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
43 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; $446K 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.
See John Wayne Cancer Foundation executive salaries →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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JWCF supports research, training and education to physicians around the country specializing in cancer care and research who are graduates of the john wayne cancer institute.
JWCF support uci and texas tech health sciences center. JWCF funds are used to establish and maintain a JWCF surgical oncology fellowship program dedicated to cancer research, state of the art patient care and treatment, training of oncologic scientists and clinicians and education through outreach to broader scientific, medical, and lay…
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2021 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY21 | End FY21 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $323K | $132K |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $17.3M | $20.9M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $63K | $50K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $17.8M | $21.5M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $252K | $246K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $17.6M | $21.2M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $131K | $131K | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $241K | $64K | $112K | $64K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $404K | $193K | $27K | $184K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $11K | $5K | $1K | $5K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $38K | $15K | $4K | $20K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $15K | $15K | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $34K | $34K | ||
| Investment management feesLn 11f | $107K | $107K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $144K | $49K | $47K | $48K |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $36K | $8K | $28K | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $37K | $13K | $16K | $8K |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $28K | $11K | $6K | $11K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $74K | $46K | $15K | $13K |
| TravelLn 17 | $18K | $10K | $4K | $4K |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $13K | $12K | $361 | $678 |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $15K | $6K | $3K | $6K |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $71K | $49K | $21K | $413 |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $1.4M | $604K | $422K | $392K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Mar 2, 2026 | $3.9M | $1.7M | $2.3M | $19.9M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Feb 17, 2025 | $2.3M | $1.7M | $634K | $19.1M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Feb 9, 2024 | $1.3M | $1.9M | −$557K | $16.8M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Mar 14, 2023 | $1.9M | $4.1M | −$2.2M | $17.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 ViewingFiled with the IRS Mar 9, 2022 | $2.0M | $1.4M | $579K | $21.2M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,996,251 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 0 of 1 board members independent, 1 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,996,251 across 7 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,417,650 across 17 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $21,451,443 assets, 17 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $21,205,072 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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