Oklahoma · Nonprofit
CAVETT KIDS FOUNDATION INC
CAVETT KIDS FOUNDATION INC (Oklahoma) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,919,995 to it, the largest being OKLAHOMA CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($1,283,462). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $911k
- Funders on record
- 31
- Grants received
- $1.9M
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What Cavett Kids Foundation Inc does
Mission
To develop character, coping, and connection for kids battling life-threatening illnesses.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Camps: since 1997, cavett kids has provided free camps, programs, and support for oklahoma children with chronic and life-threatening illnesses. What began as one camp for 70 kids has grown into eight camps, year-round programs, family support, and scholarships serving thousands annually. Our camps serve children who require ongoing medical care and often cannot attend traditional camps. With 24-hour medical supervision, campers safely experience the joys of childhood while building confidence, coping skills, and friendships. Cavett kids operates four camps in oklahoma and four out-of-state in new mexico, arizona, and florida, with attendance ranging from 20 to over 200 campers, ages 8-18. Activities include crafts, outdoor adventures, team building, fishing, a ropes course and more. Most importantly, our camps provide a place "where illness does not define the child."
$368,148 spent71% of program spendingThe cavett cares program provides direct assistance to oklahoma families of children and youth (ages 0-24) diagnosed with chronic or life-threatening illnesses. Support may include help with utilities, rent, groceries, gas, medications, or funeral expenses during times of crisis. Assistance is provided through store gift cards or direct payments to vendors or service providers-never directly to individuals. When times get tough, our cavett kids family grows stronger, ensuring no family faces hardship alone.
$135,617 spentof which $70,006 as grants26% of program spendingThe transitions program equips teens and young adults (ages 15-24) living with chronic or life-threatening illnesses to successfully navigate adulthood. Through year-round gatherings that are both engaging and educational, participants build skills in financial literacy, career and education planning, health and wellness, stress management, and decision-making. These young adults face unique challenges balancing independence with ongoing medical care, and many lack access to traditional support systems. The cavett kids foundation helps bridge that gap-empowering participants to thrive, not just survive, as they enter adulthood.
$16,373 spentof which $1,000 as grants3% of program spendingThe dialysis rewards program supports children undergoing dialysis treatment for kidney failure through positive reinforcement and encouragement. In partnership with the pediatric dialysis unit at oklahoma children's hospital, the program motivates patients to take responsibility for their health and maintain treatment compliance. By rewarding healthy behaviors and consistent participation, we help improve emotional well-being and quality of life for children who often face isolation, strict diets, and demanding treatment schedules.
$435 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $520,573.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2023 to 2024, from $1.2M to $1.5M (+23%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 7% · 2021 6% · 2024 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of CAVETT KIDS FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Ashley Simpson
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $34k → $338k.
8 of 31 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 75% 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 CAVETT KIDS FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 31 funders by total. 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
CAVETT KIDS FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
78% 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 CAVETT KIDS FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 48% · 2018 42% · 2019 28% · 2020 45% · 2021 48% · 2022 69% · 2023 74% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
How long its funders stay
33% of CAVETT KIDS FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
75% of CAVETT KIDS FOUNDATION INC'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 $488k that is directly attributable, 65% of it comes from Oklahoma funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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.
Against its field
CAVETT KIDS FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,688 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,688 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like CAVETT KIDS FOUNDATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Oklahoma
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CAVETT KIDS FOUNDATION INC?
- CAVETT KIDS FOUNDATION INC (Oklahoma) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,919,995 to it, the largest being OKLAHOMA CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($1,283,462). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CAVETT KIDS FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 31 organizations giving $1,919,995 in grants to CAVETT KIDS FOUNDATION INC, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CAVETT KIDS FOUNDATION INC?
- OKLAHOMA CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,283,462 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CAVETT KIDS FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oklahoma. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 31 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