Wipe Out Kids' Cancer Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 751892051
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Dallas, TX, USA
- Phone
- 2148193916
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,729,744
- Expenses
- $1,704,956
- Assets
- $1,136,732
- Liabilities
- $145,394
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
21 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KRIS CUMNOCK (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- KRIS CUMNOCK (CEO): $216,304 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Wipe out kids cancer offers comfort and hope to kids with cancer through support programs serving the entire family and funds innovative research leading to new discoveries and treatments in the fight against pediatric cancer. "support and programs: support & programs...wokc refers to pediatric cancer patients as warriors to recognize their strength, resilience, and courage. We know, however, cancer impacts the entire family emotionally, socially, and financially. Thats why our warrior family programs are thoughtfully designed to support not just the patient, but every member of the family. The warrior parent socials program provides date night experiences (i.e., cooking classes, karaoke, game show competitions, etc.) for groups of parents who are navigating a pediatric cancer journey. This program not only helps couples reconnect (thus combating the elevated divorce rate for parents of critically ill children) but also helps organically foster peer support systems. Wokc's support to f
What it reported doing in 2024
Buddy bag program: a potential cancer diagnosis is almost always accompanied by an immediate and unexpected admission to a pediatric hospital, leaving families unprepared and without the items needed for a lengthy hospital stay. Buddy bags ease the sudden and uncomfortable transition from home or pediatricians office to hospital for both the child and parents and are filled with essentials including toiletries, cozy blanket and pillow, dining cards to ease the cost of hospital food, age- appropriate entertainment and electronics, games, toys, and an ipad to remain connected to school work and friends. The buddy bag is about more than practical items - it provides a sense of grounding in the midst of chaos. It reminds families that they are not alone, but that they are supported (when they need it most), and that wokc has anticipated their needs before they even know to ask for help. A pediatric cancer diagnosis changes everything - it turns life upside down in an instant. One moment, life is normal. The next, your child is being admitted to the hospital with a suspected or confirmed cancer diagnosis. There is little time to process what is happening and no time to go home and pack a bag. Suddenly, you are in a hospital room, facing the overwhelming weight of a pediatric cancer diagnosis... Empty-handed, unprepared, and emotionally shattered. Thats when wokcs signature buddy bag is introduced. ? More than just a bag delivered to the room by a child life specialist, wokcs buddy bag is more than just a rolling canvas suitcase filled with necessary itemsit truly is a much-needed lifeline. Thoughtfully filled with essential items that bring a measure of comfort, hope, and normalcy to both the child and their parent(s) at a time when they need it most. One mother said, "we had been inpatient for about three nights with no sleep, with a life-threatening diagnosis. My daughter finally got some rest and i couldn't sleep. I realized there was a real pillow in the buddy bag and i cried myself into the best sleep i had in three nights."
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 85% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 79% 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. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 71
- Accountability: 84
- Sustainability: 36
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 88%; rating input score 88
- Program expense ratio: 89%; rating input score 89
- Fundraising efficiency: $13.88 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.4%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.67; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 12.7%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 15.3% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13.3% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 88% of revenue deployed · 89% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 21 of 21 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $216K · 21 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 8 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: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 48/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 40/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 29/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 39/100.