Nonprofit · EIN 75-2641482
CLAYTON DABNEY FOUNDATION FOR KIDS WITH CANCER
Tax-exempt · DALLAS, TX 75209
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $1,161,454 | $1,499,423 | -$337,969 | $925,432 | $305,096 | $620,336 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $1,451,937 | $1,487,948 | -$36,011 | $1,226,196 | $267,891 | $958,305 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $1,440,325 | $1,419,694 | $20,631 | $1,385,880 | $391,564 | $994,316 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $734,549
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $31,934
- Net income from fundraising events
- $316,521
- Net income from gaming
- $78,450
- Other revenue
- $394,971
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $993,242
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $123,360
- Other salaries and wages
- $174,578
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $346,876
- Professional fundraising fees
- $25,771
- Accounting fees
- $20,941
- Occupancy
- $32,927
- Travel
- $3,472
- Depreciation
- $1,892
- Program services (functional)
- $1,255,530
- Management and general (functional)
- $94,199
- Fundraising (functional)
- $149,694
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,226,196
- Total assets, end of year
- $925,432
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $305,096
- Net assets, end of year
- $620,336
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $3,783
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $620,336
- Gross receipts
- $1,416,915
- Employees
- 4
- Volunteers
- 74
- Year formed
- 1995
- State of legal domicile
- TX
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| LESLIE FICKE | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Highest-paid employee | 40 | $123,360 |
| ANDREW PINKERTON | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| JENNIFER MANESS | VICE CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| DANIEL CULLINS | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| ERIN ADAMS | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| BROOKE ARMSTRONG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ROBBIE BATY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SKYLER BATY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DANIEL BOWERSMD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ROBERT CARTER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRANDI CHALMERS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARGARET DABNEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JESSICA DALE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RYAN DALE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHRISTINE DANUSER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
35 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUDSON DONHAM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARY ANNE DUNNE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| STEVE EWING | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOSHUA FURRH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| WHITNEY FURRH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ALI GREENWOOD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| AMY GRISSEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ERIC HAGE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BOWEN HENDRIX | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| FAUST HIGGINS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHELSEA HUNT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ELIZABETH HUNT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RICK JONES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LEE KOONS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SHELBY KOONS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRIAN LANDRU | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MICHAEL LEE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| HOLT MARTIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| FRANKLIN MATUTE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| AMY MCEVOY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BLAIR MERCER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| STEPHANIE MERCER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| AUSTIN MILLER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RYAN MILLER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| GENNY MONTGOMERY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RONNIE PRUITT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| EMILY PYLE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAVID ROSS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MALCOM ROSS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOE SILVER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RACHEL STEPHENS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRIAN SULLIVAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MEG VERRET | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JENNIFER WALTERS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CLAUDIA WILLIAMS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 43 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| LESLIE FICKE | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Highest-paid employee | 40 | $123,474 |
| ALI GREENWOOD | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| AMY GRISSEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| AMY MCEVOY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ROBERT CARTER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANDREW PINKERTON | VICE CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| BLAIR MERCER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BOWEN HENDRIX | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BROOKE ARMSTRONG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CATHY MARTIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHAD BARRETT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DANIEL BOWERSMD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DANIEL CULLINS | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| DAVID ROSS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ELIZABETH HUNT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| GENNY MONTGOMERY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| EMILY PYLE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DEREN WILCOX | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| HOLT MARTIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LAURA WILCOX | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JENNIFER MANESS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ROBBIE BATY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOE HICKMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOSHUA FURRH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JEFF WILLIAMS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LEE KOONS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MALCOM ROSS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARY ANNE DUNNE | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| MARY GRACE MEWETT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RICK JONES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RYAN DALE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RYAN MILLER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| STEPHANIE MERCER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| WEST MILLER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ERIN ADAMS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ERIC HAGE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RONNIE PRUITT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ALEX MILLER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARGARET DABNEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| STEVE EWING | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| FAUST HIGGINS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHELSEA HUNT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RACHEL STEPHENS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 38 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| LESLIE FICKE | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Highest-paid employee | 40 | $118,974 |
| ALI GREENWOOD | VICE CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| AMY GRISSEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| AMY MCEVOY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ROBERT CARTER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANDREW PINKERTON | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| BLAIR MERCER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BOWEN HENDRIX | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BROOKE ARMSTRONG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CATHY MARTIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHAD BARRETT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DANIEL BOWERSMD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DANIEL CULLINS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAVID ROSS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ELIZABETH HUNT | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| GENNY MONTGOMERY | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| EMILY PYLE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DEREN WILCOX | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| HOLT MARTIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LAURA WILCOX | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JENNIFER MANESS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JENNY SAPHIER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOE HICKMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOSHUA FURRH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JEFF WILLIAMS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LEE KOONS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MALCOM ROSS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARY ANNE DUNNE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARY GRACE MEWETT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RICK JONES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RYAN DALE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RYAN MILLER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| STEPHANIE MERCER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| WEST MILLER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ERIN ADAMS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ERIC HAGE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RONNIE PRUITT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ALEX MILLER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 4300 MACARTHUR AVE STE 205, DALLAS, TX 75209-6566
- In care of
- % SCOTT DABNEY
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- LESLIE FICKE, 4300 MACARTHUR AVENUE 205, DALLAS, TX 75209
- Signed the 990
- LESLIE FICKE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (214) 361-2600
- Website
- WWW.CLAYTONDABNEY.ORG
- Return prepared by
- FARMER FUQUA & HUFF PC
Mission
CLAYTON DABNEY FOR KIDS WITH CANCER PROVIDES ANONYMOUS ASSISTANCE TO FINANCIALLY STRUGGLING FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY WITH CHILDREN IN THE FINAL STAGES OF TERMINAL CANCER, ALLOWING THEM TO CREATE EVERLASTING MEMORIES WITH THEIR CHILD.
Program accomplishments
- THE FOUNDATION SELECTED CHILDREN WHO HAD TERMINAL CANCER AND WERE HOSPITALIZED OR SERVED BY HOSPICE IN THE UNITED STATES. DURING 2025, THE FOUNDATION HELPED THEM TO REALIZE THEIR WISHES BY 1) PAYING RENT AND UTILITY BILLS FOR FINANCIALLY NEEDY FAMILIES 2) PROVIDING FUNDS FOR UPGRADES TO HOMES TO HELP THE CHILDREN BE MORE COMFORTABLE 3) PROVIDING SHOPPING SPREES AND FAMILY VACATIONS 4) PROVIDING FUNDS TO THE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER DALLAS FOR THE FAMILY RETREATS FOR PATIENTS OF THE PAULINE ALLEN GILL CENTER FOR CANCER AND BLOOD DISORDERS. DURING 2025, THE FOUNDATION DIRECTLY HELPED APPROXIMATELY 405 FAMILIES.Expenses $1,255,530 · grants $993,242
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 75-2641482
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1996
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Human services (P58)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $925,432
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,416,915
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $1,161,454 | $1,499,423 | $925,432 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $1,451,937 | $1,487,948 | $1,226,196 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2023 | $1,440,325 | $1,419,694 | $1,385,880 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $1,452,839 | $1,319,827 | $1,396,467 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 75-2641482).
Questions about CLAYTON DABNEY FOUNDATION FOR KIDS WITH CANCER
- What is the EIN of CLAYTON DABNEY FOUNDATION FOR KIDS WITH CANCER?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of CLAYTON DABNEY FOUNDATION FOR KIDS WITH CANCER is 75-2641482.
- Is CLAYTON DABNEY FOUNDATION FOR KIDS WITH CANCER tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1996.
- Are donations to CLAYTON DABNEY FOUNDATION FOR KIDS WITH CANCER tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does CLAYTON DABNEY FOUNDATION FOR KIDS WITH CANCER file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of CLAYTON DABNEY FOUNDATION FOR KIDS WITH CANCER due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did CLAYTON DABNEY FOUNDATION FOR KIDS WITH CANCER last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of CLAYTON DABNEY FOUNDATION FOR KIDS WITH CANCER?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names LESLIE FICKE.
- Who are the officers and directors of CLAYTON DABNEY FOUNDATION FOR KIDS WITH CANCER?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 50 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $123,360 (LESLIE FICKE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does CLAYTON DABNEY FOUNDATION FOR KIDS WITH CANCER have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,161,454, expenses of $1,499,423 and total assets of $925,432 at year end.
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