Children’s Cancer Fund champions kids in their fight against cancer through strategic investments in research and care in North Texas. We are a nonprofit organization based in Dallas, Texas that generates funds through several fundraising events throughout the year and private donations.
Children’s Cancer Fund of Dallas inc concentrates its grantmaking on pediatric cancer research and care in North Texas, pairing large research investments with program support for children receiving treatment. The most recent grants on file are all directed to Children’s Medical Foundation in Dallas for cancer research fund support, including awards of $2,121,235 and $2,000,267 in 2025. That same pattern extends across prior years, where similarly sized grants supported the same research fund. Beyond research, the foundation also supports care programs tied to the Pauline Allen Gill Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Children’s Health and to UT Southwestern Medical Center. Its funding reaches child life services, bereavement support, mental health services, and therapeutic programs such as art, music, and pet therapy. The foundation also uses endowments to provide perpetual support for designated programs, indicating a long-term approach to sustaining pediatric oncology services rather than one-time project funding. Leadership is listed under Jennifer Arthur, and the organization reports funding through private donations and fundraising events.
Pediatric cancer research is a central part of the foundation’s work. It gave $2,121,235 to Children’s Medical Foundation for cancer research fund support, and another $1,515,000 to the same grantee for the same purpose. The foundation also supports clinical research at the Pauline Allen Gill Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Children’s Health and with investigators at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Beyond research, it funds child life services at Children’s Health and the Gill Center, including specialists, toys, games, art supplies, and activity packs. It also backs bereavement services for patients, families, staff, and the community, alongside mental health services for pediatric oncology patients as part of a strategic initiative to care for the whole child. Therapeutic programming is another recurring theme, with support for art therapy, music therapy, and pet therapy.
Typical grant size is large: the 25th percentile is $1,420,000, the median is $1,515,000, and the 75th percentile is $1,818,118. The top recent awards are over $2 million, which sits above the stated median. Grantmaking is highly recurring rather than one-off: the same recipient appears across multiple years in the recent grants list, and the foundation also describes several ongoing program lines such as child life support, bereavement funding, clinical research grants, and endowments. It funds as a nonprofit foundation rather than through individual gifts, and it does not make program-related investments. Unsolicited applications are not accepted for the active programs listed.
$4.1M
$390K
$2.3M
$2.4M
Most grants fall between $1.4M and $1.8M, with a median of $1.5M.
25th Percentile
$1.4M
Median
$1.5M
75th Percentile
$1.8M
About 100% of grants go to recipients in TX.
JENNIFER ARTHUR
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Grantmaking is local and entirely Texas-based in the data provided. Every listed grant recipient is in Dallas, TX, and the recipient-country distribution is 100% US. The foundation’s active programs also point to North Texas, Children’s Health, the Gill Center, and UT Southwestern Medical Center as core places of activity. The geography is consistent across research, child life, bereavement, and therapeutic support, with Dallas appearing as the recurring recipient location.
It focuses on pediatric cancer research and care in North Texas. Recent and active programs include cancer research fund support, clinical research at Children’s Health and UT Southwestern Medical Center, child life services, bereavement support, mental health services, and therapeutic programs such as art, music, and pet therapy.
The grant-size distribution is large: the 25th percentile is $1,420,000, the median is $1,515,000, and the 75th percentile is $1,818,118. The recent awards listed also include grants above $2 million.
The geographic scope is local, and the recipient-country distribution is 100% US. In the grants shown, recipients are in Dallas, TX, and the active program geography points to North Texas.
The pattern is recurring. The same recipient appears in multiple recent years, and the active grant programs include ongoing support lines such as child life services, clinical research grants, bereavement funding, mental health initiative funding, and endowments.
The active programs listed do not accept unsolicited requests. That appears across the child life, therapeutic, clinical research, patient care, and endowment program entries.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Medical Foundation | Dallas, TX | $2,121,235 | 2025 | cancer research fund support |
| Children's Medical Foundation | Dallas, TX | $2,000,267 | 2025 | cancer research fund support |
| Children's Medical Foundation | Dallas, TX | $1,515,000 | 2023 | cancer research fund support |
| Children's Medical Foundation | Dallas, TX | $1,325,000 | 2023 | cancer research fund support |
Children's Medical Foundation
$2,121,235cancer research fund support
Children's Medical Foundation
$2,000,267cancer research fund support
Children's Medical Foundation
$1,515,000cancer research fund support
Children's Medical Foundation
$1,325,000cancer research fund support