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Filing year 2024

American Association for Cancer Research Inc

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania·EIN 23-6251648·NTEE H300 · Medical Research·3
Total revenue
$137.4M
Total assets
$291.8M
Total expenses
$88M
Reported officers
34
Mission

THE MISSION OF THE AACR IS TO PREVENT AND CURE CANCER THROUGH RESEARCH, EDUCATION, COMMUNICATION, AND COLLABORATION. THROUGH ITS PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, THE AACR FOSTERS RESEARCH IN CANCER AND RELATED BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE; ACCELERATES THE DISSEMINATION OF NEW RESEARCH FINDINGS AMONG SCIENTISTS AND OTHERS DEDICATED TO THE CONQUEST OF CANCER; PROMOTES SCIENCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING; AND ADVANCES THE UNDERSTANDING OF CANCER ETIOLOGY, PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 9 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
Chief Executive Officer
$1.9M
$2M
Sr. Vice President, CFO
$495k
$532k
Vp. Science Policy & Gov. Affa
vice president
$459k
$494k
Vp, Research and Grants
vice president
$373k
$401k
Chief Marketing Officer and VP
vice president
$368k
$396k
Vp. Scientific Publications
vice president
$366k
$394k
Chief Communications Officer
highest compensated employee
$357k
$384k
Vp. Finance and Business Admin
vice president
$350k
$377k
Vp, Meetings and Exhibits
vice president
$321k
$345k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into April 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 25 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Medical Research

Up 96%
from 2023

From $955k in 2023 to $1.9M in 2024.

$955k
2023
$1.9M
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 89% in real terms$1.1M to $2M

Estimated with Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into April 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

American Association for Cancer Research Inc reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$74.3M
$80.2M
2023
$137.4M
$88M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Medical Research executives earn in Pennsylvania

Comparable medical research organizations in Pennsylvania pay their highest-earning executive a median of $79,348.

25th percentile
$43k
Median
$79,348
75th percentile
$275k
90th percentile
$693k

These are medical research sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 51 organizations across 51 filings (2022 – 2024).

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