Solving Kids' Cancer Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
208735688
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
2125886624
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$615,134
Expenses
$651,279
Assets
$1,686,816
Liabilities
$109,127

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • KRISTI MCKAY (EXECUTIVE DI): $94,004 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Skc impacts children through the initiation of clinical research trials of investigative treatment strategies. Our vision is to continue expanding the armamentarium of effective and less toxic treartment strategies for pediatric oncologistcs to utilize, until long-term survival is a reality forvall children with high-risk solid tumors and brain tumors. To accomplish our mission, skc funds and advocates for breakthrough treatment options to improve survival outcomes for children with the most fatal pediatric cancers through collaborative partnerships with the research community and related nonprofit stakeholders.

What it reported doing in 2025

Skc leadership and scientific advisors survey, discuss, and prioritize the areas of greatest unmet needs within the pediatric cancer research landscape and develop specific programs to address them. (1) skc conceived and organized the 2025 care for rare global strategy forum, inviting the world's top experts in embryonal tumor with multilayered rosettes (etmr) and atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor (atrt), two rare and aggressive brain tumors that affect very young children. The objectives of the meeting were to facilitate the exchange of information around existing research projects and build collaborations across continents. (2) skc issued a call for proposals as a result of the care for rare strategy forum and awarded 600,000 in collaboration with partner charities to fund three promising pre-clinical projects to advance treatment options for etmr and atrt tumor types. (3) skc has advisory roles on national and international clinical trials consortia, regulatory bodies, multi stakeholder platform for pediatric cancer drug development, pharmaceutical companies, and builds collaborations with other nonprofits to advocate for and fund research. Skc reviews proposals for the nci funded children's oncology group and the department of defense rare cancer research programmatic panel. Skc was invited to serve on panels and present at seven scientific meetings in five countries. Skc co-authored several peer-reviewed journal articles and pediatric oncology textbook chapters. These roles give skc opportunity to influence research agendas and priorities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 77% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 73% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 72
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.3%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 69.6%; rating input score 70
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Fail
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99.7%; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -5.9%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.59; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.4%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.9% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.5% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4.1% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.3% of revenue deployed · 69.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $453K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $94K · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 37 of 38 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and grants
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 7 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 8 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 16/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 26/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.