Starlight Children's Foundation
Meets Standards
Standards For Charity Accountability
Governance
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Board Oversight
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Board Size
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Board Meetings
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Board Compensation
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Conflict of Interest
Measuring Effectiveness
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Effectiveness Policy
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Effectiveness Report
Finances
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Program Expenses
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Fundraising Expenses
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Accumulating Funds
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Audit Report
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Detailed Expense Breakdown
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Accurate Expense Reporting
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Budget Plan
Fundraising & Info
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Truthful Materials
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Annual Report
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Website Disclosures
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Donor Privacy
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Cause Marketing Disclosures
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Complaints
Starlight Children's Foundation meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.
Stated Purpose:
"The mission of Starlight Children's Foundation is to deliver happiness to seriously ill children and their families."
Year, State Incorporated:
1983, CA
Starlight delivers happiness to seriously ill children by offering its network of more than 800 children's hospitals and other health care facilities in the US a menu of complimentary programs and services. These include Starlight Virtual Reality, Starlight Gaming, Starlight Hospital Wear, Starlight Deliveries, and Starlight Spaces, as well as free e-commerce that its hospitals can use to request and order Starlight programs and donated products.
For the year ended December 31, 2018, Starlight Children's Foundation's program expenses were:
| Total Program Expenses | $12,782,190 |
| Total Program Expenses | $12,782,190 |
Chief Executive
Adam Garone, CEO
Compensation*
$29,000,000
Chair of the Board
Cara Natterson
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Pediatrician
Board Size
14
This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.
The following information is based on Starlight Children's Foundation's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018.
Programs: 89% Fundraising: 6% Administrative: 6%
| Total Income | $0 |
| Total expenses: | $14,392,014 |
| Program expenses | $12,782,190 |
| Fundraising expenses | $817,896 |
| Administrative expenses | $791,928 |
| Other expenses | $0 |
| Income in Excess of Expenses | $-14,392,014 |
| Beginning Net Assets | $7,160,437 |
| Other Changes In Net Assets | $0 |
| Ending Net Assets | $10,380,557 |
| Total Liabilities | $1,067,200 |
| Total Assets | $11,447,757 |
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