Connecticut · Nonprofit
MIKEY'S WAY FOUNDATION INC
MIKEY'S WAY FOUNDATION INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $443,179 to it, the largest being FRED R & HAZEL W CARSTENSEN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC ($73,750). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2022
- $285k
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $443k
- Net assets
- $344k
What Mikey's Way Foundation Inc does
Mission
To enrich the lives of children suffering from cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. The foundation strives to create connection and diversion to help children face the emotional and physical hardships of long-term, debilitating treatment.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.
Programs
Mikey's way day: a mikey's way day is when we visit select hospitals to distribute wi-fi ready, portable, electronic devices to children undergoing long-term treatment for cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. We go room to room with our "connection cart", meeting each child for an individual one on one experience. The children then pick the electronic device that works best for them. The gift is theirs to keep. We are inspired by our founder's vision to create an atmosphere of hope, excitement and encouragement for patients and their families as they struggle through the misery of long-term treatment.by keeping young minds active in something they enjoy and connected to friends and loved ones, patients are better able to tolerate the physical effects of long-treatment. Internet-ready electronic devices have become a vital tool to help children and teens cope, by providing both diversion and connection. Devices distributed include laptop computers, tablets, ipod touch, etc. These devices can also serve as counseling opportunities for hospital personnel as well as a means to direct care-givers to accurate post-procedure care. The nature of the electronics we distribute allow…
$26,210 spent10% of program spendingMikey's wish list:through the mikey's wish list program, wishes can be fulfilled for pediatric patients who could not be reached on a mikey's way day. A child life specialist will assist the child in completing a mikey's wish list form for an appropriate electronic device. The form is either faxed or emailed to our office and the gift is packaged and mailed back to the patient within 24 to 36 hours.
$235,886 spentof which $113,602 as grants90% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2021 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $262,096.
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 2020 to 2021, from $417k to $372k (−11%).
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: 2020 12% · 2021 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of MIKEY'S WAY FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 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
Leslie Friedman
CEO/president
As listed on its FY2022 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 10 funders, grant income fell $65k → $48k.
6 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% 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 MIKEY'S WAY FOUNDATION INC’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
MIKEY'S WAY FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
31% 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 MIKEY'S WAY FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 31% · 2018 28% · 2019 35% · 2020 42% · 2021 40% · 2022 18% · 2023 25% — 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
32% of MIKEY'S WAY FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
52% of MIKEY'S WAY FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $93k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
MIKEY'S WAY FOUNDATION INC is better cushioned than half of the 6,420 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,420 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2022
Organizations like MIKEY'S WAY FOUNDATION 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 Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
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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Questions and answers
- Who funds MIKEY'S WAY FOUNDATION INC?
- MIKEY'S WAY FOUNDATION INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $443,179 to it, the largest being FRED R & HAZEL W CARSTENSEN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC ($73,750). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MIKEY'S WAY FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $443,179 in grants to MIKEY'S WAY FOUNDATION INC, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MIKEY'S WAY FOUNDATION INC?
- FRED R & HAZEL W CARSTENSEN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $73,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MIKEY'S WAY FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 FY2022 (financials across 2017–2022), and the filings of 24 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