Tennessee · Nonprofit
KIDS JOIN THE FIGHT
KIDS JOIN THE FIGHT (Tennessee) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,741,790 to it, the largest being THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION ($845,672). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 90% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 26
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Kids Join the Fight does
Mission
To empower kids to join the fight against pediatric cancer by raising money to provide local care for pediatric cancer patients and their families and to fund research to cure childhood cancer.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
In collaboration with chnola, we are raising funds to build walkers imaginarium. Walkers imaginarium at childrens hospital new orleans will be a therapeutic space for children, families, and members of the community to gather, and create moments of joy. The 12,000 square foot center will be one of the largest and most comprehensive hospital-based child enrichment spaces in the country.
$806,349 spentof which $804,781 as grants73% of program spendingIn collaboration with the rally foundation, we annually award grants to researchers across the country to cure pediatric brain cancer.
$201,000 spentof which $201,000 as grants18% of program spendingCure kids initiative - the cure kids initiative is a group of foundations and caregivers coming together to support a preventative care approach to medulloblastoma, with other brain cancers to hopefully follow. The initiative is led by dr. Michael taylor from texas childrens hospital and seeks to identify a blood biomarker that will help to identify perls (persistent rhombic lip cells) that could likely turn into medulloblastoma in a child. Similar to screening for colon polyps, the end goal would be the close monitoring through imaging and potentially surgical removal if deemed safe for the child.
$59,227 spent5% of program spendingDirect family grants to pediatric cancer families- the mission of Kids Join the Fights pediatric cancer family program is to ensure children battling childhood cancer have the financial assistance needed for travel, lodging, meals, childcare, or any other living expenses
$24,000 spentof which $24,000 as grants2% of program spendingHoliday hero boxes - we assemble and deliver packages comprised of toys, games, socks, t-shirts, and other items to children in the hospital around the holidays.
$7,972 spent$8,375 earned by the program1% of program spendingAwareness program - 50 state challenge awareness during pediatric cancer awareness month. This campaign mostly includes yard signs.
$3,591 spent$1,194 earned by the program0% of program spendingHealthcare heroes - we recognize and gift a fleece vest to healthcare heroes within a hospital who provide exceptional care to patients and their families. Healthcare workers are nominated by families or fellow colleagues.
$683 spent0% of program spendingHospital family meals are meals provided to patients and their families on the inpatient oncology floor.
The 8 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,102,822.
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 $905k to $1.5M (+71%).
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.
99% of KIDS JOIN THE FIGHT’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 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
Taylor Beery
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $11k → $261k.
4 of 26 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 90% 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 KIDS JOIN THE FIGHT’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.
How concentrated its funding is
KIDS JOIN THE FIGHT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 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 KIDS JOIN THE FIGHT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 88% · 2022 27% · 2023 85% — 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.
Where its funders are
90% of KIDS JOIN THE FIGHT'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 $181k that is directly attributable, 96% of it comes from funders outside Tennessee, across 11 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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 JOIN THE FIGHT holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like KIDS JOIN THE FIGHT
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 Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for KIDS JOIN THE FIGHT: 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 JOIN THE FIGHT?
- KIDS JOIN THE FIGHT (Tennessee) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,741,790 to it, the largest being THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION ($845,672). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 90% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does KIDS JOIN THE FIGHT have?
- IRS filings report 26 organizations giving $1,741,790 in grants to KIDS JOIN THE FIGHT, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KIDS JOIN THE FIGHT?
- THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $845,672 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KIDS JOIN THE FIGHT find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 26 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