GILDAS CLUB KANSAS CITY

EIN 20-0493511 KANSAS CITY, MO

Revenue 2024: $521,394
Expenses 2024: $570,460

Program services were 68.7% 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: 21 W 43RD ST

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 · 2024

Mission

GILDA'S CLUB KANSAS CITY UPLIFTS AND STRENGTHENS PEOPLE IMPACTED BY CANCER BY PROVIDING SUPPORT, FOSTERING COMPASSIONATE COMMUNITIES, AND BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS TO CARE... SO THAT EVERYONE IMPACTED BY CANCER RECEIVES THE SUPPORT THEY WANT AND NEED THROUGHOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O

EDUCATIONAL CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS: THESE ARE THE BACKBONE OF THE ORGANIZATION'S EVIDENCE-BASED MODEL. THESE INCLUDE THE "FRANKLY SPEAKING ABOUT CANCER" SERIES, WHICH FOCUSES ON SPECIFIC CANCER DIAGNOSES AS WELL AS OTHER TOPICS SUCH AS TALKING TO CHILDREN ABOUT CANCER AND MANAGING THE COST OF CARE. HEALTHY LIFESTYLE CLASSES INCLUDE NUTRITION, GENTLE EXERCISE, STRESS-REDUCTION, EXPRESSIVE ART AND OTHERS. SOME CLASSES ARE OFFERED IN SPANISH. ALL MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES ARE PROVIDED AND SESSIONS ARE FREE OF CHARGE TO PARTICIPANTS. EACH CLASS/WORKSHOP IS OVERSEEN BY A LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL, AS THERAPEUTIC OPPORTUNITIES OCCUR. THE EXECUTIVE AND PROGRAM DIRECTORS PROVIDE OUTREACH AND EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS TO COMMUNITY GROUPS.

Expenses $207,743 · Revenue $22,350
COUNSELING AND SUPPORT GROUPS: THE ORGANIZATION OFFERS PROFESSIONALLY FACILITATED SHORT-TERM COUNSELING AND SUPPORT GROUPS FOR ANYONE WITH ANY TYPE OF CANCER FROM ANY HEALTH SYSTEM. GROUPS INCLUDE LIVING WITH CANCER, CAREGIVERS, LIVING WITH LOSS, YOUNG ADULTS, AND MORE. THERE IS ALSO A GROUP CONDUCTED IN SPANISH. COUNSELING AND SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS FOR TREATMENT DECISIONS AND DISTRESS SCREENING ARE ALSO OFFERED. KID SUPPORT AND FAMILIES CONNECT INCLUDE A STRUCTURED CURRICULUM FOR CHILDREN AGES 4 TO 14 WHO HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER WITH CANCER. PROGRAM SPECIALISTS PROVIDE RESOURCE REFERRAL, ESPECIALLY TO THE UNINSURED AND UNDERINSURED.

Expenses $176,386 · Revenue $11,525
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS: IN THE SPIRIT OF THE ORGANIZATION'S NAMESAKE, GILDA RADNER, GCKC WAS ESTABLISHED AS A COMMUNITY OF SUPPORT. SOCIAL ACTIVITIES PROVIDE FAMILIES WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT TO OTHERS AND REALIZE THAT CANCER DOES NOT DEFINE ONE'S SELF. SOCIAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDE COMEDY NIGHTS, GAME NIGHTS, A NIGHT OF REMEMBRANCE AND MORE. LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ARE PRESENT AS THERAPEUTIC OPPORTUNITIES OCCUR. THE ORGANIZATION OPENS ITS CLUBHOUSE FOR COMMUNITY USE, OPEN HOUSE EVENTS, AND FOR OTHER CANCER SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS' USE.

Expenses $7,839

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

PAUL HERDTNER

BOARD MEMBER / CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
KATHY BENICH

BOARD MEMBER / SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
SHARON MCKIBBEN

BOARD MEMBER / TREASURY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JILL WALDMAN

BOARD MEMBER / VICE CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
BRENDA BUHRMESTER

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
STACY BUSCH

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
RON CHEN

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
IVAN CORTES

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
KEN DUMAS

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JULIA KLAAS

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
CARRIE LAVIN

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
BARBARA MILLARD

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
LEAH MOUNTAIN NEECE

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
ROCHINDA PICKENS

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DINAH SYKES

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
PAUL TITTERINGTON

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
CHARLIE WUNSCH

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JASON BENNETT

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
SIOBHAN MCLAUGHLIN LESLEY

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$123,387

From this org

$104,220

From related orgs

$0

Other

$19,167

Hours/week

80

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

2024

Revenue

$521,394

Expenses

$570,460

Contributions

$476,718

Grants paid

$0
2023

Revenue

$527,811

Expenses

$556,183

Contributions

$446,675

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$557,254

Expenses

$535,428

Contributions

$509,023

Grants paid

$0

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$521,394	$570,460	$476,718	$0
2023	$527,811	$556,183	$446,675	$0
2022	$557,254	$535,428	$509,023	$0

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

Revenue

$651,163

Expenses

$469,496

Assets (EOY)

$341,946
2020 · 990

Revenue

$443,574

Expenses

$450,146

Assets (EOY)

$229,763
2019 · 990

Revenue

$563,517

Expenses

$472,990

Assets (EOY)

$170,237
2018 · 990

Revenue

$376,840

Expenses

$443,472

Assets (EOY)

$75,992
2017 · 990

Revenue

$505,763

Expenses

$472,433

Assets (EOY)

$134,380
2016 · 990

Revenue

$332,205

Expenses

$393,448

Assets (EOY)

$94,652
2015 · 990

Revenue

$273,585

Expenses

$405,326

Assets (EOY)

$147,278
2014 · 990

Revenue

$279,888

Expenses

$402,236

Assets (EOY)

$285,698
2013 · 990

Revenue

$418,467

Expenses

$376,188

Assets (EOY)

$406,893
2012 · 990

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

$351,730

Assets (EOY)

$359,055

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$651,163	$469,496	$341,946
2020	990	$443,574	$450,146	$229,763
2019	990	$563,517	$472,990	$170,237
2018	990	$376,840	$443,472	$75,992
2017	990	$505,763	$472,433	$134,380
2016	990	$332,205	$393,448	$94,652
2015	990	$273,585	$405,326	$147,278
2014	990	$279,888	$402,236	$285,698
2013	990	$418,467	$376,188	$406,893
2012	990	not reported	$351,730	$359,055

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

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

HEALTH FORWARD FOUNDATION

$47,057

2022 CANCER EDUCATION AND SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITIES NEEDING US MOST
BJC HEALTH SYSTEM

$30,000

2024 SUPPORT FOR CANCER PATIENT'S EDUCATION, COUNSELING, AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
SAINT LUKES HEALTH SYSTEM INC

$25,000

2023 COMMUNITY SUPPORT
GREATER KANSAS CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

$21,529

2024 Health, Medicine & Science
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION

$17,500

2024 EXPANDING ACCESS TO CARE - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
JACKSON COUNTY COMMUNITY CHILDRENS SERVICE FUND

$14,504

2023 GILDA'S CLUB KC CHILDREN, TEEN, AND FAMILY PROGRAMMING
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION

$13,950

2023 EDUCATION & SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR JACKSON COUNTY CANCER PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS
JACKSON COUNTY COMMUNITY CHILDRENS SERVICE FUND

$13,714

2022 CHILDREN, TEENS AND FAMILY EXPANSION
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

$7,800

2024 HEALTH
SHAWNEE MISSION MEDICAL CENTER INC

$7,000

2024 GENERAL SUPPORT

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 23 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.