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Stop Children's Cancer Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Gainesville, FL EIN: 59-2624901 Website

The mission of Stop Children's Cancer is the prevention, control and cure of childhood cancers. Funds are raised annually and awarded to selected research agencies.

Stop Children's Cancer Inc at a glance

In short: Stop Children's Cancer Inc gave $430K across 2 grants in 2025 (avg $215K), mostly in Florida. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$430,000
+115.0% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
2
+100.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$215,000
+7.5% vs 2024
Median grant
$215,000
Total assets
$2,201,322
+14.5% vs 2024
Primary geography
Florida (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Stop Children's Cancer Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 2 recipients in 2025

Univerisity of Florida Foundation: $400KUniverisity of FloridaFoundation$400KCamp Boggy Creek: $30KCamp Boggy Creek$30K

The largest 2025 recipient was Univerisity of Florida Foundation ($400K). Together the top 2 received $430K.

Grant Size Distribution

6 grants across all recorded years

1<$50K$50–100K2$100–250K3$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $250–500K range: 3 grants of 6 (50%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 2 itemized grants.

States

Cities

GainesvilleEustis

How Stop Children's Cancer Inc gives

  • Giving grew 72% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$200K$400K$600K1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 2 grants2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $200K (2021) to $430K (2025). In 2025 it made 2 grants totaling $430K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Univerisity of Florida Foundation Gainesville, FLTo fund salary in the pediatric clinical trial programs and fund research of childhood cancers at the university of Florida.$400,000
Camp Boggy Creek Eustis, FLFunding for Summer Nurses 2025, 2 Camps$30,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$2,201,322$756,225$555,653$430,0002$97,502
2024$1,922,828$517,447$321,931$200,0001$106,231
2023$1,738,879$630,251$497,029$300,0001$17,344
2022$1,445,769$483,724$365,205$250,0001$-5,828
2021$1,465,671$416,716$322,189$200,0001$85,767
2020$1,378,049$453,448$426,904$300,0001$20,941

About Stop Children's Cancer Inc

Based on IRS filings

Stop Children's Cancer Inc is a public charity, based in Gainesville, FL. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $2.2M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 2 grants totaling $430K. Net investment income was $98K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Stop Children's Cancer Inc is led by Larry Hartfield, President since 2025 (on filings since 2020); none of the 17 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Larry Hartfield

    President

    Vice President → President, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Becky De Marie

    Board Member

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Beth Flaitz

    Board Member

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Carolyne R. Freeman

    Board Member

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Cindy Smyder

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Howard Freeman

    Board Member

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jay Hutto

    Board Member

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jim Brandenburg

    Vice President

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jim Carnes

    Board Member

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Laurel Freeman

    Board Member

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lynn Bennett

    Secretary

    Board Member → Secretary, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Marc Spiwak

    Board Member

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mary Anne Westphal

    Board Member

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Pat Dooley

    Board Member

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Phyllis Baucom

    Board Member

    Secretary → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • James Quesenberry

    Vice President

    Board Member → Vice President, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • James Robertson

    Immediate Past President

    President → Immediate Past President, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (12)
  • Former: Storm Roberts (2020–2024) — Board Member
  • Former: Mac McCarty (2022–2024) — Board Member
  • Former: Billie Denunzio (2020–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Carolyn McCormick (2020–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Christopher Conner (2020–2021) — Past President
  • Former: Diane Biernacki (2020–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: James H. McCarty Jr. (2020–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Jim Robertson (2020–2021) — President
  • Former: Tom Collett (2020–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Bertram Hughes (2020) — Board Member
  • Former: Peter White (2020) — Board Member
  • Former: Robert Langford (2020) — Board Member

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Stop Children's Cancer Inc

How much does Stop Children's Cancer Inc give each year?

Stop Children's Cancer Inc gave $430K across 2 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $200K across 1 grant.

How large is Stop Children's Cancer Inc?

Stop Children's Cancer Inc reported $2.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $756K.

Where does Stop Children's Cancer Inc operate?

Stop Children's Cancer Inc has awarded grants in Florida.

What is Stop Children's Cancer Inc's EIN?

Stop Children's Cancer Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 59-2624901. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS November 15, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS December 9, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS December 13, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS December 16, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS November 17, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 7, 2026)
  7. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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