American Cancer Society
City-funded organization
American Cancer Society, City-funded organization. Connections, filings, and records on The Civic Stoop, every link traced to the public record.
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $4,710,000 awarded since 2012
- Paid to date
- $4,376,034
- Won without a fresh bid
- 100% of contract value · $4,710,000 · 7 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $6,754,512 · 25 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 7 years (FY2009–FY2015); not in FY2027
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $2,242,645 · Karen E Knudsen PHD, Chief Executive Officer, Outgoing
- Based in
- New York, NY
Holds contracts at
- Department for the Aging City agency
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
City contracts
Registered city contracts, largest first by current contract value (not amount spent): running now, then registered to start later, then ended. Totals count every registered contract. Each line shows its Checkbook contract ID. The tag on each row is how it was awarded (“no-bid” = non-competitive).
- CANCER INITIATIVE Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620151417566 · ended 2015 $1,562,500
- Colonoscopy screening and patient navigation Project Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620151408836 · ended 2014 $1,562,500
- Colonoscopy Screening and Patient Navigation Project Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620141408390 · ended 2013 $1,562,500
- CANCER FREE COLONOSCOPIES Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620161415724 · ended 2015 $8,500
- To provide services to cancer patients. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020141427287 · ended 2014 $5,000
- To provide suport services to cancer patients. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020140002656 · ended 2013 $5,000
- DISC K SUPPORT SENIOR OUTREACH TO LOCAL CANCER PATIENTS Department for the Aging · CT112520131428623 · ended 2013 $4,000
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Cancer Initiative Cancer Initiative · DOHMH · FY2009 $1,250,000
- Cancer Initiative Cancer Initiative · DOHMH · FY2010 $1,250,000
- Cancer Initiative Cancer Initiative · DOHMH · FY2011 $1,066,406
- Cancer Initiative Cancer Initiative · DOHMH · FY2012 $1,000,000
- Cancer Initiative Cancer Initiative · DOHMH · FY2013 $1,000,000
- Cancer Initiative Cancer Initiative · DOHMH · FY2014 $1,000,000
- Local DOHMH · FY2010 $40,000
- Local DOHMH · FY2009 $20,000
- Local DOHMH · FY2011 $20,000
- Local DOHMH · FY2012 $15,000
- Local DOHMH · FY2013 $15,000
- Local DFTA · FY2014 $15,000
- Local DOHMH · FY2010 $6,000
- Aging Aging · DFTA · FY2014 $5,750
- Chinese Unit Youth · DYCD · FY2009 $5,714
- Chinese Unit Youth · DYCD · FY2010 $5,714
- Asian Initiaitives Youth · DYCD · FY2011 $5,714
- Local DYCD · FY2013 $5,000
- Local DYCD · FY2014 $5,000
- Local DOHMH · FY2015 $5,000
Officer & key-staff pay
Reportable compensation from this organization's IRS Form 990 (Part VII), latest available filing (FY2024). Includes pay from related organizations where reported; an annual figure, not a running total. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
- Karen E Knudsen PHD Chief Executive Officer, Outgoing $2,242,645
- Kael Reicin Chief Financial & Strategy Officer $1,322,641
- William L Dahut Chief Scientific Officer $1,073,456
- Andre C Bokhoor Chief People Officer $1,020,474
- Michael L Neal Chief Of Organizational Advancement $1,020,332
- Arif Kamal Chief Patient Officer $892,411
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +68% from FY2020 to FY2024. Top-officer reportable compensation by year (org-paid only), with each year's share of total revenue. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer 990 filings.
- FY2020 Leonard Lichtenfeld · 1.07% of revenue $730,765
- FY2023 Karen E Knudsen PhD · 1.26% of revenue $1,408,802
- FY2024 Karen E Knudsen PHD · 1.42% of revenue $2,068,885
Congressional testimony
Congressional committee meetings where congress.gov lists a witness whose stated affiliation is exactly this organization's name, for the 118th and 119th Congresses, as of 2026-09-01. Name variations are not matched, so an appearance filed under a different spelling of this organization is missing
- Legislative Proposals to Support Patients and Caregivers House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health 2024-02-14