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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ARMS WIDE OPEN CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,166,920
Total expenses
$1,117,210
Contributions and grants received
$1,166,911
Grants paid
$424,517
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$9
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$409,494
Total liabilities, end of year
$20,000
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$389,494
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$901,049
Management and general expenses
$103,164
Fundraising expenses
$112,997
Program service expenses (Part III)
$901,049

Program services were 80.7% 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

    $534,718

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $632,193

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $9 · excluded $9

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $129,519

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

    $534,718

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $129,519

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $295,608 · program services $295,608

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $128,909 · program services $128,909

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $132,497 · program services $33,125 · management and general $33,124 · fundraising $66,248

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $110,464 · program services $99,418 · fundraising $11,046

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $18,449 · program services $10,064 · management and general $2,515 · fundraising $5,870

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $11,128 · management and general $11,128

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $32,869 · program services $9,376 · management and general $23,493

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $57,272 · program services $11,067 · management and general $23,736 · fundraising $22,469

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $9,186 · program services $9,186

  • 17 · Travel

    total $22,610 · program services $15,246 · fundraising $7,364

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $979 · management and general $979

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,179 · management and general $3,179

  • 24a · Other expenses: AWARENESS EVENTS

    total $184,092 · program services $184,092

  • 24b · Other expenses: RETREATS

    total $102,730 · program services $102,730

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEALS AND ENTERTAINMENT

    total $5,010 · management and general $5,010

  • 24d · Other expenses: MARKETING

    total $2,228 · program services $2,228

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $358,157 · end of year $287,825

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $47,000 · end of year $25,220

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $45,000

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $21,244

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $19,795

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,427 · end of year $1,449

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $50,000

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $120,000 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $20,000

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $95,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $22,800 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $409,784 · end of year $389,494

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ARMS WIDE OPEN CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATION IS COMMITTED TO FUNDING PEDIATRIC CANCER RESEARCH, SUPPORTING FAMILIES WHO ARE SUFFERING HARDSHIP DUE TO THEIR CHILD'S CANCER DIAGNOSIS BOTH FINANCIALLY AND EMOTIONALLY, EDUCATING THE GENERAL PUBLIC, RAISING AWARENESS GLOBALLY, UNITING THE CHILDHOOD CANCER COMMUNITY, GIVING CHILDREN WITH CANCER A PLATFORM TO SHARE THEIR VOICE, AND WORKING TO ENSURE THAT THE CHILDREN WHO SURVIVE CHILDHOOD CANCER, NOT ONLY SURVIVE, BUT THRIVE AND GROW TO BECOME EMOTIONALLY HEALTHY ADULTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO FUND PEDIATRIC CANCER RESEARCH, TO SUPPORT PEDIATRIC CANCER FAMILIES WHO ARE SUFFERING HARDSHIPS, AND TO BRING AWARENESS ABOUT THE PEDIATRIC CANCER.

  • RAISED FUNDS WHICH WERE GRANTED TO ORGANIZATIONS CONDUCTING ACTIVITIES FURTHERING RESEARCH IN CHILDHOOD CANCER TREATMENT. CONDUCTED EVENTS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE NEED FOR MORE FOCUS ON THE ISSUES FACED BY THE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO ARE AFFECTED BY CANCER.

    Expenses $901,049 · Grants $424,517

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Dena Sherwood

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $132,497
    From this org
    $132,497
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    60

  • William Sherwood

    TRUSTEE, VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Sydney Sherwood

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • James Beale

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Kristen Alexander

    TREASURER/BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • Ingrid Ramirez

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Christine McGrath

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Gianna Taranto

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Eric Ferrara

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Michael Gillette

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $110,464
    From this org
    $110,464
    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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
4 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202521259349302182

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