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MN LIONS CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATIO

MN LIONS CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATIO (Minnesota) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $50,324 to it, the largest being HAMEL RODEO INC ($31,870). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$207k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$50k
Net assets
$61k
3/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Mn Lions Childhood Cancer Foundatio does

Mission

To provide funds and services for research, treatment, and support of children and families afflicted with cancer.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Grants to university of minnesota masonic children's hospital to fund research and services for survivors of childhood cancer.

    $190,000 spentof which $190,000 as grants
    91% of program spending
  2. Grant to kamp k.a.c.e (kids against cancer everywhere) to support their camping experience for children with cancer and their siblings.

    $10,000 spentof which $10,000 as grants
    5% of program spending
  3. Grants matching local lions clubs donations to community families dealing with childhood cancer.

    $9,250 spentof which $9,250 as grants
    4% of program spending
  4. The cost associated with district governor education tours.

    $607 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $209,857.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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.

100 = 20222022 Revenue 100 ($158k) Expenses 100 ($142k) Net assets 100 ($53k)2023 Revenue 110 ($174k) Expenses 120 ($171k) Net assets 106 ($56k)2024 Revenue 133 ($209k) Expenses 138 ($197k) Net assets 129 ($68k)2025 Revenue 131 ($207k) Expenses 151 ($215k) Net assets 114 ($61k)
2022202320242025
Revenue (131)Expenses (151)Net assets (114)Peer revenue range

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 $56k to $68k (+22%).

$53k
$56k
$68k
$61k
2022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

99% of MN LIONS CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATIO’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 14,893 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$16k
’22
$3k
’23
$12k
’24
−$8k
’25
3.4
months of
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.

20242025
Listed2121
Joined·+6
No longer listed·6
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $11 → $23.

2 of 4 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 MN LIONS CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATIO’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

MN LIONS CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATIO leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% 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

100% 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 MN LIONS CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATIO.

63%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 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 MN LIONS CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATIO's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.

MN

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

MN LIONS CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATIO has grown faster than half of the 7,883 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−4% · below the median
Months of reserve3.4mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)9% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,883 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like MN LIONS CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATIO

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

98% of spending goes to programs.

Program 98%Management 2%Fundraising 0%

Governance

21
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MN

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Questions and answers

Who funds MN LIONS CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATIO?
MN LIONS CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATIO (Minnesota) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $50,324 to it, the largest being HAMEL RODEO INC ($31,870). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MN LIONS CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATIO have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $50,324 in grants to MN LIONS CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATIO, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MN LIONS CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATIO?
HAMEL RODEO INC is the largest funder on record, with $31,870 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MN LIONS CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATIO find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 2022–2025), and the filings of 4 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