EIN 13-3442216

Encourage Kids Foundation

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
6
Year formed
1987
Most recent tax filings
2022-12-01
NTEE code, primary
Description
The Encourage Kids Foundation helps seriously ill children and their families cope with their pain, fear and isolation by making hospitals a better place to get better through entertainment, education and family activities. Working in concert with hospital staff, the Foundation offers a unique hospital program that provides psychosocial support for patients throughout their hospital partners. This program includes creative arts therapies such as music, art and dance therapy, adapted yoga sessions for profoundly disabled children, sensory therapy, wheelchair accessible vehicles, and more.
Also known as...
Starlight Childrens Foundation Ny NJ CT
Total revenues
$1,851,193
2022
Total expenses
$1,685,173
2022
Total assets
$2,370,006
2022
Num. employees
6
2022

Program areas at Encourage Kids Foundation

Escapes program: escapes are family activities and outings that are offered regularly to give children and their families a chance to have fun together away from the hospital so they can relax, regroup and return home with a renewed sense of strength and hope. Due to covid, these activities were all held virtually and still offered families connection and fun during an extremely isolating and stressful time.
Pediatric hospital support: this unique hospital program, now in its 19th year supports creative arts therapies including music, art and dance therapy, adapted yoga sessions for profoundly disabled children, sensory therapy, wheelchair accessible vehicles, recreational playrooms, horticulture therapy, a video artist-in-residence project, and many other creative projects that enhance the lives of hospitalized children.
Hospital happenings: working in concert with hospital staff, the Foundation offers a unique hospital program that provides psychosocial support for patients throughout our hospital partners. Hospital happenings help ease the loneliness, fear, and boredom that accompany hospital stays. Specialized hospital happenings include:clown program - children suffering from a wide range of illnesses have come to rely on weekly visits from clowns for large doses of happiness. For many years, medical professionals have recognized that those patients who maintained a positive mental attitude and shared laughter responded better to treatment. During covid, these visits transitioned to virtual when possible.

Grants made by Encourage Kids Foundation

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
Mount Sinai HospitalKidzone TV$50,000
New York-Presbyterian FundContinuation of Music Therapy Program$35,000
Children of BellevueMusical Therapist$29,120
...and 6 more grants made

Who funds Encourage Kids Foundation

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
The Feil Family FoundationChildrens Educational Programs$75,000
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor Grant Recipient's Exempt Purposes$61,400
Mother Cabrini Health FoundationStrengthening Coping Mechanisms in the Hospital Setting for Children With Suicide Ideations$60,000
...and 16 more grants received

Personnel at Encourage Kids Foundation

NameTitleCompensation
Michele Hall-DuncanPresident and Chief Executive Officer / Executive Director$70,125
Tony FinemanTreasurer$0
Mary KrayeskeSecretary$0
Joseph WesselyBoard Chair / Chairman / Executive Vice President and Treasurer$0
Joan PalermoVice Chair / Member of Board$0
...and 1 more key personnel

Financials for Encourage Kids Foundation

RevenuesFYE 12/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$1,161,535
Program services$0
Investment income and dividends$7,640
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$49,051
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$-196,301
Net income from fundraising events$827,768
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$1,500
Total revenues$1,851,193

Form 990s for Encourage Kids Foundation

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-122023-11-15990View PDF
2021-122022-11-15990View PDF
2020-122021-12-16990View PDF
2019-122021-02-22990View PDF
2018-122019-10-31990View PDF
...and 10 more Form 990s

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Data update history
January 19, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
December 29, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
December 23, 2023
Received grants
Identified 2 new grant, including a grant for $15,000 from The Abner Rosen Foundation
August 19, 2023
Received grants
Identified 15 new grant, including a grant for $140,000 from Mother Cabrini Health Foundation
July 14, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
Nonprofit Types
Grantmaking organizationsDisease research fundraisersPublic health orgsHealth organizationsCharities
Issues
HealthHuman servicesChildren
Characteristics
Conducts researchFundraising eventsNational levelReceives government fundingGala fundraisersFundraising races, competitions, and tournamentsTax deductible donations
General information
Address
1560 Broadway 600
New York, NY 10036
Metro area
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
Website URL
encourage-kids.org/ 
Phone
(212) 354-2878
IRS details
EIN
13-3442216
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1987
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
E86: Patient Services
NAICS code, primary
813212: Health and Disease Research Fundraising Organizations
Parent/child status
Independent
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