OVER $13.1MILLION  GIVEN TO

8 AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS & FAMILIES TO DATE June2011

Who are we:

In Australia there is only one 'Kids with Cancer Foundation' although many other children's charities will use our name in an attempt to benefit their own cause.  Kids with Cancer Foundation (Australia) Limited is the only children's cancer charity that has achieved such milestones.  The funds we raise from our own fundraising and the wonderful donations we receive from the public are not locked away, they are used for the purpose for which they were given, kids with cancer.

The Foundation is a Public Benevolent Institution (PBI), a status granted by the Australian Tax Office (ATO).  Kids with Cancer Foundation (Australia) Limited, is an incorporated public company limited by guarantee, a non-profit charitable entity.

The ATO describes a Public Benevolent Institution as follows:

• A Public Benevolent Institution is an institution established and carried on for the relief of poverty, sickness, suffering, distress, misfortune, destitution or helplessness, and

• A Public Benevolent Institution makes its services available without discrimination to every member of the public which the organisation aims to benefit, and

• A Public Benevolent Institution is administered for the public good without purpose of private gain, and

• A Public Benevolent Institution provides direct relief for the benefit of a disadvantaged section of the public

Kids with Cancer Foundation received Australian Tax Office 'Deductible Gift Recipient' status (DGR) from the beginning and all donations over $2 are tax deductible.  The Foundation as a Public Benevolent Institution is also endorsed by the ATO as an income exempt charitable organisation. 

We are a small independent children's charity.  We have no affiliation with any single children's hospital quite the reverse, as we have donated to eight separate hospitals so far and are keen to challenge ourselves to do much more.  We receive no Government assistance and have no corporate sponsors, the funds we raise come from our own efforts.  We raise the majority of our funds, by conducting continuous, successful lotteries (art unions/ raffles) 7 days a week all year round. We have marketed our $2 tickets through shopping centres in NSW, the ACT and  in Victoria, and it's the profits from these lotteries that we are able to pass on to benefit the children. 

Our head office staff do all things possible by taking on additional tasks that would normally be out sourced at further expense.

We have been granted 'Founder' status of 'The Children's Hospital at Westmead'.  'We are an original Inductee into Sydney Children's Hospital's 'Hall of Champions (their highest level of supporters) and at 'Monash Medical Centre' (Monash Children's Hospital) in Victoria we are the 'Founding Patron' of the 'Children's Cancer Centre' CCC, which was built and fitted out entirely with our donation to Monash Children's (Southern Health) of $1.157million and forms part of the Victorian Government's Paediatric Integrated Cancer Service (PICS). 

Other hospitals to receive our funding:

• Adelaide Women's and Children's Hospital.

• John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle.

• The Royal Children's Hospital Brisbane.

• The Mater Children's Hospital Brisbane.

• Alice Springs Hospital.

Other hospitals where we have helped families with financial assistance:

• Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne

• Canberra Hospital

• Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth.

Kids with Cancer Foundation commenced in December 1997  with the aim to provide funding for: childhood cancer sufferers, their families and other institutions that assist children with cancer. 

Through the social workers in our children's hospitals we provide financial assistance to the families of children with cancer.  We have in the past paid for small things like car repairs and rental accommodation for country based families and larger amounts such as, funeral expenses for families who have lost a child to cancer.  Through the requests of paediatric oncologists in these hospitals we provide assistance directly to the hospitals, improving the care of young cancer sufferers. 

Donations and Bequests that go into our Gift Account are separate and once received (unlike most charities) have no management fees deducted. Funds from our Gift Account are able to be passed on 100% to family assistance. All our running expenses such as prizes, rents, wages, etc. are borne by the lotteries.  Many families who have a child with cancer will need to up-root the family and move to the city to be close to the hospital that is caring for the child.  Sometimes one or both parents may need to give up their job temporarily to be at their child's side during treatment.  The strain on a family member needing to go to work every day knowing their child is in a cancer ward is sometimes overwhelming.  On average a family is personally $20,000 out of pocket due to their child falling ill with cancer and the only way the family unit can remain together is through financial assistance.  As we are Kids with Cancer Foundation we only care for the littlest of children from new born babies to pre teens, we leave the adult and teenage care up to the many wonderful adult cancer charities.  When you make a donation to Kids with Cancer Foundation if you want you can select where you would like your donation to go:

• Family assistance, payment of bills etc.

• A child's funeral

• A children's hospital's oncology ward in your area