{"entity":{"id":"northwest-sarcoma-foundation","kind":"institution","name":"Northwest Sarcoma Foundation","aka":["NWSF","NW Sarcoma Foundation"],"tldr":"A Seattle sarcoma charity, founded in 1996, that gives patient grants and care packages in the Pacific Northwest and funds sarcoma research.","summary":"The Northwest Sarcoma Foundation says on its home page that it was founded in 1996 by Ernest U. Conrad III, MD, while he was at the University of Washington Medical Center, and calls itself the oldest sarcoma nonprofit in the world. It provides education, resources and direct support to patients and caregivers in the Pacific Northwest, promotes awareness for earlier diagnosis and funds regional and national research grants. Its own figures are $1.25 million in patient grants since 2008, $396,000 towards sarcoma research since 2011 and 934 patient care packages since 2021. The IRS lists it as NW Sarcoma Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charity in Seattle, Washington, with tax exemption from June 1997.","asOf":"2026-11-05","links":[{"label":"Northwest Sarcoma Foundation home page","url":"https://www.nwsarcoma.org/"},{"label":"IRS record (via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer)","url":"https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/911717600"}],"tags":[],"related":["rare-cancer-research-foundation"],"cancers":["sarcoma"],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":[],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"city":"Seattle, WA","country":"US","lat":47.606,"lng":-122.332,"institutionType":"consortium","website":"https://www.nwsarcoma.org","programs":["Patient grants","Patient care packages","Sarcoma research grants","Awareness for earlier diagnosis"]},"route":"/institutions/northwest-sarcoma-foundation/","neighbours":{"institution":[{"id":"rare-cancer-research-foundation","kind":"institution","name":"Rare Cancer Research Foundation","route":"/institutions/rare-cancer-research-foundation/"}],"cancer":[{"id":"sarcoma","kind":"cancer","name":"Sarcomas (soft tissue, bone, GIST)","route":"/cancers/sarcoma/"}]}}