Nonprofit cancer advocacy and patient support organization
American Cancer Society operates a large nonprofit with operations, sales, and fundraising as its backbone, supported by a modest development team. The tech stack (Salesforce, Workday, Snowflake, BigQuery, Power BI, Looker Studio) reflects a compliance-heavy, data-driven organization managing donations, volunteer logistics, and event execution at scale. Active hiring across operations and sales, combined with pain points around revenue targets and volunteer retention, signals ongoing capacity-building to sustain fundraising and patient services.
Notable leadership hires: Government Relations Director, Associate Director, Corporate Relations Director, Executive Director, Night Lead
The American Cancer Society is a nonprofit dedicated to ending cancer through advocacy, research support, and direct patient services. Based in Atlanta with 5,000–10,000 employees nationwide, the organization operates programs including patient support, cancer prevention education, and fundraising initiatives. Revenue is generated through major gift campaigns, corporate partnerships, events, and individual donations. The organization manages a national network of programs (Hope Lodge, Road To Recovery, Relay For Life, Making Strides Against Breast Cancer) and serves as both a direct service provider and a research and policy advocacy institution.
Salesforce for CRM and donor management, Workday for HR, Snowflake and BigQuery for data warehousing, Power BI and Looker Studio for analytics, Concur for expense management, ADP for payroll, and Google Analytics 4 for web tracking.
Meeting revenue targets, volunteer retention, event execution, compliance with security requirements, and reducing barriers to cancer care access and health equity.
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