Massachusetts · Nonprofit
WORLD AGAINST TOYS CAUSING HARM INC
WORLD AGAINST TOYS CAUSING HARM INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,500 to it, the largest being THE CYRUS KATZEN FOUNDATION INC ($10,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $53k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $24k
- Net assets
- $685k
What World Against Toys Causing Harm Inc does
Mission
World against toys causing harm, inc. ("w.a.t.c.h.") is a nonprofit organization dedicated to children's causes. Through education, informational programs, printed materials, audio/video presentations and research (particularly into the etiology of injuries to children and to the dangers presented to children by ordinary and by hazardous products, including playthings), w.a.t.c.h. Seeks to reduce injuries to children. While informing the public about hazardous toys, children's products and other hazards associated with certain recreational activities, w.a.t.c.h. Is committed to raising awareness about unsafe children's products. W.a.t.c.h. Continues to work to prevent unnecessary injuries and deaths through research and education.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
W.a.t.c.h. Raises awareness and informs the public about child safety issues through written materials, speeches, workshops, interviews, and presentations geared toward consumers, parent groups, schools and other organizations (some examples over the years include franciscan children's, parenting for connection, teen summer expo, the jai institute for parenting, boston university, qcap head start).w.a.t.c.h. Representatives discussed toy safety issues in forums geared toward providing safety information to families, caregivers and educators. The bi-annual conferences (the fall "toy safety conference and the spring "summer safety conference") have generated extensive national press and media coverage, successfully sharing safety information with the public, including outlets such as cbs, abc, nbc, fox, cw, and premiere network. For example, in 2025 safety information from safety conferences generated more than 232 million media impressions, reaching a broad public audience across online, television and radio. Multiple media outlets disseminated information relating to w.a.t.c.h.'s "10 worst toys and "summer safety traps including yahoo! News, which helped extend public exposure…
$18,333 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $18,333.
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 2021 to 2022, from $584k to $494k (−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.
74% of WORLD AGAINST TOYS CAUSING HARM INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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
2019 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income rose $3k → $5k.
From the IRS filings of WORLD AGAINST TOYS CAUSING HARM 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
WORLD AGAINST TOYS CAUSING HARM INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 59% · 2020 47% · 2021 53% · 2022 46% · 2023 40% — 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
WORLD AGAINST TOYS CAUSING HARM INC draws 67% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
WORLD AGAINST TOYS CAUSING HARM INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,277 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,277 public benefit nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like WORLD AGAINST TOYS CAUSING HARM 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
49% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
60%
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 WORLD AGAINST TOYS CAUSING HARM INC: 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 WORLD AGAINST TOYS CAUSING HARM INC?
- WORLD AGAINST TOYS CAUSING HARM INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,500 to it, the largest being THE CYRUS KATZEN FOUNDATION INC ($10,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WORLD AGAINST TOYS CAUSING HARM INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $23,500 in grants to WORLD AGAINST TOYS CAUSING HARM INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WORLD AGAINST TOYS CAUSING HARM INC?
- THE CYRUS KATZEN FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WORLD AGAINST TOYS CAUSING HARM INC 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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