Public Charity

AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC

AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC is a Public Charity headquartered in ATLANTA, GA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $136.8M revenue, $166.6M expenses, $1.7B total assets. 4,283 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $328.0M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 131788491 ATLANTA, GA Cancer NTEE: G30 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$136.8M
Total Expenses$166.6M
Total Assets$1.7B
Grant Records4,283
Funding Total$328.0M
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

IMPROVE THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WITH CANCER AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH ADVOCACY, RESEARCH, AND PATIENT SUPPORT, TO ENSURE EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PREVENT, DETECT, TREAT, AND SURVIVE CANCER.

Where $100 goes at American Cancer Society Inc

How American Cancer Society Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$78 Programs the work itself
$5 Management running the organization
$17 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $78 for programs

$63
Patient support
81% of program spending
$8
Research
10% of program spending
$7
Advocacy
9% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

BOARD DIRECTOR Asif Dhar Md Mba
BOARD CHAIR Brian A Marlow Cfa
BOARD SECRETARY Connie Lindsey
BOARD DIRECTOR Desiree G Rogers
BOARD DIRECTOR Edison T Liu Md
BOARD DIRECTOR Jaime Wesolowski

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$216,650,292 2384 grants
Health & Medicine
$66,850,804 974 grants
Fundraising & Sponsorship
$10,198,333 310 grants
Education
$8,554,219 39 grants
Human & Social Services
$7,372,317 72 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $136.8M $166.6M $1.7B
2024 $724.2M $791.9M $1.7B
2023 $656.8M $756.3M $1.8B
2022 $674.5M $669.2M $1.8B
2020 $576.3M $564.0M $1.7B

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $576.3M to $136.8M (-76%), with total assets most recently reported at $1.7B.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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