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CANDLELIGHTERS CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA

EIN 43-2080690 TUCSON, AZ

Revenue 2025
$314,317
Expenses 2025
$193,085

Program services were 79.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
G30
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 42436

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

CANDLELIGHTERS SUPPORTS, SERVES AND ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH CANCER, SICKLE CELL AND OTHER BLOOD DISORDERS, ALONG WITH THEIR FAMILIES, LONG TERM SURVIVORS, BEREAVED FAMILIES AND THE PROFESSIONALS THAT CARE FOR THEM.

  • YOUTH & SIBLING SUPPORT PROGRAM: CANDLELIGHTERS LARGEST AREA OF SERVICE INCLUDES PROGRAMMING FOR THE DIAGNOSED CHILD, THEIR SIBLINGS AND FAMILY. FAMILY SUMMER CAMP OUR OVERNIGHT THERAPEUTIC CAMP ACCOMMODATED 110 CAMPERS IN 2025 AND WAS HELD ON MT LEMMON, AZ WITH 2 STAFF, 2 INTERNS AND 65 VOLUNTEERS. THE PROGRAM ALSO PROVIDED 250 GIFT WISHES FOR THE CHILDREN, TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS ALONG WITH 12 FAMILY ADOPTIONS PROVIDING FOOD AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD SUPPLIES. OUR MONTHLY SUPPORT GROUP FOR THE CHILDREN AND PARENTS WAS REINSTATED IN 2025. OTHER EVENTS FOR THE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES INCLUDE THE HALLOWEEN PARTY, DREAM NIGHT PROM FOR THE TEENS, AND CANDLE LIGHTING FOR BEREAVED FAMILIES. CANDLELIGHTERS SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED A PARENT AND FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP IN NOGALES IN 2025 PROVIDING MORE COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES TO RESIDENTS OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, AZ.

    Expenses $121,623

  • FAMILY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: CANDLELIGHTERS PROVIDES FUNDING TO PAY RENT, MORTGAGE PAYMENTS, UTILITY BILLS, AUTO REPAIR, INSURANCE ETC. FOR FAMILIES IN NEED. REQUESTS ARE VETTED BY THE TREATING HOSPITAL SOCIAL WORKERS AND A SMALL TEAM OF BOARD MEMBERS. ALSO FUNDED ARE THE 42 FAMILIES ADOPTED FOR DAYS OF CARING PROVIDING FOOD, DIAPERS AND HOUSEHOLD SUPPLIES. 347 FAMILY MEMBERS WERE SERVED IN 2025.

    Expenses $24,529

  • SICKLE CELL SERVICES PROVIDES DIRECT SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES WHO HAVE A CHILD/TEEN WITH A SICKLE CELL DIAGNOSIS AS WELL AS INCLUDING THESE FAMILIES IN ALL PROGRAMMING PROVIDED BY CANDLELIGHTERS.

    Expenses $3,171

  • AYA YOUNG ADULT & ADOLESCENT SUPPORT. CANDLELIGHTERS PROVIDES A MONTHLY SUPPORT GROUP FOR YOUNG ADULTS MODERATED BY A SOCIAL WORKER, ALONG WITH PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND OTHER SUPPORT TO YOUNG ADULTS.

    Expenses $3,120

As filed on the 2025 return.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • LORI MITTS

    HIGHEST COMPENSATED EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $67,600
    From this org
    $67,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • BEVERLEY TIDWELL

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $24,960
    From this org
    $24,960
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • JOHN HUTTER MD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • LETICIA SALDIVAR

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • CAMBRI SANDERS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • MARIAN HAND

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • MICHAEL STROMENGER

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • JENNIFER WILLIAMSON

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • SONIA ECONOMOU

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $314,317
    Expenses
    $193,085
    Contributions
    $307,201
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $237,573
    Expenses
    $170,031
    Contributions
    $127,407
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $237,572
    Expenses
    $170,033
    Contributions
    $231,220
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $160,680
    Expenses
    $102,118
    Contributions
    $158,009
    Grants paid
    not reported
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $117,428
    Expenses
    $72,826
    Contributions
    $117,414
    Grants paid
    not reported

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $79,126
    Expenses
    $73,493
    Assets (EOY)
    $141,950

  • 2020 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $89,793
    Expenses
    $51,462
    Assets (EOY)
    $136,317

  • 2019 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $98,860
    Expenses
    $81,393
    Assets (EOY)
    $97,986

  • 2010 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $28,487
    Expenses
    $43,923
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,691

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2015

Tax period
1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015
Principal officer
David Forbes
Mailing address
PO Box 42436Tucson AZ 85733
Website
www.candlelightersaz.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 19 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.