Kentucky · Nonprofit
KIDS CANCER ALLIANCE INC
KIDS CANCER ALLIANCE INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 54 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,719,203 to it, the largest being KOSAIR CHARITIES COMMITTEE INC ($298,000). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 54
- Grants received
- $2.7M
- Net assets
- $3.1M
What Kids Cancer Alliance Inc does
Mission
To enhance the quality of life for children with cancer and their families through recreational and support programs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Summer camps: hosted two weeks of in-person summer camps with a total of 123 campers. Children with cancer and their siblings enjoyed the opportunity to experience the joy of camp activities and make special memories. Goals of our summer camp programs: build meaningful friendships with others who understand their childhood cancer journey, provide safe, healthy recreational coping skills, and build self-esteem and self-reliance.
$351,105 spent25% of program spendingFamily retreat: hosted 93 families impacted by childhood cancer across two weekends of recreational programming and special support sessions. Goals of our family retreat were to build meaningful friendships with others who understand the childhood journey, provide safe, healthy recreational coping skills, and provide opportunity for childhood cancer families to enjoy quality time together and create memorable experiences.
$242,583 spent18% of program spendingFinancial assistance program: program provides financial aid support to local families financially impacted by childhood cancer. Support provided includes covering families' utility bills, mortgage or rent, transportation costs, or daily living expenses such as food, clothing, and supplies.
$639,278 spentof which $385,922 as grants46% of program spendingHospital outreach programs: provides quality meals, treats, activities and photography sessions to families with children undergoing oncology treatment at three local facilities. Goals of our hospital outreach programs: provide families the chance to share meals, provide the opportunity for families to bond with others in similar situations, provide recreational activities like arts and crafts and games, provide valuable keepsakes of cancer journey through professional photography sessions, and educate families on kca's programs and services.
$80,001 spent6% of program spendingScholarship program: the kca scholarship program was established to support young adult cancer survivors and their siblings by assisting them in pursuit of their academic and professional goals. The scholarships are designed to ease the financial burden of obtaining an education from an accredited university, community college, vocational or technical school. Applications are open to individuals who meet the criteria, demonstrate financial need, and show academic and personal potential.
$66,771 spentof which $66,771 as grants5% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,379,738.
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 2023 to 2024, from $2.2M to $3.3M (+50%).
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 6% · 2022 6% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
108% of KIDS CANCER ALLIANCE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Shelby Russell
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 15 funders to 24 funders, grant income rose $133k → $444k.
13 of 54 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $10k from one payer (the payer's own filing calls it a related party, largest Msw Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money KIDS CANCER ALLIANCE INC raised.
From the IRS filings of KIDS CANCER ALLIANCE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 54 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
KIDS CANCER ALLIANCE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 11% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
80% 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 KIDS CANCER ALLIANCE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 19% · 2018 15% · 2019 15% · 2020 21% · 2021 13% · 2022 14% · 2023 17% — 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
50% of KIDS CANCER ALLIANCE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
70% of KIDS CANCER ALLIANCE INC's grant income comes from Kentucky funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $975k arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
KIDS CANCER ALLIANCE INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 497 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 497 public benefit nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like KIDS CANCER ALLIANCE 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 Kentucky
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for KIDS CANCER ALLIANCE INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds KIDS CANCER ALLIANCE INC?
- KIDS CANCER ALLIANCE INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 54 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,719,203 to it, the largest being KOSAIR CHARITIES COMMITTEE INC ($298,000). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KIDS CANCER ALLIANCE INC have?
- IRS filings report 54 organizations giving $2,719,203 in grants to KIDS CANCER ALLIANCE INC, 32 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KIDS CANCER ALLIANCE INC?
- KOSAIR CHARITIES COMMITTEE INC is the largest funder on record, with $298,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KIDS CANCER ALLIANCE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 54 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