Saras Cure
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
THE CLEAR CELL SARCOMA FOUNDATION IS DEDICATED TO MAKING CLEAR CELL SARCOMA SURVIVABLE THROUGH EDUCATION AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. WE STRIVE TO PROVIDE A VOICE AND PLATFORM FOR ALL PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS IMPACTED BY THIS RARE CANCER, EMPOWERING THEM TO ENACT CHANGE AND WORK TOWARDS A CURE.
- Income
- $91,784
- Spending
- $104,700
- Reserves
- 5.9 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- other income, 62%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 (1)
- $109,487 spent. SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES JANUARY- OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PARTICIPATED IN A GLOBAL WEBINAR HOSTED BY THE SARCOMA FOUNDATION OF AMERICA TO PRESENT A PRIVATE/PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP CALLED CURE DRUG REPURPOSING COLLABORATORY (CDRC), WITH THE INITIATIVE TO FIND EXISTING DRUGS FOR RARE SARCOMA.: CO-HOSTED OUR LARGEST ANNUAL FUNDRAISER IN CHARLESTON SC. CONTINUED TO COLLABORATE WITH THE CLINICAL/RESEARCH COMMUNITY THROUGH MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH SARC, AND THE CCS TISSUE COLLECTION DOD GRANT COMMUNITY OF STAKEHOLDERS. FEBRUARY & MARCH TEAMED UP WITH XCURES TO CREATE A PARTNERSHIP CONTRACT FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS ON CCS PATIENTS, AN OUTGROWTH OF THE CDRC PROJECT. THESE REAL WORLD RESULTS WERE PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL SARCOMA CONFERENCE TO THE SARCOMA COMMUNITY. PLANS FOR EXPANSION INTO 2025. APRIL - INAUGURAL MEETING WITH DR. KEVIN JONES SURGICAL ONCOLOGIST TO PLAN A FIRST EVER CCS SYMPOSIUM IN CHARLESTON SC. SEPTEMBER. THIS MEETING IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING REAL WORLD EXPERIENCES (RWE) FROM CCS PATIENTS THROUGH THE XCURES PLATFORM AND PUBLISHING THE DATA AS A CONSENSUS OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF CCS. MAY & JUNE CDRC MOVES FORWARD THROUGH OUR OWN FUNDED XCURES PROJECT. PATIENT FAMILIES HELD FUNDRAISERS FOR CCSF INCLUDING THE SOCIETY OF HOPE FUNDRAISER AND THE BOB COSTELLO CCS GOLF TOURNAMENT FUNDRAISER TO SUPPORT THE EHR DATA PROJECT. JULY & AUGUST- SARCOMA AWARENESS MONTH INITIATIVES WERE SENT TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY THROUGH OUR NEWSLETTER AND SOCIAL MEDIA TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT CCS. CONTINUED DATA COLLECTION/ANALYSIS AND PREPARATION FOR THE UPCOMING INAUGURAL SYMPOSIUM. SEPTEMBER - HELD THE FIRST ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CCS PATIENT CLINICIAN PARTNERED CCS COLLABORATIVE SYMPOSIUM. PATIENTS MET AND SHARED STORIES IN PERSON AND BY ZOOM. THE MEETING WAS HELD VIRTUALLY FOR OUR GLOBAL COMMUNITY TO ATTEND AS WELL. TWO NEW INITIATIVES AROUND RADIATION THERAPY AND PATIENT DATA WERE BORN AND WILL BE PROGRAMS FOR THE 2025 RESEARCH AT THE CCSF. OCTOBER - WE HELD A CCSF RESEARCH TEAM RETREAT TO ANALYZE EHR DATA SUBMISSION AND PUBLISH A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY ABSTRACT FOR CONNECTIVE TISSUE ONCOLOGY SOCIETY (CTOS) PRESENTATION IN NOVEMBER. WE MET DAILY FOR COLLABORATIVE AND SOMETIMES DIFFICULT WORK ANALYZING THE DATA AND FORMING IT INTO CHARTS THAT WILL DRIVE CLINICAL DECISION MAKING BASED ON RWE TO HELP IMPROVE TREATMENT OUTCOMES. THIS RETREAT WAS WITH PATIENT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND IS CORE TO OUR MISSION. NOVEMBER - OUR CCS RESEARCH TEAM TRAVELED TO SAN DIEGO TO PRESENT FIRST OF ITS KIND CCS ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD DATA (EHR).. MET WITH MD ANDERSON CLINICIANS TO DISCUSS CCS CARE, MET WITH SARC AND CLINICIANS FROM MSK AND ROYAL MARSDEN REGARDING A 2025 TRIAL FOR CCS. WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE SEVERAL TALKS TO CLINICIANS AND RESEARCHERS AT THE POSTER PRESENTATION SESSION. WE HAD SMALL CARD PRINTS TO HAND OUT TO THE ONCOLOGISTS THROUGHOUT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE. OUR RESEARCH WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED AND HAS LED TO FURTHER DISCUSSIONS AND PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. DECEMBER - GIVING TUESDAY AND FUNDRAISER PROJECT TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE PURCHASE OF 2 NEW MOUSE MODELS NEEDED FOR THE JONES LAB RESEARCH OFF PROJECT. WE SUCCESSFULLY RAISED THE FUNDS NEEDED, DR JONES WAS ABLE TO NEGOTIATE A DISCOUNT FOR US AND WE DIDNT HAVE TO PAY ANY OVERHEAD COSTS.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 October 13, 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 December 2024.
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 May 2018.
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 October 21, 2026.
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