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Helping Sick kids since 2004
Our organization was founded by Michael McCauley when he fought his way through a brain tumor in 2004. Michael survived that but lost his battle to leukemia in 2020. We continue his work to help children battling life-threatening illnesses, by providing toys and games that help families endure long hospital stays.
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hospital donations
Some of the 3,000 boxes delivered in 2020 & 2021
hospital donations
One of our 100 Kindles donated to a happy Boredom Busters customer: Reese from Kentucky.
Marcie received over $7,000 in birthday fundraiser donations from our generous donors, to fund this special project.
hospital donations
Some of the 3,000 boxes delivered in 2020 & 2021
hospital donations
Since 2004, Boredom Busters has delivered over 8,000 Boredom Busters boxes and bags to hospitals all over the US East Coast, including Johns Hopkins, Duke Medical Center, Childrens' Hospital of Washington, Long Island Jewish and Fairfax Inova Hospital. Ronald McDonald Houses across the contry are one of our favorite beneficiaries.
Some of the 3,000 boxes delivered in 2020 & 2021
Some of the 3,000 boxes delivered in 2020 & 2021
Some of the 3,000 boxes delivered in 2020 & 2021
Through your generosity, we have raised over $200,000 since April 2020. We have delivered over 3,000 boxes to 60 hospitals and Ronald McDonald Houses across the country. After a brief rest in January, we are now hard at work again.
We are proud to serve the NIH & their patients
We are proud to serve the NIH & their patients
Some of the 3,000 boxes delivered in 2020 & 2021
The NIH has been doing groundbreaking research for 50+ years, and provide dedicated services to young children fighting cancer and other diseases. We are thrilled to contribute in a small way to their mission.
We are proud to be highly efficient
We are proud to serve the NIH & their patients
We are proud to be highly efficient
We have completed our IRS Form 990 for 2021. We are proud to report receiving over $180,000 in donations and delivering over $80,000 in Boredom Busters bags. We only spent $3,290 on non-program expenses - almost all printing and postage. No salaries, no rent, no fundraising expenses. We have a lot of work to do to turn your generosity into many more BB bags for our young patients.
Still efficient - 2023 tax return
We are proud to serve the NIH & their patients
We are proud to be highly efficient
We remain efficient, paying no salaries and minimizing our non-program expenses.
Our mission is to make a difference, not a profit. Many non-profits need to have a large staff and pay salaries and benefits. We are fortunate not to have to do this, so 98 cents out of every dollar we raise goes to the kids. And the other couple cents is mostly postage to mail Boredom Busters bags around the country.