Cancer center statistics offer a view of the research and care infrastructure that families may encounter while supporting someone with cancer. In fiscal year 2024, the National Cancer Institute reported 80 supported cancer centers and total cancer-center funding of $352,362K. The figures below describe grants and institutions in that fiscal year; they are funding and support measures, not a count of patients, caregivers, treatment outcomes, or services received by families.
Contents
- National funding snapshot
- How NCI support was categorized
- Selected centers by state
- Highest reported grant amounts
- Clinical, basic, and comprehensive grants
- What these statistics can and cannot show caregivers
National funding snapshot
The NCI’s 2024 NCI Budget Fact Book - Cancer Centers reported 80 total cancer centers supported in fiscal year 2024. The total funding reported for those centers was $352,362K. Because the source presents amounts in thousands of dollars, $352,362K represents $352.362 million in the source’s displayed units. This is a national program-level figure for that fiscal year, not a measure of a typical center’s annual budget.
The same NCI source reported 72 P30 core grants for NCI-designated cancer centers in fiscal year 2024. Those grants totaled $345,481K. P30 core grants therefore accounted for most of the reported national funding in the source’s grant-category summary, while the total number of supported centers was higher than the number of P30 core grants.
The distinction matters when interpreting the word “center.” The NCI reported supported centers, grant awards, grant categories, and institutional recipients as related but separate measures. A supported-center count should not automatically be read as the number of P30 awards, and an award amount should not automatically be read as the total resources available for every cancer-related activity at an institution.
How NCI support was categorized
The NCI’s 2024 NCI Budget Fact Book - Cancer Centers listed three grant-category lines for fiscal year 2024. The compact comparison below preserves the reported counts and amounts.
| Grant category | Reported grants | Reported total |
|---|---|---|
| P30 core grants | 72 | $345,481K |
| Planning grants (P20s) | 8 | $1,712K |
| Other cancer center grants | 0 | $5,169K |
The planning-grant line included 8 planning grants, identified by the NCI as P20s, totaling $1,712K. These are planning-grant figures for fiscal year 2024; they do not describe the number of people receiving caregiver assistance or the number of programs offered to families.
The source also reported 0 other cancer center grants while showing $5,169K for that category. That combination should be retained exactly as reported rather than reinterpreted. The count and amount may reflect how the source organizes its budget categories, and the supplied legacy research record was not independently verified. For that reason, the “other” line is best treated as a reported NCI budget-table entry, not as a basis for calculating an average or inferring an unlisted award structure.
Together, the category lines show why totals should be read with their labels and measurement period. The NCI’s national total was $352,362K for 80 supported cancer centers, while its category summary separately listed P30, P20, and other-grant lines. These are descriptive fiscal-year statistics, not forecasts of future funding.
Selected centers by state
The NCI’s 2024 NCI Budget Fact Book - Cancer Centers listed individual institutions and their fiscal year 2024 core-grant amounts. The following examples show the geographic spread represented in the supplied figures.
Alabama’s University of Alabama at Birmingham held 1 comprehensive core cancer center grant worth $6,308K. Arizona’s University of Arizona held 1 comprehensive core grant worth $3,937K.
California had several listed recipients. Beckman Research Institute/City of Hope held 1 comprehensive core grant worth $4,316K. Salk Institute for Biological Studies held 1 basic core grant worth $3,029K, while Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute held 1 basic core grant worth $4,082K. Stanford University held 1 comprehensive core grant worth $4,496K. The University of California, Davis held 1 comprehensive core grant worth $3,572K; UCLA held 1 worth $6,200K; UC San Diego held 1 worth $5,025K; UC San Francisco held 1 worth $8,130K; UC Irvine held 1 worth $2,350K; and the University of Southern California held 1 worth $6,880K.
Colorado’s University of Colorado, Denver held 1 comprehensive core grant worth $4,888K. Connecticut’s Yale University held 1 comprehensive core grant worth $5,742K. Georgetown University in the District of Columbia held 1 comprehensive core grant worth $2,105K.
Florida’s H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute held 1 comprehensive core grant worth $4,518K. The University of Florida held 1 clinical core grant worth $2,135K, and the University of Miami School of Medicine held 1 clinical core grant worth $3,019K. Georgia’s Emory University held 1 comprehensive core grant worth $3,267K, while the University of Hawaii at Manoa held 1 clinical core grant worth $2,378K.
Illinois’s Northwestern University at Chicago held 1 comprehensive core grant worth $6,341K, and the University of Chicago held 1 worth $4,524K. Indiana University at Indianapolis held 1 comprehensive core grant worth $3,344K, while Purdue University held 1 basic core grant worth $1,860K. The University of Iowa held 1 comprehensive core grant worth $2,985K, and the University of Kansas Medical Center held 1 worth $2,809K. The University of Kentucky held 1 comprehensive core grant worth $2,860K. Jackson Laboratory in Maine held 1 basic core grant worth $2,246K.
Highest reported grant amounts
Among the institutions listed in the supplied fiscal year 2024 figures, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Massachusetts had the largest reported individual amount: 1 comprehensive core cancer center grant worth $13,070K. Johns Hopkins University in Maryland held 1 comprehensive core grant worth $8,084K, and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor held 1 comprehensive core grant worth $8,085K.
Other relatively high reported amounts included UC San Francisco at $8,130K, the University of Southern California at $6,880K, Washington University in Missouri at $6,527K, Northwestern University at Chicago at $6,341K, the University of Alabama at Birmingham at $6,308K, and UCLA at $6,200K. Each of these figures refers to 1 listed core grant in fiscal year 2024, as reported by the NCI’s 2024 NCI Budget Fact Book - Cancer Centers.
The remaining listed institutions also show a broad range of reported grant amounts. Mayo Clinic Rochester held 1 comprehensive core grant worth $5,930K; Columbia University Health Sciences held 1 worth $5,568K; and Yale University held 1 worth $5,742K. University of Minnesota held 1 comprehensive core grant worth $4,378K, while Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory held 1 basic core grant worth $4,495K. These amounts should be compared only as reported grant values. They do not establish differences in patient capacity, caregiver support quality, or clinical outcomes.
Clinical, basic, and comprehensive grants
The listed institution data included three grant labels: comprehensive core, clinical core, and basic core. Comprehensive core grants appeared across many states and institutions, including Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Johns Hopkins University, the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and the University of California, San Francisco. Clinical core grants were listed for the University of Florida at $2,135K, the University of Miami School of Medicine at $3,019K, the University of Hawaii at Manoa at $2,378K, Nebraska’s University of Nebraska Medical Center at $2,894K, and New York’s Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai at $2,948K.
Basic core grants were listed for Salk Institute for Biological Studies at $3,029K, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute at $4,082K, Purdue University at $1,860K, Jackson Laboratory at $2,246K, Massachusetts Institute of Technology at $3,755K, and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory at $4,495K. These labels describe the grant type shown in the NCI budget information. They do not, by themselves, describe whether a center provides counseling, respite care, transportation help, support groups, or other caregiver services.
Additional listed recipients included University of Maryland Baltimore with 1 comprehensive core grant worth $2,817K; Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences with 1 worth $3,764K; University of New Mexico Health Science Center with 1 worth $2,652K; and Dartmouth College with 1 worth $3,388K. New York’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine Yeshiva University held 1 comprehensive core grant worth $3,900K, while New York University School of Medicine held 1 worth $4,196K.
What these statistics can and cannot show caregivers
For caregivers, cancer center statistics can identify the scale and geographic distribution of NCI-supported research infrastructure. They can also show that fiscal year 2024 support included national totals, planning grants, and different kinds of core grants. A caregiver researching a center may use these figures as institutional context when considering where cancer research and specialized programs are located.
The figures cannot answer several practical questions. They do not report the number of caregivers served, the number of family-support appointments, waiting times, travel assistance, counseling availability, financial-navigation services, or caregiver outcomes. They also do not rank centers by patient experience or indicate whether a particular center offers a service in a particular measurement period.
The most precise reading is therefore limited and useful: according to the NCI’s 2024 NCI Budget Fact Book - Cancer Centers, fiscal year 2024 included 80 supported cancer centers, 72 P30 core grants totaling $345,481K, 8 P20 planning grants totaling $1,712K, and a reported $352,362K in total cancer-center funding. Institution-level entries provide additional context, but they remain fiscal year 2024 grant statistics rather than direct measures of caregiver support.