Massachusetts · Nonprofit
THE FOUNDATION FOR FACES OF CHILDREN
THE FOUNDATION FOR FACES OF CHILDREN (Massachusetts) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $63,679 to it, the largest being JOAN L AND ROBERT C GILKISON FAMI ($33,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $75k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $64k
- Net assets
- $561k
What The Foundation for Faces of Children does
Mission
The Foundation for Faces of Children is dedicated to improving the lives of children with craniofacial differences, including cleft lip, cleft palate, and other head and facial conditions. Our mission is to provide patients and families with the most accurate, up-to-date, and accessible information about facial differences, and to advocate for the best care possible for children with facial differences.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Awarded six $5,000 scholarships to deserving high school students continuing on to college. The program was created in 1999 to benefit young adults with craniofacial conditions and are pursuing post-secondary education. There are specific criteria on which the scholarship awards are based and they are outlined in the application. The Jane C. McDaid Memorial Scholarship: This scholarship will be awarded to the applicant that shows evidence of strong community service. This scholarship was named to honor FFC past president and board member, Jane McDaid. The Barbara Seltzer Memorial Scholarship: This scholarship will be awarded solely to an applicant with cleft lip/palate who has been active in the arts or who will be pursuing a career in the arts. This scholarship was named to honor Prescription Parents co-founder Barbara Seltzer. The Dorothy MacDonald Scholarship: This scholarship will be awarded to an applicant who will be pursuing a career in the health profession. This scholarship was named to honor Dorothy B. MacDonald, RN, who has dedicated her career to caring for children with craniofacial differences. The Dr. John B. Mulliken Scholarship: This scholarship will be awarded to…
$30,000 spent85% of program spendingThe FFC Cares Grant is a donated fund of money that 11 New England based craniofacial center will have access to utilize to help their patients/families. The FFC Cares Grant is intended to help offset a small amount of the cost burden for families who are receiving medical care. Whether it be assistance with gas for long distance travel, a meal voucher, parking assistance, or a contribution to local hotel stay while receiving care, the FFC recognizes all of the lengths our families will go to receive care for their child. These costs add up, and we want to help.
$3,300 spent9% of program spendingCommunity Support Programs - Virtual support groups: FFC host virtual young adult and parent support groups every month. These groups meet and connect with others to have a chance to talk, ask questions, support each other and share experiences in a relaxed virtual environment. Educational Videos: Create and publish informational videos to enhance education and address frequently asked questions by these groups.
$2,000 spent6% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $35,300.
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.
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 $484k to $562k (+16%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income rose $6k → $10k.
3 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% 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 FOUNDATION FOR FACES OF CHILDREN’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 FOUNDATION FOR FACES OF CHILDREN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 73%; 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: 2017 83% · 2018 93% · 2019 63% · 2020 87% · 2021 64% · 2022 55% · 2023 97% — growing more concentrated.
“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
25% of THE FOUNDATION FOR FACES OF CHILDREN's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% 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
THE FOUNDATION FOR FACES OF CHILDREN draws 77% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $14k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
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In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
48% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE FOUNDATION FOR FACES OF CHILDREN: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR FACES OF CHILDREN?
- THE FOUNDATION FOR FACES OF CHILDREN (Massachusetts) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $63,679 to it, the largest being JOAN L AND ROBERT C GILKISON FAMI ($33,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE FOUNDATION FOR FACES OF CHILDREN have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $63,679 in grants to THE FOUNDATION FOR FACES OF CHILDREN, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE FOUNDATION FOR FACES OF CHILDREN?
- JOAN L AND ROBERT C GILKISON FAMI is the largest funder on record, with $33,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE FOUNDATION FOR FACES OF CHILDREN find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 13 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