Illinois · Nonprofit
MARK STAEHELY PEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION
MARK STAEHELY PEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $84,334 to it, the largest being DAVID F & MARGARET T GROHNE FAMILY FOUNDATION ($75,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $7k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $84k
- Net assets
- $36k
What Mark Staehely Pediatric Cancer Foundation does
Mission
To support pediatric cancer research. To improve and support the lives of children with pediatric cancer and their families. To enable individuals to pursue a degree in fire science through scholarship.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Dr. John a. Kalapurakal, from northwestern memorial hospital, is one of the recipients of make your mark research grants. In partnership with the brain tumor foundation at northwestern memorial hospital, make your mark has provided the funding to start a new study of the relationship between nano-particles and radiation treatment. Preliminary studies have shown radiation to be more effective when these nano-particles has shown the effects of the radiation to be both more successful and longer lasting. This study can be viewed at http://janus.northwestern.edu/wololab/ along with other details from his ongoing neuroblastoma research and the work that is being done in conjunction with the lab of dr. Gayle woloschak at feinberg school of medicine at northwestern university.
$32,500 spentof which $32,500 as grants100% of program spendingIn december 2005 mark's treasure chest program was established. A treasure chest was built and delivered to the children's memorial hospital (now lurie children's hospital) oncology and hematology department at the hospital. Mark's criteria was very simple, you had to be a child in the hospital. That was the only criteria needed to get a toy 365 days a year, anytime of the day or night. That was mark's wish. The program was so successful that in november 2006, the treasure chest program was established at northwestern memorial hospital in the radiation oncology department so that children undergoing radiation therapy always had access to a toy. Mark's treasure chest program was also established at provena st. Joseph medical center on the pediatrics floor in 2007.
Make your mark established the mark staehely family assistance program to help children battling pediatric cancer and their families in their greatest time of need. Make your mark assists families with gas cards, food cards, etc... The staehely family knew first hand how difficult day to day living expenses can be when your child is facing a life threatening illness. It is our wish that no family be faced with the choice between food on their table or gas for their car to drive their child for the medical care they need.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $32,500.
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 $105k to $64k (−38%).
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 MARK STAEHELY PEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $25k → $74.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 MARK STAEHELY PEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION’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
MARK STAEHELY PEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 89% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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: 2020 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 73% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of MARK STAEHELY PEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $9k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
MARK STAEHELY PEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION's revenue fell 88% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,898 health nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
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In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MARK STAEHELY PEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION?
- MARK STAEHELY PEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $84,334 to it, the largest being DAVID F & MARGARET T GROHNE FAMILY FOUNDATION ($75,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MARK STAEHELY PEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $84,334 in grants to MARK STAEHELY PEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MARK STAEHELY PEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION?
- DAVID F & MARGARET T GROHNE FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $75,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MARK STAEHELY PEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 3 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