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The 990 read · EIN 13-5644916 · DC · Fiscal year FY ending Jun 2025

Blood Cancer United

Blood Cancer United Inc: CEO salary, finances and where donations go

In its own words

“Cure leukemia,lymphoma,hodgkin's disease, myeloma; improve quality of life of patients and families.”

Data only Figures straight from the filing, screened by our rules. Not yet reviewed in depth by a CPA.

Methodology by Amir Arani, CPA, CA · Updated

Top pay
$880K E Anders Kolb, 0.2% of spending
Revenue
$358.7M 87.9% from donations and grants
Spent
$398.1M 74.3% on programs, as reported
Net assets
$360.5M end of FY ending Jun 2025
Savings
10.9 months of spending, net assets ÷ spending
People
1,390 employees, 300,000 volunteers
Form 990 (FY ending Jun 2025), Parts I, VII, IX, X
01 · Red flags

2 things to look at.

We screen every filing against twelve rules. A flag is a prompt for a closer look, not a finding of wrongdoing.

medium

Grants or assistance to an insider or their family

Part IV line 27 answered yes.

Form 990 Part IV, line 27; Schedule L Part III
low

Business transactions with insiders or their companies

Part IV line 28b answered yes.

Form 990 Part IV, lines 28a–28c; Schedule L Part IV
02 · Where $1 goes · FY ending Jun 2025

Of each dollar it spent, 74.3¢ went to programs, as reported.

The split the charity filed.
74.3¢
Programs, $295.8M
12.5¢
Fundraising, $49.8M
13.2¢
Admin, $52.6M
Form 990 (FY ending Jun 2025), Part IX, line 25
Cost to raise $1
16¢
as reported
20¢
counting the shared mail

For each dollar donated, Blood Cancer United spent 16¢ on fundraising, or about 20¢ counting joint costs.

Fundraising ÷ $315.3M contributions · Form 990 Parts VIII, IX
03 · What it does

What it told the IRS it spent on.

The charity's own description of its largest programs, with what each cost.

Program 1 · 41.8% of program spending · $72.8M in grants $123.6M

B) patient & community services: An estimated 1.7 million people across the United States (US) are currently living with or are in remission from leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma, myelodysplastic syndromes and myeloproliferative neoplasms. Blood cancer united offers an array of free, comprehensive resources to blood cancer patients, caregivers, families and friends ofpatients, advocates, healthcare professionals and the public. Blood cancer united is committed to providing the most accurate and up-to-date blood cancer information. Professional volunteer clinical advisors work with blood cancer…

Program 2 · 9.6% of program spending $28.5M

C) public health education: blood cancer united believes knowledge is power. As always, blood cancer united has offered their informational programs in virtual formats, continuing to provide vitally needed education and emotional support for those impacted by blood cancer. One-on-one education and supporttrained oncology information specialists in our information resource center (irc) provide patients and caregivers with compassionate, comprehensive, and tailored disease and treatment information, including referrals and links to appropriate educational resources and literature; psychosocial…

Program 3 · 5.6% of program spending $16.7M

Blood cancer united serves the educational needs of the medical and research community through a number of professional education symposia offered throughout the year. Varying formats are offered to facilitate the exchange of information and ideas on the newest developments in cancer research and treatment. Upcoming and archived ce/cme programs are available at https://bloodcancerunited.org/resources/healthcare-professionalsin fy 2025:-blood cancer united provided 22 cme/ce-granting live educational programs, with 2,266 healthcare professionals in attendance. In addition, 48 virtual lectures…

Form 990 (FY ending Jun 2025), Part III
04 · The savings

Net assets: $101.0M to $360.5M in 11 years.

Net assets at each fiscal year end, 2013 to 2025.

Net assets at year end, $ millions
101
97
98
118
152
236
268
366
514
372
373
361
Form 990 history via ProPublicaForm 990 (FY ending Jun 2025)
05 · Who gets paid

The 8 highest-paid people.

Reportable pay in FY ending Jun 2025, from the charity and related organizations.

E Anders Kolb
President & CEO
$879,998
Gwen Nichols
Evp, Chief Med Officer
$736,394
Gordon Miller
Evp, Chief Fin Officer
$648,480
Dale Nissenbaum
Former Evp, Gen Cnsl - End 05/2024
$547,759
Flora Coker Powell
Evp, Chief Rev Officer
$512,813
Susan Brown
Svp, Chief Sus Off End - 11/12/2024
$421,797
Lee Greenberger
Svp, Chief Sci Officer - End 12/2024
$408,560
Florence Godfrey
Svp, Chief Experience Officer
$406,318
Form 990 (FY ending Jun 2025), Part VII, Section A
Largest outside contractors
ContractorServicePaid
Icon Plc - Pharmaceutical Research AssocClinical trial$9,616,721
Patient Advocate FoundationPat assist proc$6,765,372
Moore a Series LLCProfessional fundraising$4,664,047
SalesforceSoftware$4,565,999
KapadiClinical trial$3,123,545
Form 990 (FY ending Jun 2025), Part VII, Section B
06 · Questions

The questions people ask about the Blood Cancer United.

Short, sourced answers. Each one stands on its own.

How much does the Blood Cancer United CEO make?

E Anders Kolb, President & CEO, received $879,998 in reportable compensation in FY ending Jun 2025, 0.2% of Blood Cancer United's $398.1M in spending.

Form 990 (FY ending Jun 2025), Part VII

What percentage of Blood Cancer United donations go to programs?

Blood Cancer United reported 74.3% of FY ending Jun 2025 spending as programs, 12.5% as fundraising and 13.2% as management. That includes $13.3M of joint mail and ad costs counted as programs; without them, programs were 71%.

Form 990 (FY ending Jun 2025), Part IX

How much money does Blood Cancer United have?

Net assets were $360.5M at the end of FY ending Jun 2025, about 10.9 months of spending.

Form 990 (FY ending Jun 2025), Part X

Does Blood Cancer United have any red flags in its filing?

Its latest Form 990 triggered 2 of our twelve screening rules: grants or assistance to an insider or their family; business transactions with insiders or their companies. A flag is a prompt for a closer look, not a finding of wrongdoing.

Form 990 (FY ending Jun 2025)
07 · Sources and citing

Every number, traced.

  1. Blood Cancer United Form 990, FY ending Jun 2025 (IRS e-file)
  2. Blood Cancer United Form 990 history (ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer)
Cite this page

Amir Arani, “Blood Cancer United: CEO salary, finances and where your dollar goes,” Charity Math, updated 2026-11-07. https://charitymath.com/charities/blood-cancer-united/