Asco Association
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What it says it does
ASCO ASSOCIATION PROMOTES THE COMMON BUSINESS INTERESTS OF ITS MEMBERS BY: (1) ADVOCATING FOR POLICIES THAT IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF CANCER CARE; (2) MAINTAINING THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF ONCOLOGY MEDICAL CARE THROUGH PROGRAMS SUPPORTING EDUCATION, (CONTINUED IN SCHEDULE O) RESEARCH, AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; AND (3) INCREASING AWARENESS AMONG THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY, PATIENTS, AND THE PUBLIC OF CHALLENGES FACED BY ONCOLOGY MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS THAT MAY AFFECT QUALITY OF CANCER CARE.
- Income
- $16.6 million
- Spending
- $16.2 million
- Employees
- 50
- Volunteers
- 4,083
- Highest pay
- $1.1 million, ceo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. 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 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. 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 (3)
- SEE SCHEDULE O:MEMBER SERVICES: THE ASSOCIATION WORKS TO SUPPORT AND EDUCATE ITS GLOBAL NETWORK OF NEARLY 51,000 ONCOLOGY PROFESSIONAL MEMBERS, MAINTAINING ONLINE FORUMS THAT ALLOW MEMBERS TO DISCUSS ISSUES OF PROFESSIONAL INTEREST, SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL REGIONAL COUNCILS, AND RECRUITING MEMBERS FOR, AND TRACKING PARTICIPATION IN, VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE ASSOCIATION, INCLUDING SERVING ON COMMITTEES.
- SEE SCHEDULE O:ACCREDITATION & CERTIFICATION: THE ASSOCIATION CONDUCTS AN ACCREDITATION PROGRAM THAT PROMOTES THE PRACTICE OF ITS MEMBERS BY MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF MEDICAL CARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND MAINTAINING HIGH STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE IN ONCOLOGY. THE QUALITY ONCOLOGY PRACTICE INITIATIVE (QOPI) CERTIFICATION PROGRAM ("QCP") PROVIDES A THREE-YEAR CERTIFICATION RECOGNIZING HIGH-QUALITY AND SAFE CARE FOR OUTPATIENT HEMATOLOGY-ONCOLOGY PRACTICES. THE QCP STANDARDS WERE ADAPTED FROM THE CHEMOTHERAPY ADMINISTRATION SAFETY STANDARDS CODEVELOPED BY THE ASSOCIATION'S RELATED ORGANIZATION, THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, INC. (THE SOCIETY), A SECTION 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION, AND THE ONCOLOGY NURSING SOCIETY (ONS). THEY ARE INTENDED TO PROVIDE SAFTEY TO BOTH PATIENTS AND THE CARE DELIVERY STAFF BY REDUCING THE RISK OF ERRORS AND PROMOTING THE SAFE HANDLING OF CHEMOTHERAPY AGENTS. PARTICIPATING PRACTICES RECEIVE SITE SURVEYS BY EXPERIENCED ONCOLOGY PROFESSIONALS TO ASSESS COMPLIANCE WITH ALL QCP STANDARDS THROUGH INTERVIEWS, OBSERVATION, AND MEDICAL RECORD REVIEWS. PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE REPORTS DOCUMENTING THEIR LEVEL OF COMPLIANCE WITH EACH CERTIFICATION STANDARD AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS OR REQUIREMENTS FOR IMPROVED CARE. QCP CERTIFICATION RECOGNIZES HIGH PERFORMING PRACTICES AND IS NOT REQUIRED FOR ANY PROFESSIONAL LICENSING, NOR IS IT REQUIRED OF THE ASSOCIATION'S MEMBERS. 272 HEMATOLOGY-ONCOLOGY PRACTICES CONSISTING OF 900 SITES OF SERVICE WERE ACTIVELY CERTIFIED IN 2024. THE ASCO CERTIFIED CERTIFICATION RECOGNIZES PATIENT-CENTERED CANCER CARE DELIVERY ADHERING TO THE ONCOLOGY MEDICAL HOME STANDARDS CODEVELOPED BY ASCO AND THE COMMUNITY ONCOLGY ALLIANCE (COA). SIMILAR TO QCP, PARTICIPATING PRACTICES RECEIVE SITE SURVEYS BY EXPERIENCED ONCOLOGY PROFESSIONALS TO ASSESS COMPLIANCE WITH ALL ASCO CERTIFIED STANDARDS THROUGH INTERVIEWS, OBSERVATION, AND MEDICAL RECORD REVIEWS. PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE REPORTS DOCUMENTING THEIR LEVEL OF COMPLIANCE WITH EACH CERTIFICATION STANDARD AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS OR REQUIREMENTS FOR IMPROVED CARE. ONCE CERTIFIED, PARTICIPANTS ARE MONITORED ANNUALLY FOR CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND RESURVEYED EVERY 3 YEARS. ASCO CERTIFIED IS NOT REQUIRED FOR ANY PROFESSIONAL LICENSING, NOR IS IT REQUIRED OF THE ASSOCIATION'S MEMBERS. 16 HEMATOLOGY ONCOLOGY PRACTICES CONSISTING OF 143 SITES OF SERVICE WERE CERTIFIED IN 2024.
- SEE SCHEDULE O:ADVOCACY: THE ASSOCIATION'S ADVOCACY WORK FOCUSES ON ACHIEVING HIGH-QUALITY CARE FOR ALL PATIENTS WITH CANCER. WORKING WITH VOLUNTEER MEMBERS AND AFFILIATED STATE AND REGIONAL ONCOLOGY SOCIETIES, THE ASSOCIATION ENGAGES WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, CONGRESS, AND STATE POLICYMAKERS TO ADDRESS ISSUES OF CRITICAL IMPORTANCE TO CANCER CARE AND RESEARCH. THE ASSOCIATION'S ADVOCACY PORTFOLIO INCLUDES CLINICAL RESEARCH, INSURANCE, CLINICAL PRACTICE, COST AND ACCESS, SURVIVORSHIP, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, AND CANCER PREVENTION. ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES INCLUDE TRACKING, MONITORING, ANALYZING, AND INFLUENCING PENDING LEGISLATION AND REGULATIONS, AND EDUCATING BOTH MEMBERS AND POLICYMAKERS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF POLICY ON CANCER PATIENTS, CLINICIANS, AND CLINICAL RESEARCH. THE ASSOCIATION'S PERSPECTIVE IS SOUGHT ROUTINELY BY POLICYMAKERS AS THEY ADDRESS CHALLENGES IN CANCER CARE AND RESEARCH. IN 2024, THE ASSOCIATION WAS INVITED TO TESTIFY BEFORE THE HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE ON THE PERSISTENT AND ONGOING DRUG SHORTAGE CRISIS. THE ASSOCIATION WAS ALSO ONE OF ONLY SIX MEDICAL SOCIETIES INVITED TO A MEETING CONVENED BY THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE TO EXPLORE POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MEDICARE PHYSICIAN PAYMENT SYSTEM. IN APRIL OF 2024, THE ASSOCIATION CONVENED AN ADVOCACY SUMMIT WHERE 170 ONCOLOGY PROFESSIONALS CONDUCTED 220 VISITS WITH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND THEIR STAFF TO SHARE PERSPECTIVES. ADDITIONALLY, THE ASSOCIATION SENT OVER 300 COMMENT LETTERS TO CONGRESS, PROVIDED INPUT ON MORE THAN 60 STATE LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS AND CONDUCTED 400 MEETINGS WITH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND THEIR STAFF FOR 2024. THE ASCO 2024 ANNUAL MEETING WAS THE FIRST ANNUAL MEETING TO HOST ALL THREE FEDERAL LEADERS OF THE PRIMARY AGENCIES OF RELEVANCE FOR CANCER RESEARCH AND CARE THE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, THE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE, AND THE COMMISSIONER OF THE U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION. THE ASSOCIATION ALSO HAD 47 MEETINGS WITH FEDERAL AGENCY STAFF AND LEADERS,SENT 25 COMMENT LETTERS IN RESPONSE TO FEDERAL PROPOSALS AND REGULATIONS, AND FILED 7 JOINT AMICUS BRIEFS TO THE COURTS.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. 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)(6) business league.
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? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(6) business league as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, 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 2019.
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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