Texas · Nonprofit
Children's Cancer Fund of Dallas inc
Children's Cancer Fund of Dallas inc (Texas) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,333,697 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($597,717). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 29
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $313k
What Children's Cancer Fund of Dallas inc does
Mission
Children's cancer fund champions kids in their fight against cancer through strategic investments in research and care in north texas.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Pediatric Oncology Research Study Funding A Dallas-based nonprofit, Children's Cancer Fund is responsive to the needs of the pediatric oncology community and their cutting-edge research. We work closely with doctors and scientists at the Pauline Allen Gill Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Children's Health and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas to fund innovative research that has led to better treatments and outcomes for kids battling cancer. We provide seed funding in order to overcome roadblocks and fill gaps for promising research that doesn't yet qualify for federal funding. Not only does this funded research benefit pediatric oncology patients everywhere, it helps the local Dallas community by providing accessibility for research funds for top- tier talent in the oncology world. To date, CCF has funded over 100 pediatric oncology research projects associated with Children's Health and UT Southwestern. Supportive Program Services for Pediatric Oncology Patients A new cancer diagnosis and impending unknowns throws an entire family into crisis. Whether it's the young patient, siblings, or parents, there is much to consider in this life-and…
$2,120,150 spentof which $2,031,113 as grants$560 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,120,150.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2019 to 2020, from $732k to $1.2M (+69%).
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: 2021 9% · 2022 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
111% of Children's Cancer Fund of Dallas inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Board chair
Derek Reddell
Board president
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $35k → $202k.
13 of 29 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 76% 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 Children's Cancer Fund of Dallas inc’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
Children's Cancer Fund of Dallas inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 62%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
86% 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 Children's Cancer Fund of Dallas inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 71% · 2018 83% · 2019 57% · 2020 40% · 2021 51% · 2022 44% · 2023 43% — 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.
How long its funders stay
31% of Children's Cancer Fund of Dallas inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% 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
76% of Children's Cancer Fund of Dallas 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 $318k that is directly attributable, 89% of it comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
Children's Cancer Fund of Dallas inc's revenue grew 25% between 2018 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,002 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Children's Cancer Fund of Dallas 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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
80%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Children's Cancer Fund of Dallas inc?
- Children's Cancer Fund of Dallas inc (Texas) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,333,697 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($597,717). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Children's Cancer Fund of Dallas inc have?
- IRS filings report 29 organizations giving $1,333,697 in grants to Children's Cancer Fund of Dallas inc, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Children's Cancer Fund of Dallas inc?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $597,717 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Children's Cancer Fund of Dallas inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 29 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing