Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 2013.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
44 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
5 people listed on the 990; $524K paid to officers and key staff.
Stacy Mulder’s $206K as Vice President (thru 10/2024) is at the 76th percentile of top reported officer pay among 733 $1–10M 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 · 4 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stacy Mulder | $206,070 | $194,123 | $182,026 | $149,667 | $176,284 |
| Gregory Graber | $143,238 | $159,223 | $137,571 | $120,671 | $121,676 |
| Lauren Fraga | $123,981 | $118,422 | — | — | $103,939 |
| Amy Shepherd | $50,391 | $49,440 | $49,440 | $48,166 | $44,478 |
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
Empowers cancer fighters with courage, strength, and grit.
Questions for John Wayne Cancer Foundation
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JWCF executes and supports programs for cancer prevention and EDUCATION/ADVOCACY, including: "block the blaze program." block the blaze is a youth sun safety program that teaches kids how to be safe in the sun and prevent skin cancer. It also teaches about how to identify moles and skin spots that need to be seen by a doctor.
JWCF supports cancer research by funding research grants for john wayne alumni fellows and other prominent cancer researchers with the goal to spot AND/OR prevent cancer.
JWCF funds john wayne cancer foundation surgical oncology fellowship programs at university of california irvine and texas tech university health sciences center. JWCF funds are used to establish and maintain a JWCF surgical oncology fellowship program dedicated to training doctors on advanced surgical oncology, research and state of the…
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2025 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY25 | End FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $1.3M | $748K |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $18.5M | $19.0M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $11K | $5K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $20.3M | $20.1M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $1.1M | $219K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $19.1M | $19.9M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $86K | $86K | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $211K | $57K | $101K | $53K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $461K | $208K | $58K | $195K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $19K | $7K | $4K | $7K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $14K | $6K | $2K | $6K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $48K | $19K | $11K | $18K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $32K | $3K | $28K | |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $79K | $79K | ||
| Investment management feesLn 11f | $114K | $114K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $63K | $6K | $55K | $2K |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $21K | $12K | $9K | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $60K | $46K | $10K | $4K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $86K | $23K | $31K | $32K |
| TravelLn 17 | $36K | $34K | $1K | $562 |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $4K | $4K | ||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $5K | $5K | ||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $27K | $16K | $11K | |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $309K | $233K | $56K | $20K |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $791 | $476 | $315 | |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $1.7M | $741K | $558K | $377K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest Viewing | $3.9M | $1.7M | $2.3M | $19.9M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 | $2.3M | $1.7M | $634K | $19.1M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $1.3M | $1.9M | −$557K | $16.8M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $1.9M | $4.1M | −$2.2M | $17.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $2.0M | $1.4M | $579K | $21.2M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $3,928,184 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 1 of 1 board members independent, 1 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $3,928,184 across 8 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,675,331 across 19 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $20,085,583 assets, 16 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $19,866,095 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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