Curebound's mission is to accelerate cancer research and save lives. We raise and invest strategic funding for innovative adult and pediatric cancer research with one vision: cures in our lifetime.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
79¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.1M paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.5M a year · 15% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
79%
of spending
Looks good: 79% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.1M
to officers and key staff · 10% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 10% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
11 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 10.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $45K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$3.5M
21% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 21% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
17
of 19 voting members
Looks good: 17 of 19 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$5.5M
-47% vs prior year
Spent
$10.7M
To programs
79%
Net assets
$12.9M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$5.5M
FY2024▼ -47%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.4M
FY2021$8.8M
FY2022$19.8M
FY2023$10.4M
FY2024$5.5M
FY2025$11.0M
Expenses
$10.7M
FY2024▼ -14%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$872K
FY2021$2.8M
FY2022$6.2M
FY2023$12.5M
FY2024$10.7M
FY2025$14.9M
Net assets
$12.9M
FY2024▼ -29%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$756K
FY2021$6.7M
FY2022$20.3M
FY2023$18.2M
FY2024$12.9M
FY2025$9.0M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 2014.

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Where the money goes

79 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 79% · $8.5M Management & general 14% · $1.5M Fundraising 7% · $796K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

25 people listed on the 990; $1.1M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Chief Executive Officer
$385,000Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Operating Officer
$230,000Pt VII · Sec A
Philanthropy Officer
$221,250Pt VII · Sec A
SR. Director, Stewardship + Revenue Strategy
$125,000Pt VII · Sec A
Chief of Staff
$113,937Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Anne Marbarger’s $477K as Chief Executive Officer is at the 82nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 249 $10–100M diseases & disorders nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Anne Marbarger$476,750$385,000$330,000$285,584$180,271$131,874
Karen Hooper$306,167$230,000$202,361$138,014——
Danielle Dawson—$221,250————
Heather Dean-Presnall$149,198$125,000————
Amy Myers$146,937—————
Megan Ambrose$142,448$113,937————
Judith Polha$137,153—————
Erik Hans Gordon$134,195—————

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Funds cancer research in San Diego through an annual bike challenge.

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1 program · $8.5M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Curebound leads with a truly unique investment model focused on cross institutional collaboration. This approach brings together ideas, technologies, and research approaches that simply cannot occur within one institution and ultimately accelerates discoveries to clinical application to save lives.

$8.5Mprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$45K
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Grants paid · 36 grants · $26.2M · 2021–2025
Scripps HealthCA · FY2025$537,267
Illudent INCFY2025$250,000
Resolute Science INCFY2025$250,000
Beken Bio INCFY2025$250,000
University of ArizonaFY2025$100,000
Resolute Science INCFY2024$250,000
Palm Therapeutics INCFY2024$250,000
Seren Bio CorpFY2024$250,000
Beken Bio INCFY2024$250,000
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$5.5M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5.7M
Investment incomeLn 3$522K
Money outPt IX
$10.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$8.5M
Managementcol C$1.5M
Fundraisingcol D$796K
Owns and owesPt X
$12.9M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$9.5M
Total assetsLn 16$16.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.5M
PeoplePt VI, VII
25
listed · VII A
PaidVII A5
Voting boardVI 1a19
IndependentVI 1b17
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5.7M
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$3.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$522K
Total revenueLn 12$5.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.2M
SavingsLn 2$8.3M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$9.5M
Other assetsLn 15$361K
Total assetsLn 16$16.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.5M
Net assetsLn 32$12.9M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 521
VolunteersI 6439
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$13.7M$9.5M
Total assetsLn 16$24.4M$16.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$6.2M$3.5M
Net assetsLn 32$18.2M$12.9M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$7.1M$7.1M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$894K$424K$189K$281K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.1M$552K$306K$210K
Legal feesLn 11b$34K$34K
Accounting feesLn 11c$145K$138K$6K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$809K$236K$417K$155K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$30K$13K$8K$10K
Office expensesLn 13$22K$2K$17K$3K
Information technologyLn 14$130K$17K$56K$57K
OccupancyLn 16$112K$20K$59K$34K
TravelLn 17$27K$6K$15K$6K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$77K$22K$54K$13
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$18K$18K
InsuranceLn 23$35K$35K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$248K$74K$139K$34K
All other expensesLn 24e$11K$11K$655
Total functional expensesLn 25$10.7M$8.5M$1.5M$796K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $11.0M$14.9M−$3.9M$9.0M 990 PDF
FY2024 Viewing $5.5M$10.7M−$5.3M$12.9M 990 PDF
FY2023 $10.4M$12.5M−$2.1M$18.2M 990 PDF
FY2022 $19.8M$6.2M$13.6M$20.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 $8.8M$2.8M$6.0M$6.7M 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.4M$872K$491K$756K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $5,488,901 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $7,931,168$5,672,165
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $246,733$522,299
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $2,217,627−$705,563
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $10,395,528$5,488,901
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $8,400,965$7,083,484
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $759,178$1,962,733
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $3,340,199$1,698,226
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $12,500,342$10,744,443
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$2,104,814−$5,255,542
Part VI · Governance 17 of 19 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body19
VI-1b Independent voting members17
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $5,488,901 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$3,413,332
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,258,833
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$5,672,165
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $522,299$522,299
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$705,563−$705,563
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$183,264$5,488,901
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $10,744,443 across 16 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $7,083,484$7,083,484
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $423,991 · Management $188,881 · Fundraising $281,337$894,209
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $551,927 · Management $306,286 · Fundraising $210,311$1,068,524
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $33,680$33,680
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $138,257 · Fundraising $6,281$144,538
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $236,394 · Management $417,256 · Fundraising $154,851$808,501
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $12,630 · Management $7,732 · Fundraising $10,003$30,365
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,119 · Management $17,149 · Fundraising $2,812$22,080
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $17,403 · Management $56,009 · Fundraising $56,913$130,325
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $19,588 · Management $58,757 · Fundraising $33,899$112,244
IX-17 TravelPrograms $6,025 · Management $15,353 · Fundraising $5,733$27,111
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $22,158 · Management $54,427 · Fundraising $13$76,598
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $18,487$18,487
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $35,178$35,178
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $74,409 · Management $139,204 · Fundraising $34,112$247,725
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $10,739 · Management $655$11,394
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $8,460,867 · Management $1,487,311 · Fundraising $796,265$10,744,443
Part X · Balance sheet $16,440,883 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $2,218,679$1,238,683
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $11,444,325$8,297,334
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $10,521,177$6,172,121
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $136,744$338,409
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $52,293$33,806
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $14,905$360,530
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $24,388,123$16,440,883
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $148,094$270,843
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $5,878,291$1,012,360
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $162,753$1,875,372
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $19,778$363,764
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $6,208,916$3,522,339
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $8,308,710$6,746,423
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $9,870,497$6,172,121
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $18,179,207$12,918,544
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $24,388,123$16,440,883
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $12,918,544 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$5,488,901
XI-2 Total expenses$10,744,443
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$5,255,542
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$18,179,207
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$5,121
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$12,918,544

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