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Cardz for Kidz NFP

Cardz for Kidz NFP (Illinois) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $130,351 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($117,696). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$159k
Funders on record
6
Grants received
$130k
Net assets
$218k
3/6 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 29%
01What it does

What Cardz for Kidz NFP does

Mission

Uplifting spirits of the sick

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Electronic games are sent to children suffering from various illnesses and ailments, who, due to their sickness are unable to get out of bed

    $29,230 spent
    47% of program spending
  2. Card donations to support sick children and others in hospitals globally, encouraging them to get well, and letting them know others care

    $18,017 spent
    29% of program spending
  3. Education and tuition support

    $15,000 spent
    24% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $62,247.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($81k) Expenses 100 ($40k) Net assets 100 ($90k)2022 Revenue 115 ($93k) Expenses 159 ($63k) Net assets 134 ($121k)2023 Revenue 108 ($88k) Expenses 146 ($58k) Net assets 167 ($151k)2024 Revenue 192 ($156k) Expenses 135 ($53k) Net assets 0 ($0)2025 Revenue 196 ($159k) Expenses 179 ($71k) Net assets 242 ($218k)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (196)Expenses (179)Net assets (242)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $151k to $0 (−100%).

$103k
$121k
$151k
$0
$218k
20212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

96% of Cardz for Kidz NFP’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (84% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,561 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$42k
’21
$30k
’22
$30k
’23
$102k
’24
$88k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income fell $23k → $20k.

2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 96% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of Cardz for Kidz NFP’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

Cardz for Kidz NFP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 90% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

96% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Cardz for Kidz NFP.

90%
largest funder
97%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 63% · 2023 87% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

96% of Cardz for Kidz NFP's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $5k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Illinois, across 4 states.

NY
CA
MO
NC

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $125k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Cardz for Kidz NFP runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,934 public benefit nonprofits its size.

Operating margin56% · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)18% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,934 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

99%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IL

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Questions and answers

Who funds Cardz for Kidz NFP?
Cardz for Kidz NFP (Illinois) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $130,351 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($117,696). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does Cardz for Kidz NFP have?
IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $130,351 in grants to Cardz for Kidz NFP, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Cardz for Kidz NFP?
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $117,696 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Cardz for Kidz NFP find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 6 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