# National Foundation for Cancer Research

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## TL;DR

A US charity, co-founded in 1973 by the Nobel laureate Albert Szent-Györgyi, that gives laboratory scientists seed funding for high-risk cancer research.

## Summary

The National Foundation for Cancer Research was co-founded in 1973 by the Nobel laureate Albert Szent-Györgyi and the attorney and entrepreneur Franklin Salisbury Sr., according to its about page. It provides seed funding for laboratory research on cancer detection, treatment and prevention, and says it emphasises high-risk, high-impact research often overlooked by other major funders. It states that, with support from more than 5.7 million individual donors, it has provided $420 million for cancer research, prevention and public education. The IRS record lists it under the name Cancer Research America NFCR Inc. The IRS Business Master File lists revenue of about $11 million for the tax year ending December 2024.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-04
- Also known as: Cancer Research America NFCR Inc; NFCR
- City: Rockville, MD, US
- Type: consortium
- Website: https://www.nfcr.org

## Sources

- About NFCR: https://www.nfcr.org/about/
- IRS record (via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer): https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/042531031

## Connected records

- bottlenecks: [Funding follows fashion, not burden](https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-funding-allocation/)

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