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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CANDLELIGHTERS FOR CHILDREN WITH CANCER.

Totals

Total revenue
$706,482
Total expenses
$544,781
Contributions and grants received
$518,923
Grants paid
$81,649
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$6,014
Other revenue
$181,545
Total assets, end of year
$666,868
Total liabilities, end of year
$13,738
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$653,130
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$455,091
Management and general expenses
$58,138
Fundraising expenses
$31,552
Program service expenses (Part III)
$455,091

Program services were 83.5% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $2,602

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $516,321

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $50,538

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,521 · related or exempt $3,521

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $30,731

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $28,238

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $2,493

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $2,493 · related or exempt $2,493

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $212,355

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $2,602

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $31,485

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $180,870

  • 11a · Other revenue: CASH BACK REWARDS

    total $675 · related or exempt $675

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $675

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $81,649 · program services $81,649

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $214,025 · program services $188,467 · management and general $18,698 · fundraising $6,860

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $4,027 · management and general $4,027

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $7,021 · management and general $6,344 · fundraising $677

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $32,269 · program services $28,415 · management and general $2,819 · fundraising $1,035

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $23,514 · program services $17,287 · management and general $5,507 · fundraising $720

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $19,838 · program services $16,155 · management and general $3,052 · fundraising $631

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,681 · program services $4,423 · management and general $1,074 · fundraising $184

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $13,638 · program services $4,228 · management and general $3,896 · fundraising $5,514

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $10,969 · program services $8,585 · management and general $2,027 · fundraising $357

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $43,246 · program services $33,845 · management and general $7,991 · fundraising $1,410

  • 17 · Travel

    total $765 · program services $621 · management and general $112 · fundraising $32

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,277 · program services $7,260 · management and general $1,714 · fundraising $303

  • 24a · Other expenses: ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS

    total $71,284 · program services $59,717 · management and general $575 · fundraising $10,992

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $4,439 · program services $4,439

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $2,746 · management and general $302 · fundraising $2,444

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $393 · fundraising $393

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $258,770 · end of year $367,931

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $155,848 · end of year $176,717

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $27,000

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $27,177 · end of year $95,220

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,232 · end of year $13,738

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $190,864 · end of year $389,098

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $248,699 · end of year $264,032

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROVIDE A COMMUNITY OF HEALING, HOPE, AND LIGHT THROUGHOUT THE LIFE-LONG JOURNEY OF CHILDHOOD CANCER.

  • CANDLELIGHTERS FOR CHILDREN WITH CANCER STANDS ALONGSIDE FAMILIES IN OREGON AND SW WASHINGTON THROUGH EVERY STAGE OF THEIR CHILDHOOD CANCER JOURNEY. FROM DIAGNOSIS TO TREATMENT AND BEYOND, WE PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SUPPORT, INCLUDING A RANGE OF ENGAGING FAMILY ACTIVITIES. GOING THROUGH PEDIATRIC CANCER CAN BE AN ISOLATING EXPERIENCE FOR EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY. IN RESPONSE, CANDLELIGHTERS OFFERS NUMEROUS PROGRAMS FOR THE FAMILY UNIT AS WELL AS INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE FAMILY. VOLUNTEER CHAPTERS ACROSS OREGON PUT TOGETHER EVENTS SUCH AS WINTER SNOWMOBILING, PICNICS, MINI-GOLF, FISHING AND MUCH MORE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR. EVERY QUARTER, FAMILIES ARE INVITED TO JOIN TOGETHER FOR A STATEWIDE EVENT WHICH MARKS THE CHANGE OF SEASONS. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS FOR OUR TEEN GROUPS, MOM'S, SIBLINGS AND OUR LATINO FAMILIES. ALL OF THE EVENTS PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAMILIES TO COME TOGETHER AND BUILD BONDS WITH OTHERS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH SIMILAR EXPERIENCES.

    Expenses $311,161

  • CANDLELIGHTERS FOR CHILDREN WITH CANCER'S EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ALLEVIATES THE FINANCIAL STRAINS FACED BY OREGON AND SW WASHINGTON FAMILIES UNDERGOING CHILDHOOD CANCER TREATMENT. FAMILIES APPLY THROUGH THEIR HOSPITAL SOCIAL WORKERS WHO THEN REFER THE FAMILIES TO CANDLELIGHTERS. THROUGH THE PROGRAM, FAMILIES WITH A CHILD AGED 21 OR YOUNGER IN CANCER TREATMENT CAN RECEIVE UP TO 599 ANNUALLY TO COVER ESSENTIAL NEEDS INCLUDING HOUSING, UTILITIES, CAR PAYMENTS AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD EXPENSES. THIS PROGRAM DIRECTLY ADDRESSES THE ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS COMPOUNDED BY HIGH MEDICAL EXPENSES, LOST INCOME AND TRAVEL COSTS THAT FAMILIES BATTLING PEDIATRIC CANCER GO THROUGH. IN 2024, 122 FAMILIES WERE SERVED, SPANNING 21 COUNTIES.

    Expenses $129,558 · Grants $77,149

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $14,372 · Grants $4,500

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. 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

  • Melissa Rose

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Jackie Costello

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Elizabeth Kraus

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Mollie Worcester

    PAST PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kelsie Storm

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JD Godfrey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jeffrey Yandle

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jeanne Beacham

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Steve Drew

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Amanda Garcia

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jason Frankel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Alan Hungate

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mary Holt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Daniela Meltzer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $42,162
    From this org
    $42,162
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
28 July 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202542169349300449

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