{"entity":{"id":"cancer-care-inc","kind":"institution","name":"Cancer Care","aka":["Cancer Care, Inc.","Cancer Care Inc"],"tldr":"A US charity, founded in 1944, whose oncology social workers give free counselling, support groups, education and financial help to anyone affected by cancer; helpline 800-813-HOPE.","summary":"CancerCare (legal name Cancer Care, Inc.) was founded in 1944, according to its co-payment foundation's page, and describes its services as free counselling, support groups, educational resources, advocacy and financial assistance, all provided by master's-prepared oncology social workers. Its about page reports, for its latest year, 150,508 services to people with 101 different cancer types in all 50 states, 41,956 helpline calls answered, and financial or co-payment assistance to 25,609 people. In 2008 it established the Cancer Care Co-Payment Assistance Foundation as a separate supporting organisation. The IRS Business Master File lists revenue of about $22 million for the tax year ending June 2025.","asOf":"2026-11-04","links":[{"label":"About CancerCare","url":"https://www.cancercare.org/about"},{"label":"IRS record (via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer)","url":"https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/131825919"}],"tags":[],"related":["cancercare"],"cancers":[],"sections":[],"technologies":["financial-navigation"],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":[],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"city":"New York, NY","country":"US","lat":40.713,"lng":-74.006,"institutionType":"consortium","website":"https://www.cancercare.org","programs":["Hopeline and counselling by oncology social workers","Support groups by phone, online and in person","Cancer Care Connect education workshops","Financial assistance","My Cancer Circle for caregivers"]},"route":"/institutions/cancer-care-inc/","neighbours":{"collection":[{"id":"acs-road-to-recovery","kind":"collection","name":"ACS Road To Recovery","route":"/collections/acs-road-to-recovery/"},{"id":"cancercare","kind":"collection","name":"CancerCare","route":"/collections/cancercare/"}],"technology":[{"id":"financial-navigation","kind":"technology","name":"Financial toxicity and financial navigation","route":"/technologies/financial-navigation/"}],"institution":[{"id":"cancercare-copay-foundation","kind":"institution","name":"Cancer Care Co-Payment Assistance Foundation","route":"/institutions/cancercare-copay-foundation/"}]}}