Texas · Nonprofit
CHILDRENS AIRWAY FIRST FOUNDATION
CHILDRENS AIRWAY FIRST FOUNDATION (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,850,000 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($1,850,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $1.9M
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Childrens Airway First Foundation does
Mission
Generally, to operate exclusively for charitable, scientific, literary, and educational purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Code, by (i) providing and facilitating education and training on children's breathing and airway disorders to medical doctors, dentists, insurers, public health officials, educators, and families, (ii) facilitating and funding research and programs for screening, evaluating and treating children's airway disorders, and (iii) raising global awareness of the silent epidemic of children's airway disorders together with prevention and treatment options.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
CAFF continued to build and improve its world class web site during the year to serve as a reliable source of information for parents, doctors, dentists, medical professionals, public health officials and educators. Medical papers, books, and recent articles on airway are sourced for easy access. The web site became operational in the late Spring 2021 and is continually being improved upon. Site visits continue to increase and have registered into the thousands. In addition to visitors from the United States, they come from all over the world with heavy traffic from China, India, and the Middle East where airway disorders are prevalent. The site received a major upgrade during the year to support mobile access. During 2024, resources were expended to further develop the source listing of airway centric dentists to which parents could refer should they notice airway issues in their children. Since airway centric dentists are sparse, a listing is necessary when parents seek to find "who to call". Often, pediatricians have not been trained to diagnose breathing issues and also are at a loss of where to refer patients. It is estimated that the listing has already been helpful to many…
$279,337 spent59% of program spendingOne of the first priorities was to assemble top advisory board members comprised of a diverse set of medical, dental, insurance and public health professionals. The idea was to integrate the various areas of health expertise to cover airway disorders. This was accomplished with luminaries in the field accepting appointments as identified on the CAFF web site. With a broad breadth of experience assembled, CAFF is facilitating a systemic approach to identifying children at all ages who have airway disorders affecting their life-long health. The goal is to screen, evaluate and treat all children with airway disorders. Four hundred million children worldwide are estimated to suffer some degree of breathing disorder. In 2024 several new advisory board members were appointed to broaden the expertise available to CAFF. Quarterly advisory board meetings were held to disseminate and share the latest research concerning airway issues. Work is currently ongoing to develop an infant airway screening protocol where every newborn will be screened at birth. Work also is being conducted to create an airway center of excellence which would develop standards of care in diagnosing and treating…
$79,900 spentof which $19,900 as grants17% of program spendingDuring 2024, CAFF continued to raise awareness of the prevalence of upper airway breathing disorders by attending and participating in conferences and meetings with other entities promoting education and learning. CAFF has put particular emphasis on identifying problematic children under 30 months when it is easiest to correct any issues before they become systemic morbidities. Brochures and posters targeting parents were available for distribution to dental and pediatric offices, and a free CAFF newsletter was provided to over 3,000 registrants subscribed to the publication. In addition,our social media following is over 3,000 users on four platforms. During 2024, CAFF co-hosted online webinars with parents and clinicians with hundreds of attendees. A short documentary film was produced featuring the consequences of misdiagnosing airway disordered breathing.
$117,318 spent25% of program spendingDuring 2024, CAFF added additional web casts featuring luminaries in the field (including members of the advisory board) talking about various upper airway respiratory issues affecting over 400 million children globally. At yearend, the site had over 75 web casts. This endeavor provides information to parents who think their child may have airway issues, often being initially identified by snoring, sleeping with an open mouth, disrupted sleep, etc. This accomplishment is a subset of the CAFF web site development effort and expenses associated with this public service are included in item number one.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $476,555.
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.
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 $576k to $1.1M (+95%).
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.
98% of CHILDRENS AIRWAY FIRST FOUNDATION’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. 0 of the last 4 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
Bradley E Sparks
Board Chair, Treasurer and Secretary
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $50k → $250k.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 CHILDRENS AIRWAY FIRST FOUNDATION’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.
Where its funders are
100% of CHILDRENS AIRWAY FIRST FOUNDATION'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
CHILDRENS AIRWAY FIRST FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 8,121 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,121 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like CHILDRENS AIRWAY FIRST FOUNDATION
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In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHILDRENS AIRWAY FIRST FOUNDATION?
- CHILDRENS AIRWAY FIRST FOUNDATION (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,850,000 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($1,850,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CHILDRENS AIRWAY FIRST FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,850,000 in grants to CHILDRENS AIRWAY FIRST FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHILDRENS AIRWAY FIRST FOUNDATION?
- GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,850,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHILDRENS AIRWAY FIRST FOUNDATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), 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