Cookies for Kids Cancer

Analysis

Cookies for Kids Cancer is a registered charity in United States, based in Califon, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover diseases, disorders and medical disciplines, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Cookies for Kids Cancer reported income of $2.9m and spending of $3.1m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $3.7m to $2.9m (-20%), an average of -5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Cookies for Kids Cancer sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include West Virginia Drug Intervention Institute Inc ($2.9m), Chads Coalition for Mental Health ($2.9m) and Ronald McDonald House Charities in Omaha Inc ($2.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 61% and program service revenue 50% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $170k (5.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $463k. At year end it held assets of $3.6m against liabilities of $864k, net assets of $2.8m. It reported 8 employees.