Connecticut · Nonprofit
Averys Little Army Inc
Averys Little Army Inc (Connecticut) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $145k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $0
- Net assets
- $188k
What Averys Little Army Inc does
Mission
The purpose of Averys Little Army Inc. is to honor the legacy of Avery Marie Lafferty an exceptionally brave cancer rebel and patients like her. We strive to advance pediatric brain and other cancer research through funding provide support and assistance to families battling pediatric cancer and promote activities to raise awareness of pediatric brain or other cancers.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Grant to ChadTough Defeat DIPG Foundation which helps patients and families by funding game-changing research and provides navigation throughout their journey. ChadTough Defeat DIPG Nurse Navigator Program 2026 $5000 & ChadTough for PNOC DMG ACT $25000
$0 spentof which $30,000 as grantsTougher2Gether for DDRFA $5000 March $6500 October This DDRFA is group of foundations & funds who fund grants together for research trial access and data integration or utilization. We are passionate about providing funds to develop an understanding of Diffuse Midline Gliomas including DIPG. Since June of 2022 we have funded nearly $4 Million in research grants together for DIPG DMG research data trials and the national tumor board formation.
$0 spentof which $11,500 as grantsCalf Pen Meadow Elementary School in Milford CT built a memorial garden and outdoor classroom to remember Avery Lafferty a former CPM student.
$0 spentof which $8,000 as grantsScholarships for Jonathan Law and Foran School Students $1300 to a student at each school
$0 spentof which $2,600 as grantsALA Family Support is a program with Yale Hospital to offer financial assistance to families affected by childhood cancer. We provide rent mortgage and essential living expenses support to families who have been perhaps recently diagnosed and have spent extended periods in the hospital necessitating a withdrawal from work and other commitments. We are committed to offering this assistance particularly to families navigating the initial stages of their cancer journey.
$0 spentof which $8,161 as grants
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $108k to $188k (+73%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of Averys Little Army Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (84% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Against its field
Averys Little Army Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,934 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,934 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Averys Little Army Inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Averys Little Army Inc?
- Averys Little Army Inc (Connecticut) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Averys Little Army Inc have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $0 in grants to Averys Little Army Inc.
- Who is the largest funder of Averys Little Army Inc?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $0 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Averys Little Army Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2024–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing