Beckman Research Institute City of Hope Duarte, CA | Swog/Hope Seed Funding | $60,895 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $64,516,032 | $25,657,637 | $22,729,375 | $1,778,568 | 23 | $2,867,298 |
| 2024 | $62,614,833 | $28,575,690 | $22,976,649 | $2,511,159 | 23 | $8,485,239 |
| 2023 | $62,313,456 | $15,053,174 | $11,391,428 | $1,159,223 | 17 | $1,949,394 |
| 2022 | $56,686,859 | $9,871,970 | $10,964,319 | $1,807,233 | 24 | $1,359,712 |
| 2021 | $67,036,351 | $9,873,142 | $7,864,451 | $1,312,750 | 21 | $2,867,414 |
| 2020 | $59,783,233 | $7,616,320 | $7,419,016 | $1,426,272 | 17 | $1,074,498 |
| 2019 | $58,167,517 | $9,086,097 | $9,431,866 | $1,604,517 | 27 | $1,740,708 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated October 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The mission stated in the 2025 filing is to provide funding and resources for cancer clinical-trial research in adult cancers. The filing lists fellowships, research grants, professional medical education and training sessions, technical equipment, and meeting coordination among the activities it funds. It also describes support for SWOG group meetings and identifies SWOG as one of five cooperative groups in the National Cancer Institute’s National Clinical Trials Network.
The foundation’s website describes work across lung, breast, gastrointestinal, and genitourinary cancers, as well as melanoma, myeloma, leukemia, lymphoma, and rare diseases. Its programs include research funding, career development, community and network support, and education.
Its 2025 grants included support for research centers, universities, and biostatistics organizations. For example, Cancer Research and Biostatistics describes its own mission as helping conquer cancer and other diseases through biostatistical principles and data management. Baylor College of Medicine describes its mission as advancing human health through patient care, research, education, and community services.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, the foundation reported 23 grants totaling $1,778,568. Grant amounts ranged from $12,566 to $352,701, with a median of $50,000. Among the largest awards were $352,701 to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center for the Hope SWOG SDMC Award; $188,731 to Cancer Research and Biostatistics for the SWOG Latin America Initiative; $152,101 to University of Texas MD Anderson for the SWOG/Hope Impact Award; and $125,000 each to an individual recipient for Coltman 2024 Year 1 and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center for a SWOG/Hope Impact Award.
The foundation’s listed programs include the SWOG/Hope Foundation Impact Award for novel and early-stage research, the SEED Fund for preliminary research, and the SWOG Trial Support program. The website describes the Impact Award as supporting projects intended to advance toward clinical trials or trial-related work and lists a maximum award of $250,000. The 2026 funding-program overview lists the SEED Fund at up to $50,000 and SWOG Trial Support at up to $75,000 per year. Eligibility for these research programs is tied to SWOG investigators or member institutions, with program-specific requirements. The Coltman Fellowship is for eligible early-career oncology investigators affiliated with a SWOG member or affiliated institution and involves institutional nominations and mentorship.
For the 2027 Next Generation Fund, the foundation invited SWOG members and collaborators to submit proposals for network-wide efforts, including infrastructure, workforce, education, and access initiatives. The stated September 1, 2026 submission deadline has passed. The website lists an annual March 15 deadline for the Coltman Fellowship; the March 15, 2026 cycle has passed.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Johanna Horn, MSW, as President and CEO. Directors listed on that filing are Joseph Unger, PhD; Nathan Eriksen; David Gibson; Sarah Goldberg, MD; Syed Ahmad, MD; Marie Suga, MD; Sumanta Pal, MD; Christopher Lieu, MD; and Norah Lynn Henry, MD.
The Hope Foundation is led by Johanna Horn Msw, President & CEO on every filing since 2021; 6 of 23 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Johanna Horn Msw
President & CEO
On filings since 2021
40 hrs/week
$194K (2021) → $276K (2025)
Charles D. Blanke MD
Swog Chair
Chair → Chair & Swog Chair, 2021
Chair & Swog Chair → Swog Chair, 2022
On filings since 2019
0.2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Don S. Dizon MD
Chair
Director & Vice Chair → Vice Chair, 2022
Vice Chair → Chair, 2024
On filings since 2019
0.2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Dana Sparks
Director of Pc & Operations
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$140K (2019) → $177K (2025)
Joseph Unger PhD
Director
On filings since 2019
0.2 hrs/week
$1K (2021) → $0 (2025)
Morgan Cox
Director of Communications
Director of Communications & Development → Director of Communications, 2022
On filings since 2021
40 hrs/week
$100K (2021) → $135K (2025)
Nathan Eriksen
Director
On filings since 2022
0.2 hrs/week
$30K (2022) → $0 (2025)
Sumanta Pal MD
Director
On filings since 2022
0.2 hrs/week
$1K (2022) → $0 (2025)
David Gibson
Director
Director & Secretary → Secretary, 2022
Secretary → Director, 2024
On filings since 2019
0.2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sarah Goldberg MD
Director
On filings since 2021
0.2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Syed Ahmad MD
Director
On filings since 2021
0.2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Christopher Lieu MD
Director
On filings since 2023
0.2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Marti K. S. Heil
Director
On filings since 2023
0.2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Norah Lynn Henry MD
Director
On filings since 2023
0.2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Marie Suga MD
Director
On filings since 2024
0.2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Priyanka Sharma MD
Director
On filings since 2024
0.2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Scott Ramsey MD
Director
On filings since 2024
0.2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Norbert Strauss
Assistant Director of Operations
Assistant Director of Operations → Assistant Director of Oper, 2022
Assistant Director of Oper → Assistant Director of Operations, 2023
On filings since 2021
40 hrs/week
$101K (2021) → $121K (2025)
Debra Allen
CFO
Director of Finance → CFO, 2025
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$109K (2023) → $135K (2025)
Mary Briede
Lead Attorney
Senior Attorney → Lead Attorney, 2025
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$127K (2024) → $138K (2025)
Mariana Chavez Mac Gregor MD
Vice Chair
Director → Vice Chair, 2024
On filings since 2019
0.2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Cathy Tangen PhD
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2024
On filings since 2021
0.2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Marita Kennedy Wein
Treasurer
On filings since 2024
0.2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (17)
- Former: Anjali Advani MD (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Jennifer Franks (2023–2024) — Lead Attorney
- Former: Cavitt Randall (2019–2023) — Treasurer
- Former: Raymond Osarogiagbon MD (2019–2023) — Chair
- Former: Lajos Pusztai Md Dph (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Gary H. Lyman MD (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: James M. Rae PhD (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Diane Zipursky Quale (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Edith Van Putten (2019–2021) — Swog Lead Attorney
- Former: Jason Zell MD (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Lee M. Ellis MD (2019–2021) — Vice Chair
- Former: Michael Leblank PhD (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Primo Lara Jr. MD (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Elaine Armstrong (2021) — Quality Assurance Manager
- Former: Johanna Horn (2019–2020) — President CEO
- Former: Lajos Pusztai (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Dawn L Hershman (2019) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $276K, to Johanna Horn MSW (President & CEO). 6 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about The Hope Foundation
How much does The Hope Foundation give each year?
The Hope Foundation gave $1.8M across 23 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $2.5M across 23 grants.
What is The Hope Foundation's typical grant size?
The Hope Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $50,000, and its average grant was $77,329, across 23 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from The Hope Foundation that year got $60K on average.
Where does The Hope Foundation give grants?
The Hope Foundation's top state is Washington, with 40% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990. The next largest states were Texas (13%) and Florida (10%). The most frequent recipient cities were Seattle, WA (4 grants), Houston, TX (3 grants), Columbus, OH (3 grants) and New York, NY (2 grants).
Does The Hope Foundation give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 23 grants with a stated purpose on The Hope Foundation's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Swog/Hope Impact Award" (4 grants) and "Swog/Hope Seed Funding" (3 grants).
Who are The Hope Foundation's largest grantees?
The Hope Foundation's largest 2025 grantees include Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ($527,698 across 3 grants), Cancer Research and Biostatistics ($188,731) and University of Texas MD Anderson ($152,101), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. It also paid 1 grant to individuals ($49,701), which are not listed by name. Together they received 49% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is The Hope Foundation?
The Hope Foundation reported $64.5M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $25.7M.
What does The Hope Foundation fund?
The mission stated in the 2025 filing is to provide funding and resources for cancer clinical-trial research in adult cancers. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from The Hope Foundation?
The Hope Foundation has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check thehopefoundation.org for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
What is The Hope Foundation's EIN?
The Hope Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 74-2655302. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated October 2026.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS June 28, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS August 28, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 2, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 7, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS August 7, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS August 1, 2024)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 25, 2026)
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