Pediatric Cancer Foundation
Donations deductiblePediatric Cancer Foundation's network
25 people11 organisationsi25 people and 11 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (25). Violet dotted lines (12) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
25 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 22 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 25 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melissa Heitzler Chair | Event Chair | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Stefanie Bartell Chair | Event Chair | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Alison Pepper Atanasio | Trustee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Allison Lean | Junior Comm. | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Amy Anderson | Trustee | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Courtney Schlesinger | Trustee | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Dina Cohen | Operations | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Dylan Posner | Trustee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Jamie Heiberger Harrison | Trustee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Jay Canell | Trustee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Jennifer Lewis | Company secretary | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Jenny Frank | Vice Preside | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Kelly Gibney | Medical Chai | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Laura Graffeo | Junior Comm. | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Marci Allen | Medical Chai | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Meredith Perl | Trustee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Michelle Sherman | Financial Di | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Mindy Shulman | Trustee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Nancy Joselson | Manager | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Neil Canell | Trustee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Pamela Strauss Peligri | Executive Di | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Sam Taubenfeld | Trustee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Sindie Schur | Trustee | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Taryn Kristal | President | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Wendy Cohen | Trustee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
22 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Allison Lean | Vice President | since 2023 |
| Amy Hirschhorn | Vice President | since 2019 |
| Bonnie Boilen | Vice President | since 2019 |
| Bonnie Shyer | President | 2018 |
| Debra Zeplin | Vice President | since 2019 |
| Denise Warshauer | Vice President | since 2019 |
| Jennifer Levkoff | Vice President | since 2021 |
| Jennifer Lewis | Company secretary | 2025 |
| Jenny Frank | Vice Preside | since 2024 |
| Jenny Frank Goldsmith | Vice President | since 2019 |
| Kelly Gibney | Medical Chai | 2025 |
| Laura Graffeo | Vice President | since 2023 |
| Lauren Robinson | President | 2019 |
| Marci Allen | Vice President | since 2023 |
| Melissa Heitzler | Vice President | since 2023 |
| Michelle Sherman | Financial Di | since 2024 |
| Pamela Strauss | President | since 2020 |
| Pamela Strauss Peligri | President | since 2023 |
| Stefanie Bartell | Company secretary | since 2024 |
| Stephanie Bartell-Zednik | Vice President | since 2019 |
| Suellen Singer | Vice President | since 2019 |
| Taryn Kristal | Vice President | since 2021 |
Pay and hours
year to 30 June 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pamela Strauss Peligri | Executive Di | 40 | $100k | ||
| Nancy Joselson | Manager | 20 | $46k | ||
| Dina Cohen | Operations | 20 | $26k | ||
| Taryn Kristal | President | 5 | $0 | ||
| Michelle Sherman | Financial Di | 5 | $0 | ||
| Marci Allen | Medical Cc | 5 | $0 | ||
| Stefanie Bartell | Secretary | 5 | $0 | ||
| Laura Graffeo | Junior Cc | 5 | $0 | ||
| Melissa Heitzler | Event Chair | 5 | $0 | ||
| Allison Lean | Junior Cc | 5 | $0 | ||
| Jenny Frank | Vice Preside | 5 | $0 | ||
| Alison Pepper Atanasio | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jay Canell | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Neil Canell | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Wendy Cohen | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kelly Gibney | Medical Chai | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jamie Heiberger Harrison | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jennifer Lewis | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Meredith Perl | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Dylan Posner | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Sindie Schur | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Mindy Shulman | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Sam Taubenfeld | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Amy Anderson | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Courtney Schlesinger | Trustee | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Pediatric Cancer Foundation
- EIN
- 237161550
- Address
- Po Box 654, Purchase, NY, 10577-0654
- State
- New York
- Mission
- Pediatric cancer foundation is a nonprofit charitable organization that raises funds for groundbreaking research and early phase clinical trials to eradicate childhood cancer. These trials are conducted by world renowned doctors at the hospitals supported by the orginization. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- G30Z Voluntary health associations and medical disciplines
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Voluntary Health Associations & Medical Disciplines
- Size band
- 7 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1970
- Principal officer
- Taryn Kristal (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 February 1972
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 5, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥2years on the filingsAlison Pepper Atanasio
≥2years on the filingsDylan Posner
≥2years on the filingsJamie Heiberger Harrison
≥2years on the filingsJay Canell
Latest return
year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $6m
- Total liabilities
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances
- $6m
- Contributions and grants received
- $923k
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Grants and similar paid out
- $899k
- Employees
- 0
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $813k | $1.6m | Deficit $764k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
Grants paid
10 listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Maria Fareri Children's Hospital | Research & equipment | $200k |
| Montefiore Medical Center | Research & equipment | $150k |
| Columbia University Irving Medical | Research & equipment | $125k |
| Nyu Grossman School of Medicine | Research & equipment | $109k |
| Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia | Research & equipment | $100k |
| The Icahn School of Medicine | Research & equipment | $75k |
| Johns Hopkins University | Research & equipment | $50k |
| The Research Institute | Research & equipment | $45k |
| University of Chicago Medicine | Research & equipment | $25k |
| Feinstein Institutes for Medical Re | Research & equipment | $20k |
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Pediatric Cancer Foundation likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: New York Department of State, active corporations (data.ny.gov n9v6-gdp6). Licence: New York open data terms of use. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- New York
- Entity type
- Domestic Not-For-Profit Corporation
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 8 December 1970
- Registered agent
- Legalinc Corporate Services Inc. (city and state not held)