Nonprofit · EIN 27-2978173
GASTRIC CANCER FUND INC
Tax-exempt · MILLBRAE, CA 94030
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 30, 2025 | 990 | $579,280 | $591,030 | -$11,750 | $731,990 | $326,556 | $405,434 |
| September 30, 2024 | 990 | $583,175 | $622,382 | -$39,207 | $739,336 | $322,152 | $417,184 |
| September 30, 2023 | 990 | $484,124 | $721,101 | -$236,977 | $861,534 | $405,143 | $456,391 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $579,198
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $82
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $300,000
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $153,183
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $167,602
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $2,968
- Accounting fees
- $36,201
- Travel
- $3,382
- Program services (functional)
- $428,879
- Management and general (functional)
- $128,363
- Fundraising (functional)
- $33,788
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $739,336
- Total assets, end of year
- $731,990
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $326,556
- Net assets, end of year
- $405,434
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $372,759
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $32,675
- Gross receipts
- $579,280
- Employees
- 1
- Volunteers
- 25
- Year formed
- 2010
- State of legal domicile
- CA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| STACIE HERSHMAN | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 20 | $148,721 |
| PAUL GOTTSEGEN | BOARD CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| SUSANNA NICHOLS | SECRETARY-TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| STEPHEN CHEREN FROM 223 | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CINDY GALLAGHER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| AJAY GOEL PHD MS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| PETER LANGECKER MD | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| HANS RUEFFERT | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| HEMANSHU SHAH PHD | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ARLENE WEINTRAUB | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2024: 10 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| STACIE HERSHMAN | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 20 | $148,722 |
| STEPHEN CHEREN FROM 223 | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CINDY GALLAGHER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| AJAY GOEL PHD MS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| PETER LANGECKER MD | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| HANS RUEFFERT | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| HEMANSHU SHAH PHD | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ARLENE WEINTRAUB | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| PAUL GOTTSEGEN | BOARD CHAIR Officer | 5 | $0 |
| SUSANNA NICHOLS | SECRETARY-TREASURER Officer | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2023: 13 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| STACIE HERSHMAN | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 20 | $136,294 |
| STEPHEN CHEREN FROM 223 | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CINDY GALLAGHER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| AJAY GOEL PHD MS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| PETER LANGECKER MD | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| HANS RUEFFERT | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| HEMANSHU SHAH PHD | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ARLENE WEINTRAUB | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| K ALICE LEUNG | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| JEFFREY NETZER LEFT 223 | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JEFF SCHOTTENSTEIN LEFT 223 | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PAUL GOTTSEGEN | BOARD CHAIR Officer | 5 | $0 |
| SUSANNA NICHOLS | SECRETARY-TREASURER Officer | 2 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 338, MILLBRAE, CA 94030-0338
- In care of
- % JP GALLAGHER
- Mailing address (990-N for 2018)
- PO Box 338, Millbrae CA 94030
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- HARRIET PATTERSON, PO BOX 338, MILLBRAE, CA 94030
- Principal officer (990-N for 2018)
- Paul Gottsegen, 26 Mary Knoll Drive, Basking Ridge NJ 07920
- Signed the 990
- HARRIET PATTERSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (650) 302-1398
- Website
- www.gastriccancer.org
- Return prepared by
- BLACKMAN & SLOOP ADVISORS INC
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 27-2978173 or by the name GASTRIC CANCER FUND INC.
- Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
- Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)
- Secretary of State, bizfile Online
- Corporation status, entity number, agent for service
- Franchise Tax Board
- Entity status letter (state tax exemption, good standing)
Mission
THE GASTRIC CANCER FOUNDATION HELPS PATIENTS TO FACE THEIR DIAGNOSIS WITH RELIABLE INFORMATION, TOOLS TO NAVIGATE THE JOURNEY, AND A COMPASSIONATE COMMUNITY THAT TRULY UNDERSTANDS. THE FOUNDATION FUNDS RESEARCH INITIATIVES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO UNDERSTANDING GASTRIC CANCER AND DEVELOPING IMPROVED METHODS OF PREVENTION, DETECTION AND TREATMENT.
Program accomplishments
- RESEARCH: THE GASTRIC CANCER FOUNDATION IS THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR THE GASTRIC CANCER REGISTRY (GCR) BASED AT STANFORD MEDICAL CENTER. IT IS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE AND LARGEST HIPAA-COMPLIANT REGISTRY FOR THIS DISEASE. THE GCR MAKES CLINICAL AND GENOMIC INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO ALL RESEARCHERS FREE OF CHARGE THROUGH ITS OPEN-ACCESS GENOME EXPLORER INTERNET PORTAL. THE GCR HAS OVER 723 ENROLLED PATIENTS AND HAS UPLOADED DATA TO THE GENOME EXPLORER FROM ITS SEQUENCING OF 257 TUMOR SAMPLES. BEYOND THE GCR, THE FOUNDATION MADE TWO STRATEGIC ONE-YEAR GRANTS TO PROVIDE SEED-FUNDING FOR PROMISING STUDIES WITH THE POTENTIAL TO BRING NEW TREATMENTS TO PATIENTS.Expenses $300,000 · grants $300,000
- EDUCATION & AWARENESS INITIATIVES: THE GASTRIC CANCER FOUNDATION WEBSITE (GASTRICCANCER.ORG) SERVES AS A COMPREHENSIVE AND CENTRALIZED RESOURCE OF CURRENT, RELIABLE INFORMATION FOR GASTRIC CANCER PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. WEBSITE ENGAGEMENT CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN IN 2025, REACHING 44,000 PAGE VIEWS FROM OVER 18,000 USERS ACROSS 22,000 SESSIONS, REFLECTING BROADER REACH AND MORE FREQUENT VISITS. THE FOUNDATION PRODUCES AN ORIGINAL VIDEO SERIES CALLED THE GESUNDHEIT KITCHEN THAT HELPS PATIENTS COPE WITH THE UNUSUAL NUTRITIONAL CHALLENGES CAUSED BY THE DISEASE. IN FY 2024-2025, 6 NEW EPISODES WERE PRODUCED. WE ALSO DEVELOPED AND LAUNCHED A NEW VIDEO EDUCATION SERIES CALLED YOUR NEW NORMAL DESIGNED TO HELP HIGHLIGHT KEY CHALLENGES STOMACH CANCER PATIENT FACE DURING AND AFTER TREATMENT. THE FOUNDATION OFFERS A FREE CLINICAL TRIALS NAVIGATOR SERVICE TO HELP PATIENTS FIND OPEN STUDIES THAT MATCH THEIR DIAGNOSIS. IN ADDITION THE FOUNDATION HAS PARTNERED WITH ANOTHER ORGANIZATION TO BUILD A SAFE AND SECURE ONLINE COMMUNITY WHERE PATIENTS AND FAMILIES PROVIDE INFORMATION AND SUPPORT TO EACH OTHER.Expenses $128,879
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in September, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | September 30, 2026 | February 16, 2027 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | September 30, 2025 | February 17, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | September 30, 2024 | February 18, 2025 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 27-2978173
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2012
- Accounting year ends
- September
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Voluntary health associations and medical disciplines (G30)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $731,990
- Income (IRS master file)
- $579,280
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | September 2025 | $579,280 | $591,030 | $731,990 | IRS |
| 990 | September 2024 | $583,175 | $622,382 | $739,336 | IRS |
| 990 | September 2023 | $484,124 | $721,101 | $861,534 | XML |
| 990 | September 2022 | $624,994 | $546,597 | $1,006,846 | IRS |
| 990 | September 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-N for 2018 Officer: Paul Gottsegen | September 30, 2019 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 27-2978173).
Questions about GASTRIC CANCER FUND INC
- What is the EIN of GASTRIC CANCER FUND INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of GASTRIC CANCER FUND INC is 27-2978173.
- Is GASTRIC CANCER FUND INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2012.
- Are donations to GASTRIC CANCER FUND INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does GASTRIC CANCER FUND INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of GASTRIC CANCER FUND INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending September 30, 2026) is due February 16, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did GASTRIC CANCER FUND INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended September 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of GASTRIC CANCER FUND INC?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 names HARRIET PATTERSON.
- Who are the officers and directors of GASTRIC CANCER FUND INC?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 lists 10 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $148,721 (STACIE HERSHMAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does GASTRIC CANCER FUND INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $579,280, expenses of $591,030 and total assets of $731,990 at year end.
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