New York · Nonprofit
HOPE & HEROES CHILDREN'S CANCER FUND
HOPE & HEROES CHILDREN'S CANCER FUND (New York) receives grants from 76 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,081,733 to it, the largest being AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ($3,543,320). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $8.2M
- Funders on record
- 76
- Grants received
- $17M
- Net assets
- $12M
What Hope & Heroes Children's Cancer Fund does
Mission
Hope & heroes funds the life-saving work on childhood cancer and blood disorders at institutions throughout the tri-state region- including cutting edge research, support for families and patient well-being, and collaborative research initiatives, which aim to put an end to childhood cancer.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Columbia university medical center, division of pediatric hematology oncology & stem cell transplantationdonations to the trustees of columbia university medical center are for use in all aspects of the division's work to treat children with cancer and blood disorders, or to conduct research into the same. This program helps 1,500 patients/per year.
$2,216,740 spentof which $2,070,240 as grants47% of program spendingResearch support - consortium partnershope & heroes has a long history of supporting research, clinical services, and programming in pediatric medicine, as well as providing supportive resources for patients and families. Hope & heroes recently created the hope & heroes medical research consortium, an initiative designed to advance the scientific understanding of child and adolescent cancers
$536,809 spentof which $440,000 as grants11% of program spendingSupporting families, fighting cancerhope & heroes funds the most advanced research a treatments, and comprehensive care not covered by standard insurance plans. Using an integrated, family-focused approach, hope & heroes partners with medical professionals and social workers to help families navigate the complexities of childhood cancer care and ensure the best possible outcome for patients from diagnosis through treatment and beyond. The alfano family arts in medicine studiothe alfano family arts in medicine (aim) studio is an innovative arts program, first established at columbia university irving medical center in 2004. This program is one of the first in the united states to bring creative arts into a hospital clinical setting. The aim studio strives to empower patients, families, and medical workers through artisitc expression and play before and during the rigors of treatmentthe integrative therapies programthe intergrative therapies program offers acupuncture, aromatherapy, reiki, meditation, yoga and other approaches to ease the side effects and stress of treatment. Survivor wellness programthe survivor wellness program supports our patients in making post-treatment…
$1,914,463 spentof which $224,483 as grants40% of program spendingDirect patient & family supportdirect support provided to patients and families via wasily family fund. Items covered include mortgage payments, utilities, food, school clothing, technology, education, etc. All disbursements are made in consultation with social workers and physicians. Direct support was provided individually to 150 patients and also in groups of multiple patients.
$59,838 spentof which $59,838 as grants1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,727,850.
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 2021 to 2022, from $6.2M to $11M (+78%).
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.
107% of HOPE & HEROES CHILDREN'S CANCER FUND’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. 1 of the last 9 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
Robert Bomersbach
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 27 funders to 22 funders, grant income rose $2.0M → $2.5M.
21 of 76 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 54% 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 HOPE & HEROES CHILDREN'S CANCER FUND’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 76 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
HOPE & HEROES CHILDREN'S CANCER FUND has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% 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
91% 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 HOPE & HEROES CHILDREN'S CANCER FUND.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 55% · 2018 52% · 2019 54% · 2020 36% · 2021 42% · 2022 47% · 2023 56% — broadly stable.
“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 HOPE & HEROES CHILDREN'S CANCER FUND's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% 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
54% of HOPE & HEROES CHILDREN'S CANCER FUND'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 $7.8M that is directly attributable, 89% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 11 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $9.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 16 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
HOPE & HEROES CHILDREN'S CANCER FUND runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,002 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,002 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like HOPE & HEROES CHILDREN'S CANCER FUND
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 New York
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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 3 states
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HOPE & HEROES CHILDREN'S CANCER FUND?
- HOPE & HEROES CHILDREN'S CANCER FUND (New York) receives grants from 76 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,081,733 to it, the largest being AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ($3,543,320). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does HOPE & HEROES CHILDREN'S CANCER FUND have?
- IRS filings report 76 organizations giving $17,081,733 in grants to HOPE & HEROES CHILDREN'S CANCER FUND, 34 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HOPE & HEROES CHILDREN'S CANCER FUND?
- AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,543,320 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HOPE & HEROES CHILDREN'S CANCER FUND find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 76 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