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THE CHILDREN'S GRAND ADVENTURE DBA THE GRAND ADNEVTURE

THE CHILDREN'S GRAND ADVENTURE DBA THE GRAND ADNEVTURE (Texas) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $531,742 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($200,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$168k
Funders on record
6
Grants received
$532k
Net assets
$357k
4/6 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 80%
01What it does

What The Children's Grand Adventure Dba the Grand Adnevture does

Mission

To sponsor a program entitled "the grand adventure", whereby children (ages 10 to 21) who have special medical challenges can participate in a camping and recreational experience in jackson hole, wyoming that will foster emotional healing in a non-hospital environment.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Inspiration point - enable youth aged 13-17 cancer patients who have begun the remission process from partnering hospitals to experience the beauty of life found within grand teton and yellowstone national parks.

    $40,089 spentof which $57,245 as grants
    53% of program spending
  2. Boundless - virtual pediatric program for immunocompromised groups or individuals receiving long-term treatment enabling them to experience outdoor inspiration and healing from nature.

    $35,653 spent
    47% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $75,742.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($148k) Expenses 100 ($136k) Net assets 100 ($312k)2021 Revenue 102 ($151k) Expenses 81 ($110k) Net assets 113 ($353k)2022 Revenue 121 ($179k) Expenses 113 ($153k) Net assets 122 ($380k)2023 Revenue 103 ($153k) Expenses 124 ($168k) Net assets 117 ($365k)2024 Revenue 113 ($168k) Expenses 130 ($176k) Net assets 115 ($357k)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (113)Expenses (130)Net assets (115)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 2020 to 2021, from $312k to $353k (+13%).

$312k
$353k
$380k
$365k
$357k
20202021202220232024
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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

99% of THE CHILDREN'S GRAND ADVENTURE DBA THE GRAND ADNEVTURE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 23,870 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$13k
’20
$41k
’21
$26k
’22
−$15k
’23
−$8k
’24
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $25k → $107k.

4 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 63% 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 THE CHILDREN'S GRAND ADVENTURE DBA THE GRAND ADNEVTURE’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

THE CHILDREN'S GRAND ADVENTURE DBA THE GRAND ADNEVTURE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

63% 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 THE CHILDREN'S GRAND ADVENTURE DBA THE GRAND ADNEVTURE.

38%
largest funder
98%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 69% · 2021 80% · 2022 34% · 2023 68% — 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

63% of THE CHILDREN'S GRAND ADVENTURE DBA THE GRAND ADNEVTURE'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 $194k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Texas funders.

TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’21
’22
’23
Texas out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $338k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE CHILDREN'S GRAND ADVENTURE DBA THE GRAND ADNEVTURE receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $532k to it.

Operating margin−4% · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)3% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

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

TX

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE CHILDREN'S GRAND ADVENTURE DBA THE GRAND ADNEVTURE?
THE CHILDREN'S GRAND ADVENTURE DBA THE GRAND ADNEVTURE (Texas) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $531,742 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($200,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does THE CHILDREN'S GRAND ADVENTURE DBA THE GRAND ADNEVTURE have?
IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $531,742 in grants to THE CHILDREN'S GRAND ADVENTURE DBA THE GRAND ADNEVTURE, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE CHILDREN'S GRAND ADVENTURE DBA THE GRAND ADNEVTURE?
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE CHILDREN'S GRAND ADVENTURE DBA THE GRAND ADNEVTURE find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 6 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