St Baldricks Foundation INC FY2021 filing

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Monrovia, CA501(c)(3)Since 2004Foundations & GrantmakersEIN 20-1173824Revenue $19.5M in FY2021

On file with the IRSstbaldricks.org1333 S Mayflower Ave Ste 400, 91016-5268 · Monrovia, CATax-exempt since Dec 2004Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Funding childhood cancer research to cure children and give survivors long & healthy lives.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
58¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$806K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
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IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $302K a year · 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
58%
of spending
Worth a look: 58% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$806K
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
14 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 13.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
6
named funders · $145K
Looks good: 6 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$12.0M
58% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 58% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
12
of 13 voting members
Looks good: 12 of 13 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$19.5M
-26% vs prior year
Spent
$16.4M
To programs
58%
Net assets
$8.8M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$19.5M
FY2021▼ -26%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$26.3M
FY2021$19.5M
FY2022$22.6M
FY2023$23.9M
FY2024$23.3M
FY2025$23.9M
Expenses
$16.4M
FY2021▼ -52%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$33.8M
FY2021$16.4M
FY2022$21.2M
FY2023$22.6M
FY2024$22.8M
FY2025$24.5M
Net assets
$8.8M
FY2021▲ +31%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$6.7M
FY2021$8.8M
FY2022$10.1M
FY2023$11.5M
FY2024$12.0M
FY2025$11.3M

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending June 2021) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 2004.

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Where the money goes

58 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 58% · $9.6M Management & general 9% · $1.4M Fundraising 33% · $5.4M

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

18 people listed on the 990; $806K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
$201,141Pt VII · Sec A
$198,902Pt VII · Sec A
CMO/Cdo/Sec
$177,035Pt VII · Sec A
Dir of Technology
$126,200Pt VII · Sec A
Cdo (thru 06/20)
$102,225Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member (thru 01/21)
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kathleen Ruddy’s $263K as CEO is at the 59th percentile of top reported officer pay among 661 $10–100M philanthropy & grantmaking nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Kathleen Ruddy$263,207$257,408$251,423$251,669$198,902$261,952
Jennifer McCabe$209,739$204,940$200,213$201,781$201,141$204,766
Rebecca Weaver$193,805$185,229$176,018$175,974$177,035$184,669
Anja Kloch————$102,225$177,930
Mark Arredondo$165,235$162,079$159,392$151,396$126,200—
Jessica Strange—————$122,376
Mariela Castillo$117,093$109,941$103,486———
Rosalie Abbott$111,575—————

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Funds childhood cancer research grants, trains pediatric oncology researchers, and advocates for policies to help find cures and support survivors.

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1 program · $9.6M · in their own filed words · FY2020
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The ST. Baldrick's foundation is the largest non-government funder of childhood cancer research grants. With a rigorous scientific review process, these grant types were funded: next generation TRAINING/RESEARCH: fellowships, scholars & international scholars. Discovery research: infrastructure, research.

$9.6Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 6 funders$145K
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Grants paid · 316 grants · $85.1M · 2019–2024
Johns Hopkins UniversityMD · FY2024$1,068,135
St Jude Children's Research Hospital INCFY2024$660,000
National Cancer InstituteFY2024$526,822
Seattle Children's HospitalWA · FY2024$525,000
Children's Hospital Los AngelesFY2024$407,500
University of Mississippi Medical CenterFY2024$335,000
Washington UniversityMO · FY2024$334,934
Indiana UniversityIN · FY2024$330,000
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterFY2024$330,000
Baylor College of MedicineTX · FY2024$260,000
Emory UniversityGA · FY2024$205,000
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By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$19.5M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$17.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$2.0M
Money outPt IX
$16.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$9.6M
Managementcol C$1.4M
Fundraisingcol D$5.4M
Owns and owesPt X
$8.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$18.9M
Total assetsLn 16$20.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$12.0M
PeoplePt VI, VII
18
listed · VII A
PaidVII A5
Voting boardVI 1a13
IndependentVI 1b12
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$17.5M
Government grantsLn 1e$1.0M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$24K
Investment incomeLn 3$2.0M
Gains on assetsLn 7$1.8M
Total revenueLn 12$19.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$763K
SavingsLn 2$18.1M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$18.9M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$6K
Other assetsLn 15$1.3M
Total assetsLn 16$20.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$12.0M
Net assetsLn 32$8.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 566
VolunteersI 641,382
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$16.5M$18.9M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$13.2M$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$29K$6K
Total assetsLn 16$32.0M$20.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$25.4M$12.0M
Net assetsLn 32$6.7M$8.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$6.8M$6.8M
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$922K$922K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$684K$204K$316K$164K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2.3M$513K$354K$1.4M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$79K$18K$12K$49K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$396K$89K$86K$221K
Payroll taxesLn 10$201K$49K$45K$107K
Management feesLn 11a$7K$2K$2K$2K
Legal feesLn 11b$7K$7K
Accounting feesLn 11c$31K$23K$8K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$150K$150K
Investment management feesLn 11f$39K$39K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$74K$29K$2K$43K
Information technologyLn 14$2.0M$236K$334K$1.4M
OccupancyLn 16$443K$107K$100K$235K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$26K$26K$412
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$628K$31K$49K$548K
InsuranceLn 23$63K$5K$33K$25K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.6M$412K$30K$1.2M
Total functional expensesLn 25$16.4M$9.6M$1.4M$5.4M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $23.9M$24.5M−$639K$11.3M 990 PDF
FY2024 $23.3M$22.8M$489K$12.0M 990 PDF
FY2023 $23.9M$22.6M$1.3M$11.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 $22.6M$21.2M$1.4M$10.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $19.5M$16.4M$3.2M$8.8M 990 PDF
FY2020 $26.3M$33.8M−$7.5M$6.7M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $19,517,566 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $25,145,310$17,486,300
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,161,175$2,031,266
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $26,306,485$19,517,566
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $21,449,061$7,695,267
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $4,820,419$3,631,603
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $7,557,031$5,040,201
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $33,826,511$16,367,071
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$7,520,026$3,150,495
Part VI · Governance 12 of 13 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body13
VI-1b Independent voting members12
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $19,517,566 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$1,008,715
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$16,477,585
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$24,327
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$17,486,300
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $221,813$221,813
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $1,809,453$1,809,453
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $2,031,266$19,517,566
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $16,367,071 across 19 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $6,773,044$6,773,044
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $922,223$922,223
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $203,618 · Management $316,138 · Fundraising $163,941$683,697
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $513,057 · Management $354,204 · Fundraising $1,404,405$2,271,666
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $18,000 · Management $11,956 · Fundraising $49,317$79,273
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $89,403 · Management $86,264 · Fundraising $220,561$396,228
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $48,646 · Management $45,369 · Fundraising $106,724$200,739
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $2,387 · Management $2,046 · Fundraising $2,387$6,820
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $7,229$7,229
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $23,156 · Fundraising $7,719$30,875
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $150,000$150,000
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $38,831$38,831
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $28,839 · Management $1,801 · Fundraising $42,946$73,586
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $236,253 · Management $334,354 · Fundraising $1,398,249$1,968,856
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $107,307 · Management $100,078 · Fundraising $235,423$442,808
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $25,665 · Fundraising $412$26,077
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $30,988 · Management $48,993 · Fundraising $548,056$628,037
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $4,575 · Management $33,337 · Fundraising $25,415$63,327
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $411,759 · Management $29,805 · Fundraising $1,162,191$1,603,755
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $9,565,764 · Management $1,433,561 · Fundraising $5,367,746$16,367,071
Part X · Balance sheet $20,802,666 assets, 18 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $2,374,997$762,738
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $14,135,049$18,127,000
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $448,942$381,323
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $496,876$268,123
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $29,374$6,011
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $6,328,383$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $6,879,321$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,345,097$1,257,471
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $32,038,039$20,802,666
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $582,295$354,297
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $24,396,736$11,514,499
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $175,800$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $198,969$168,019
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $25,353,800$12,036,815
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $4,541,193$7,712,826
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $2,143,046$1,053,025
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $6,684,239$8,765,851
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $32,038,039$20,802,666
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $8,765,851 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$19,517,566
XI-2 Total expenses$16,367,071
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$3,150,495
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$6,684,239
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$1,068,883
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$8,765,851

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