John Wayne Cancer Foundation

Tax-deductible

Costa Mesa, CA501(c)(3)Diseases & DisordersEIN 46-2250073Revenue $3.9M in FY2025

On file with the IRSjohnwayne.org1631 Monrovia Ave, 92627-4404 · Costa Mesa, CATax-exempt since Dec 2013Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To provide courage, strength and grit to the fight against Cancer.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
44¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 100 volunteers and 8 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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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 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $141K a year · 6% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
44%
of spending
Concern: 44% of spending went to programs; under 50%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$524K
to officers and key staff · 31% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 76% of similar orgs
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 31% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $14K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$219K
1% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
1
of 1 voting members
Looks good: 1 of 1 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$3.9M
+69% vs prior year
Spent
$1.7M
To programs
44%
Net assets
$19.9M
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$3.9M
FY2025▲ +69%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$2.0M
FY2022$1.9M
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$2.3M
FY2025$3.9M
Expenses
$1.7M
FY2025▼ -0.6%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$1.4M
FY2022$4.1M
FY2023$1.9M
FY2024$1.7M
FY2025$1.7M
Net assets
$19.9M
FY2025▲ +4%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$21.2M
FY2022$17.3M
FY2023$16.8M
FY2024$19.1M
FY2025$19.9M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending April 2025) · 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 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.

Program services 44% · $741K Management & general 33% · $558K Fundraising 23% · $377K

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.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Vice President (thru 10/2024)
$206,070Pt VII · Sec A
Fundraising Director
$143,238Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Director of Program
$123,981Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$50,391Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
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.

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3 programs · $741K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

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.

$503Kprogram expense
02

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.

$210Kprogram expense
03

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…

$28Kprogram 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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$14K
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Grants paid · 30 grants · $3.4M · 2020–2024
Hunterseven OrganizationRI · FY2023$25,000
Toby Keith Foundation INCOK · FY2023$17,000
Texas Tech Foundation INCTX · FY2022$175,000
Duke UniversityNC · FY2022$100,000
University of ArizonaFY2022$11,862
California Surf Lifesaving AssociationFY2022$5,750
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$3.9M
Ln 12
Investment incomeLn 3$3.3M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$996K
Money outPt IX
$1.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$741K
Managementcol C$558K
Fundraisingcol D$377K
Owns and owesPt X
$19.9M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$748K
Total assetsLn 16$20.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$219K
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a1
IndependentVI 1b1
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$996K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$323K
Investment incomeLn 3$3.3M
Gains on assetsLn 7$2.8M
Total revenueLn 12$3.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$232K
SavingsLn 2$516K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$748K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$19.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$5K
Other assetsLn 15$186K
Total assetsLn 16$20.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$219K
Net assetsLn 32$19.9M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 58
VolunteersI 6100
Fiscal year endsHeaderApril
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End 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
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
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

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
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

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $3,928,184 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,016,645$996,155
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,555,619$3,318,425
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$253,275−$386,396
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,318,989$3,928,184
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $139,375$85,575
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $860,382$752,853
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $684,873$836,903
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,684,630$1,675,331
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $634,359$2,252,853
Part VI · Governance 1 of 1 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body1
VI-1b Independent voting members1
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $3,928,184 across 8 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $3,708 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$323,313
VIII-1d Related organizations$11,146
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$661,696
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$996,155
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $544,745$544,745
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $2,773,680$2,773,680
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$390,104−$390,104
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $3,708 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $2,928,321$3,928,184
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,675,331 across 19 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $85,575$85,575
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $56,692 · Management $100,956 · Fundraising $53,453$211,101
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $208,003 · Management $58,188 · Fundraising $194,648$460,839
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $7,377 · Management $4,405 · Fundraising $6,914$18,696
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $5,898 · Management $2,411 · Fundraising $5,509$13,818
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $19,098 · Management $11,402 · Fundraising $17,899$48,399
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $3,164 · Fundraising $28,473$31,637
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $78,510$78,510
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $113,961$113,961
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $5,885 · Management $55,167 · Fundraising $2,022$63,074
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $11,649 · Management $9,298$20,947
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $46,087 · Management $9,797 · Fundraising $4,336$60,220
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $23,059 · Management $31,338 · Fundraising $31,923$86,320
IX-17 TravelPrograms $33,859 · Management $1,180 · Fundraising $562$35,601
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $3,894$3,894
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $5,378$5,378
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $16,323 · Fundraising $11,048$27,371
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $232,988 · Management $55,739 · Fundraising $20,472$309,199
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $476 · Management $315$791
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $740,540 · Management $557,532 · Fundraising $377,259$1,675,331
Part X · Balance sheet $20,085,583 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $282,765$231,571
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,041,806$516,179
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $139,306$61,960
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $52,843$55,006
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $10,677$5,299
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $18,546,942$19,024,477
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $5,116$5,116
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $185,975$185,975
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $20,265,430$20,085,583
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $308,543$91,674
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $766,666$50,000
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $49,580$77,814
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,124,789$219,488
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $19,140,641$19,866,095
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $19,140,641$19,866,095
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $20,265,430$20,085,583
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $19,866,095 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$3,928,184
XI-2 Total expenses$1,675,331
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$2,252,853
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$19,140,641
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$1,552,399
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$25,000
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$19,866,095

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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