Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by VARIETY-THE CHILDRENS CHARITY INTERNATIONAL.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $622,045
- Total expenses
- $716,672
- Contributions and grants received
- $82,009
- Grants paid
- $165,000
- Program service revenue
- $503,308
- Investment income
- $36,728
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,251,195
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $32,348
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $2,218,847
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $580,684
- Management and general expenses
- $92,871
- Fundraising expenses
- $43,117
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $580,684
Program services were 81.0% 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.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
-
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$82,009
-
2a · Program service revenue: Gold Heart Pin Campaign
total $60,976 · related or exempt $60,976
-
2b · Program service revenue: Tent Dues
total $442,332 · related or exempt $442,332
-
3 · Investment income
total $36,728 · related or exempt $36,728
-
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
-
1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $165,000 · program services $165,000
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
-
4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $106,977 · program services $85,582 · management and general $16,047 · fundraising $5,348
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $183,908 · program services $127,448 · management and general $23,311 · fundraising $33,149
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $18,705 · program services $15,900 · management and general $2,805
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $34,578 · program services $25,563 · management and general $4,395 · fundraising $4,620
-
11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $25,554 · program services $25,554
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $25,995 · program services $17,217 · management and general $8,778
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $6,968 · program services $6,968
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
-
13 · Office expenses
total $6,378 · program services $5,423 · management and general $955
-
14 · Information technology
total $0
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $9,307 · program services $7,835 · management and general $1,472
-
17 · Travel
total $31,142 · program services $26,471 · management and general $4,671
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
-
20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $429 · program services $364 · management and general $65
-
23 · Insurance
total $20,810 · program services $4,385 · management and general $16,425
-
24a · Other expenses: Design Services
total $21,632 · program services $18,387 · management and general $3,245
-
24b · Other expenses: Technology
total $18,783 · program services $15,967 · management and general $2,816
-
24c · Other expenses: Gold Heart Campaign Expense
total $11,982 · program services $11,982
-
24d · Other expenses: Education
total $9,409 · program services $7,998 · management and general $1,411
-
24e · All other expenses
total $19,115 · program services $12,640 · management and general $6,475
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
-
1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $1,148,990 · end of year $1,162,831
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $133,756 · end of year $138,048
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $0
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$6,858
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$5,038
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $2,249 · end of year $1,820
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
-
12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $1,069,565 · end of year $948,496
-
13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
-
14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $5,077 · end of year $0
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $17,567 · end of year $22,310
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $26,299 · end of year $10,038
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,008,321 · end of year $1,047,938
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,307,450 · end of year $1,170,909
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
We empower children who are sick, disadvantaged, or living with disabilities through life-changing programs that provide medical care, mobility, education, and support to live without limits.
-
ALL CHILDREN ARE SPECIAL. HOWEVER, VARIETY THE CHILDRENS CHARITYS PURPOSE IS TO SERVE CHILDREN WHO ARE LESS FORTUNATE CHILDREN WHO LIVE AND GROW UP WITH A SERIOUS ILLNESS, DISABILITY OR DISADVANTAGE. THESE ARE EXTRA SPECIAL CHILDREN WHO REQUIRE A SPECIAL KIND OF HELP. THAT HELP IS YOU AND VARIETY THE CHILDRENS CHARITY. UNDER FOUR CORE PROGRAMS VARIETY THE CHILDRENS CHARITY DELIVERS ON ITS PROMISE TO PROVIDE A FUTURE WITHOUT LIMITS FOR EVERY CHILD, REGARDLESS OF THEIR BACKGROUND OR ABILITY, AND TO BE THE MOST TRUSTED AND EFFECTIVE CHILDRENS CHARITY IN THE WORLD. 1.VARIETYS CARE PROGRAM DELIVERS CRITICAL LIFE-SAVING MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES, HEALTHCARE AND WELL-BEING TO INDIVIDUAL CHILDREN AND CHILDRENS HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS. 2.VARIETYS FREEDOM PROGRAM DELIVERS VITAL LIFE-CHANGING EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES FOR MOBILITY, INDEPENDENCE AND SOCIAL INCLUSION TO INDIVIDUAL CHILDREN AND CHILDRENS ORGANIZATIONS. 3.VARIETYS FUTURE PROGRAM DELIVERS CRUCIAL LIFE-ENRICHING COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES, EDUCATION AND SELF-ESTEEM TO INDIVIDUAL CHILDREN AND CHILDRENS ORGANIZATIONS. 4.VARIETYS INTERNATIONAL CHILDRENS FUND DELIVERS IMPERATIVE MOBILITY EQUIPMENT FOR CHILDREN IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. UNLIKE MOST CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS THAT FOCUS ON A SINGLE AREA PROBLEM OR ISSUE, VARIETY FOCUSES ON MULTIPLE UNMET NEEDS OF CHILDREN WHO ARE SICK, DISADVANTAGED OR LIVE WITH DISABILITIES AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS AT A LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVEL. OUR AIM IS TO MAXIMIZE THE REAL, LONG-TERM POSITIVE SOCIAL IMPACT FOR ALL CHILDREN.
Expenses $580,684 · Grants $165,000
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
-
Caylen Santos
CEO
- Total calculated
- $106,977
- From this org
- $106,977
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Steve Zuehlke
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 20
-
Joshua Eidson
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 6
-
Lisa Cefali
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Tushar Prabhu
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
David Small
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Howard Blank
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Belinda Judson
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
John Dennis
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Matt Maudlin
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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
- 7 April 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202610979349301601
Check it against the return as filed: the GivingTuesday Data Lake hosts a public copy of the original XML.
The source document this was parsed from is served over the API, which is where bulk and document access live.