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GILDA'S CLUB KANSAS CITY

GILDA'S CLUB KANSAS CITY (Missouri) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,129,503 to it, the largest being Greater Kansas City Community Foundation ($378,123). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$521k
Funders on record
36
Grants received
$1.1M
Net assets
$263k
22/36 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 43%
01What it does

What Gilda's Club Kansas City does

Mission

Gilda's Club Kansas City uplifts and strengthens people impacted by cancer by providing support, fostering compassionate communities, and breaking down barriers to care... So that everyone impacted by cancer receives the support they want and need throughout their experience.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Educational classes and workshops: these are the backbone of the organization's evidence-based model. These include the "frankly speaking about cancer" series, which focuses on specific cancer diagnoses as well as other topics such as talking to children about cancer and managing the cost of care. Healthy lifestyle classes include nutrition, gentle exercise, stress-reduction, expressive art and others. Some classes are offered in spanish. All materials and supplies are provided and sessions are free of charge to participants. Each class/workshop is overseen by a licensed mental health professional, as therapeutic opportunities occur. The executive and program directors provide outreach and educational presentations to community groups.

    $207,743 spent$22,350 earned by the program
    53% of program spending
  2. Counseling and support groups: the organization offers professionally facilitated short-term counseling and support groups for anyone with any type of cancer from any health system. Groups include living with cancer, caregivers, living with loss, young adults, and more. There is also a group conducted in spanish. Counseling and specialized programs for treatment decisions and distress screening are also offered. Kid support and families connect include a structured curriculum for children ages 4 to 14 who have a family member with cancer. Program specialists provide resource referral, especially to the uninsured and underinsured.

    $176,386 spent$11,525 earned by the program
    45% of program spending
  3. Social activities and events: in the spirit of the organization's namesake, gilda radner, gckc was established as a community of support. Social activities provide families with an opportunity to connect to others and realize that cancer does not define one's self. Social activities include comedy nights, game nights, a night of remembrance and more. Licensed mental health professionals are present as therapeutic opportunities occur. The organization opens its clubhouse for community use, open house events, and for other cancer support organizations' use.

    $7,839 spent
    2% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $391,968.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($506k) Expenses 100 ($472k) Net assets 100 ($110k)2018 Revenue 75 ($377k) Expenses 94 ($443k) Net assets 39 ($43k)2019 Revenue 111 ($564k) Expenses 100 ($473k) Net assets 122 ($134k)2020 Revenue 88 ($444k) Expenses 95 ($450k) Net assets 116 ($127k)2021 Revenue 129 ($651k) Expenses 99 ($469k) Net assets 281 ($309k)2022 Revenue 110 ($557k) Expenses 113 ($535k) Net assets 301 ($331k)2023 Revenue 104 ($528k) Expenses 118 ($556k) Net assets 278 ($305k)2024 Revenue 103 ($521k) Expenses 121 ($570k) Net assets 239 ($263k)
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Revenue (103)Expenses (121)Net assets (239)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 2020 to 2021, from $230k to $342k (+49%).

$134k
$76k
$170k
$230k
$342k
$362k
$331k
$290k
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 21%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

91% of GILDA'S CLUB KANSAS CITY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 14,893 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$33k
’17
−$67k
’18
$91k
’19
−$7k
’20
$182k
’21
$22k
’22
−$28k
’23
−$49k
’24
4.8
months of
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

Siobhan Mclaughlin Lesley

Executive director

Board chair

Paul Herdtner

Board member / chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed1920212023232519
Joined·+7+5+0+6+4+8+4
No longer listed·64134610
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 9 funders, grant income fell $162k → $80k.

8 of 36 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 43% 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 GILDA'S CLUB KANSAS CITY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 36 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

GILDA'S CLUB KANSAS CITY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 33% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

76% 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 GILDA'S CLUB KANSAS CITY.

33%
largest funder
57%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 52% · 2019 55% · 2020 27% · 2021 47% · 2022 50% · 2023 31% — 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

35% of GILDA'S CLUB KANSAS CITY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

69% of GILDA'S CLUB KANSAS CITY's grant income comes from Missouri funders.

MO
KS
DC
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Missouri out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $489k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

GILDA'S CLUB KANSAS CITY receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $1.1M to it.

Operating margin−9% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve4.8mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)0% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,754 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

69% of spending goes to programs.

Program 69%Management 11%Fundraising 20%

Governance

18
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

82%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MO

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Questions and answers

Who funds GILDA'S CLUB KANSAS CITY?
GILDA'S CLUB KANSAS CITY (Missouri) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,129,503 to it, the largest being Greater Kansas City Community Foundation ($378,123). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does GILDA'S CLUB KANSAS CITY have?
IRS filings report 36 organizations giving $1,129,503 in grants to GILDA'S CLUB KANSAS CITY, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of GILDA'S CLUB KANSAS CITY?
Greater Kansas City Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $378,123 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like GILDA'S CLUB KANSAS CITY 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.

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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 36 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