Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$963,431

Total expenses

$1,468,378

Contributions and grants received

$409,181

Grants paid

$1,122,292

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$40,704

Other revenue

$513,546

Total assets, end of year

$1,450,299

Total liabilities, end of year

$931,858

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$518,441

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,336,086

Management and general expenses

$47,026

Fundraising expenses

$85,266

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,336,086

Program services were 91.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2023

• SebastianStrong Foundation's focus is on funding cutting-edge Pediatric Cancer research. We aim to fund research that focuses on less toxic and more targeted treatments and cures - from finding ways to make chemotherapy treatment less toxic and more effective, to finding ways to teach the body to fight cancer. Projects are selected through a rigorous review process by our medical advisory board. At times, projects go through more than one review cycle, as when we partner with other foundations to jointly fund a project. In those cases, projects are reviewed by scientists and doctors on more than one medical advisory board.

  Expenses $1,209,346 · Grants $1,114,792

• SebastianStrong Foundation works to bring awareness and knowledge of childhood cancer to the general public as well as childhood cancer families through awareness, educational and volunteer activities. SebastianStrong routinely educates the general public through guest lectures/presentations at schools and community events. We provide scholarships to high school seniors pursuing STEM careers to encourage growth in the field and to feed the well of future researchers.

  Expenses $89,241 · Grants $7,500

• SebastianStrong Foundation also participates in family/patient activities at local hospitals. We offer volunteer activities, which allow people to get involved in increasing awareness and knowledge of the cause.

  Expenses $37,499

As filed on the 2023 return. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

• Childrens National Hospital Foundation

  $353,390

  To advance the organization's charitable purpose.

• Dolphin Challenge Cancer

  $351,040

  To advance the organization's charitable purpose.

• Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

  $218,982

  To advance the organization's charitable purpose.

• CureSearch for Children's Cancer

  $92,850

  To advance the organization's charitable purpose.

• Albert Einstein College of Medicine

  $50,000

  To advance the organization's charitable purpose.

• University of Florida Foundation Inc

  $45,000

  To advance the organization's charitable purpose.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

1 May 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202531219349300743

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