Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
OUR MISSION IS TO TAKE BOLD ACTION TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF EVERYONE IMPACTED BY PANCREATIC CANCER BY ADVANCING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, BUILDING COMMUNITY, SHARING KNOWLEDGE, AND ADVOCATING FOR PATIENTS.
- Income
- $42.2 million
- Spending
- $47.6 million
- Spent on programs
- 55%
- Reserves
- 3.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 95%
- Employees
- 183
- Volunteers
- 2,645
- Highest pay
- $664,350, president & ceo/director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 53 out of 100. Higher than 22% of charities in its peer group (diseases, $10m to $100m).
Reserves
20 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 3.6 months of spending.
Debt
16 of 20It owes 26% of what it owns.
Living within its means
4 of 15Spending exceeded income by 13% of income.
Income trend
5 of 15Income fell 10% on the year before.
Spending floor
8 of 1555% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 15 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 35% of charities in its peer group (diseases, $10m to $100m).
Independent board
25 of 2517 of 18 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (4)
- $13.8 million spent. RESEARCH & SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS - PANCAN FUNDS GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH INITIATIVES THAT WILL TRANSFORM THE WAY PANCREATIC CANCER IS DETECTED AND TREATED. WE FUND RESEARCH GRANTS TO INDIVIDUAL INVESTIGATORS AND LARGE-SCALE, MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL CLINICAL PROJECTS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON ADVANCING NEW TREATMENTS AND EARLY DETECTION FOR PANCREATIC CANCER. WE INVESTED $13.6 MILLION IN RESEARCH & SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS IN FISCAL YEAR 2025. OUR RESEARCH FUNDING SUPPORTED IMPORTANT RESEARCH PROJECTS AT INSTITUTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND PANCAN'S PRECISION PROMISESM ADAPTIVE CLINICAL TRIAL, EARLY DETECTION INITIATIVE, KNOW YOUR TUMOR PRECISION MEDICINE SERVICE, AND SPARK HEALTH DATA INTEGRATION PLATFORM. SINCE 2003, PANCAN HAS AWARDED 237 RESEARCH GRANTS TO 217 SCIENTISTS AT 78 INSTITUTIONS. PANCAN'S CUMULATIVE RESEARCH INVESTMENT IS NOW MORE THAN $249 MILLION, MAKING A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND CARE OF TODAY'S PATIENTS AND THOSE WHO WILL BE DIAGNOSED IN THE FUTURE. (Expenses $ 971,774 including grants of $) GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AND ADVOCACY - WE DRIVE LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT FOR INCREASED FEDERAL RESEARCH FUNDING FOR PANCREATIC CANCER. OUR GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY EFFORTS LED TO THE PASSAGE OF THE RECALCITRANT CANCER RESEARCH ACT, INCREASED RESEARCH DOLLARS FOR PANCREATIC CANCER AT THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE, AND LED TO A NEW PANCREATIC CANCER RESEARCH PROGRAM AT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. SINCE OUR FOUNDING, FEDERAL RESEARCH FUNDING FOR PANCREATIC CANCER HAS INCREASED BY 1075 PERCENT AND CONTINUES TO INCREASE EACH YEAR DUE TO OUR EFFORTS.
- $6.9 million spent. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT - NEARLY 55 VOLUNTEER AFFILIATES WITH MORE THAN 2,645 VOLUNTEERS LEADERS RAISE AWARENESS OF PANCAN AND THE DISEASE AND EDUCATE THEIR COMMUNITIES ABOUT PANCREATIC CANCER. VOLUNTEERS HOSTED NEARLY 55 PURPLESTRIDE EVENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THIS YEAR, WITH 62,831 PARTICIPANTS SUPPORTING SURVIVORS, FAMILIES AND FRIENDS, AS WELL AS PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION AT THE EVENTS. PURPLESTRIDE PARTICIPANTS RAISED MORE THAN $17 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 2025. WE ARE ALSO A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE WORLD PANCREATIC CANCER COALITION, COMPOSED OF MORE THAN 100 PANCREATIC CANCER PATIENT ADVOCACY GROUPS FROM MORE THAN 30 COUNTRIES AND SIX CONTINENTS. THE COALITION HAS AN ONGOING COMMITMENT TO CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR ITS MEMBERS AND HOSTS WORLD PANCREATIC CANCER DAY EVERY NOVEMBER TO RAISE GLOBAL AWARENESS OF THE DISEASE.
- $4.7 million spent. PATIENT SERVICES - PROVIDES FREE, PERSONALIZED INFORMATION AND RESOURCES ABOUT PANCREATIC CANCER, TREATMENT OPTIONS, CLINICAL TRIALS, DIET AND NUTRITION, SPECIALISTS AND SUPPORT RESOURCES TO HELP PATIENTS, CAREGIVERS AND HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS. WE HAVE THE LARGEST, MOST UP-TO-DATE CLINICAL TRIALS DATABASE IN THE COUNTRY AND PROVIDE CONSTITUTENTS WITH PERSONALIZED SEARCHES SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND ALL OF THEIR TREATMENT OPTIONS. OUR EXPERT PATIENT SERVICES CASE MANAGERS SHARE MORE RESOURCES AND SPEAK WITH MORE PANCREATIC CANCER PATIENTS THAN ANY OTHER ORGANIZATION IN THE WORLD. LAST YEAR ALONE, WE HAD MORE THAN 38,000 INTERACTIONS WITH PATIENTS WITH PANCREATIC CANCER, THEIR FAMILIES, CAREGIVERS AND HEALTHCARE PROFFESSIONALS. (Expenses $ 971,774 including grants of $) GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AND ADVOCACY - WE DRIVE LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT FOR INCREASED FEDERAL RESEARCH FUNDING FOR PANCREATIC CANCER. OUR GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY EFFORTS LED TO THE PASSAGE OF THE RECALCITRANT CANCER RESEARCH ACT, INCREASED RESEARCH DOLLARS FOR PANCREATIC CANCER AT THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE, AND LED TO A NEW PANCREATIC CANCER RESEARCH PROGRAM AT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. SINCE OUR FOUNDING, FEDERAL RESEARCH FUNDING FOR PANCREATIC CANCER HAS INCREASED BY 1075 PERCENT AND CONTINUES TO INCREASE EACH YEAR DUE TO OUR EFFORTS.
- $971,774 spent. GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AND ADVOCACY - WE DRIVE LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT FOR INCREASED FEDERAL RESEARCH FUNDING FOR PANCREATIC CANCER. OUR GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY EFFORTS LED TO THE PASSAGE OF THE RECALCITRANT CANCER RESEARCH ACT, INCREASED RESEARCH DOLLARS FOR PANCREATIC CANCER AT THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE, AND LED TO A NEW PANCREATIC CANCER RESEARCH PROGRAM AT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. SINCE OUR FOUNDING, FEDERAL RESEARCH FUNDING FOR PANCREATIC CANCER HAS INCREASED BY 1075 PERCENT AND CONTINUES TO INCREASE EACH YEAR DUE TO OUR EFFORTS.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since September 1999.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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