Illinois · Public charity
Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation
Our mission is to eliminate pediatric cancer while providing hope and support to those who are touched by it. Our vision is a world without pediatric cancer.Forty-three children are diagnosed with cancer daily, and pediatric cancer remains the leading cause of death from disease among children. Even so, less than 4% of the total federal…
- $55k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $20k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $20k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $200k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $110k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $270k | 70% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $359k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexs Lemonade Stand Foundation | $290,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Pennsylvania State University | $140,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Rockefeller University | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Case Western Reserve University | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lee Memorial Health System Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Texas Children's Hospital | $36,745 | 1 | 0% |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Flashes of Hope | $25,000 | 3 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexs Lemonade Stand Foundation | $290,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Pennsylvania State University | $140,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Rockefeller University | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Case Western Reserve University | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lee Memorial Health System Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Texas Children's Hospital | $36,745 | 1 | 0% |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Flashes of Hope | $25,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Children's Oncology Group Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Regents Univ of California | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Children's National Rehabilitation and Specialized Care | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Periwinkle Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Seattle Children's Healthcare System | $6,849 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation
- How much does Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation give?
- Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation reported 1 itemized grants totaling $20,000, out of $55,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (100%).
- Who are Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Alexs Lemonade Stand Foundation ($290k), Pennsylvania State University ($140k), The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia ($100k).
- Does Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation based?
- Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation is based in IL.
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