Missouri · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF KIDS WITH CANCER
FRIENDS OF KIDS WITH CANCER (Missouri) receives grants from 91 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,734,002 to it, the largest being Enterprise Holdings Foundation ($6,017,000). 40 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.1M
- Funders on record
- 91
- Grants received
- $8.7M
- Net assets
- $8.0M
What Friends of Kids With Cancer does
Mission
Friends of Kids With Cancer is devoted to enriching the daily lives of children undergoing treatment for, and survivors of, cancer and blood-related diseases....(see schedule o)our mission is to be an advocate for these special kids providing them and their families with the educational, emotional, and recreational support needed as a result of the long hours of chemotherapy, illness, and isolation.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Recreational support for children with cancer: this includes parties, special events, toys, snacks, gift cards, special gifts, and entertainment. Special events may include experiences to help our children and families create memories. Entertainment may include movies, games, craft supplies, computers, ipads, and electronic games. Snacks and some meals are provided for patients and families during treatment.
$942,946 spent55% of program spendingEmotional support for children with cancer: art therapy, play therapy, music therapy, and talk therapy are available through a certified therapist to provide a means of communication and release of emotions by the patients. Parents and siblings of patients are also helped with available support groups. In 2024, we provided 1,691 hours of art therapy and 564 hours of music therapy sessions for patients and siblings.
$568,881 spentof which $178,640 as grants33% of program spendingEducational support for children with cancer: we provide a cost-free educator and educational toys and games assistance to our children through individual, small group and home tutorial sessions. Educational testing is also performed to determine the effects of the treatments and to provide a benefit to assist in the child's return to mainstream education. In 2024, we provided 993 hours of individual tutoring sessions and 93 sessions of educational testing sessions with patients. College scholarships are provided to qualified pediatric cancer survivors. In 2024, we awarded 16 scholarships to college-aged students who are cancer survivors or in treatment for cancer.
$197,064 spentof which $91,085 as grants12% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,708,891.
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 2022 to 2023, from $6.8M to $7.8M (+15%).
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.
82% of FRIENDS OF KIDS WITH CANCER’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Brandy Bimslager
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 16 funders to 40 funders, grant income rose $86k → $411k.
18 of 91 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 FRIENDS OF KIDS WITH CANCER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 91 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
FRIENDS OF KIDS WITH CANCER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 23% · 2018 21% · 2019 17% · 2020 96% · 2021 15% · 2022 14% · 2023 18% — 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
47% of FRIENDS OF KIDS WITH CANCER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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
95% of FRIENDS OF KIDS WITH CANCER's grant income comes from Missouri 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 14 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
FRIENDS OF KIDS WITH CANCER runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,274 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,274 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like FRIENDS OF KIDS WITH CANCER
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 Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
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 FRIENDS OF KIDS WITH CANCER?
- FRIENDS OF KIDS WITH CANCER (Missouri) receives grants from 91 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,734,002 to it, the largest being Enterprise Holdings Foundation ($6,017,000). 40 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF KIDS WITH CANCER have?
- IRS filings report 91 organizations giving $8,734,002 in grants to FRIENDS OF KIDS WITH CANCER, 40 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF KIDS WITH CANCER?
- Enterprise Holdings Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $6,017,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF KIDS WITH CANCER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 91 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