Colorado · Nonprofit
SUMMER'S WAY FOUNDATION
SUMMER'S WAY FOUNDATION (Colorado) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $227k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $0
- Net assets
- $573k
What Summer's Way Foundation does
Mission
To find a cure for every patient diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma and ultimately other rare childhood cancers, promote early detection, and be a source of support for patients and families impacted by childhood cancer.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Cancer research grants: pediatric cancer research receives just 4% of government funding, with even less allocated to the rarer forms of childhood cancers. To address this significant funding gap, we employ multiple approaches to advance research. The young investigator grants program awards early-career researchers a yearly 50,000 grant and we identify and provide innovative research grants. We have partnered with beat childhood cancer to create a rhabdomyosarcoma research division conducting clinical trials while also providing annual grant funding to the sarcoma division of the children's oncology group, thereby supporting significant national and international research databases.
$52,500 spentof which $52,500 as grants73% of program spendingPatient and family support: the Summer's Way Foundation has a "wigs for kids and teens" program which funds custom wigs for children and teens receiving cancer treatment at regional children's hospitals. The foundation covers these expenses as the insurance companies do not provide coverage. The program helps reduce the family's financial strain while supporting young patient's self-esteem during treatment. The foundation sponsors special events for young cancer patients, such as an all-expenses-paid trip to concerts for a teen in treatment. The foundation has organized memorable experiences for a family with a terminally ill child and her siblings, who were not eligible through make a wish.
$13,516 spentof which $13,516 as grants19% of program spendingHealing through the arts: this provides individualized art therapy sessions to pediatric cancer patients at a regional children's hospital. Led by a registered art therapist, these sessions use multiple art mediums to help children cope with the isolation and physical challenges that accompanies long hospital stays with aggressive treatment. The program encourages self-expression and social interaction. Feedback from parents and medical staff has been extremely positive with a demonstrable reduction in anxiety, depression, and pain medication requirements among participants.
$6,043 spent8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $72,059.
Against its field
SUMMER'S WAY FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 13,754 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,754 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SUMMER'S WAY FOUNDATION?
- SUMMER'S WAY FOUNDATION (Colorado) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SUMMER'S WAY FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $0 in grants to SUMMER'S WAY FOUNDATION.
- Who is the largest funder of SUMMER'S WAY FOUNDATION?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $0 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SUMMER'S WAY FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 1 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