Pennsylvania · Public charity
Alexs Lemonade Stand Foundation
The foundation's purpose is to change the lives of children with cancer through funding impactful research, raising awareness, supporting families, and empowering everyone to help cure childhood cancer.
- $20M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 58
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 46
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 4%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $19M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $190,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,317,893
- Organizations funded a year
- 46 to 77
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 25
- Total assets, FY2025
- $41M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 4% of the organizations Alexs Lemonade Stand Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $250k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
HealthEducationRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesMembership BenefitOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 52 | $18M | 12% |
| FY2024 | 46 | $17M | 4% |
| FY2023 | 51 | $18M | 6% |
| FY2022 | 46 | $15M | 4% |
| FY2021 | 47 | $14M | 9% |
| FY2020 | 55 | $7.6M | 9% |
| FY2019 | 69 | $16M | 10% |
| FY2018 | 77 | $15M | 19% |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Health$145MEducation$374k
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
VT
NH
WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
DE
AZ
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | $17,726,432 | 9 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $15,042,217 | 9 | 0% |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $9,596,622 | 9 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $9,261,887 | 9 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital Corporation | $8,255,537 | 9 | 0% |
| University of California San Francisco | $8,139,388 | 9 | n/a |
| Johns Hopkins University | $4,641,338 | 9 | 0% |
| Nationwide Childrens Hospital Inc | $3,189,352 | 9 | n/a |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | $2,598,100 | 9 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | $2,325,511 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 137 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | $17,726,432 | 9 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $15,042,217 | 9 | 0% |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $9,596,622 | 9 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $9,261,887 | 9 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital Corporation | $8,255,537 | 9 | 0% |
| University of California San Francisco | $8,139,388 | 9 | n/a |
| Johns Hopkins University | $4,641,338 | 9 | 0% |
| Nationwide Childrens Hospital Inc | $3,189,352 | 9 | n/a |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | $2,598,100 | 9 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | $2,325,511 | 6 | 0% |
| Washington University | $2,272,430 | 9 | 0% |
| The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Cente | $2,260,002 | 9 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $2,173,512 | 8 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | $1,958,461 | 6 | n/a |
| Augusta University Research Institute Inc | $1,609,492 | 8 | 1% |
| Emory University | $1,598,986 | 9 | 0% |
| University of Minnesota | $1,578,233 | 8 | n/a |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | $1,546,500 | 8 | 0% |
| New York University | $1,381,881 | 5 | 0% |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | $1,333,425 | 5 | 0% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $1,301,871 | 8 | n/a |
| Texas Tech University System | $1,266,001 | 5 | n/a |
| University of Massachusetts | $1,168,483 | 7 | n/a |
| University of Chicago | $1,136,636 | 6 | 0% |
| University of Utah | $1,096,476 | 7 | n/a |
| City of Hope | $1,075,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation | $975,142 | 6 | 1% |
| Regents Univ of California | $958,382 | 8 | n/a |
| Duke University | $952,568 | 8 | 0% |
| Case Western Reserve University | $886,277 | 9 | 0% |
| Utmd Anderson | $859,000 | 7 | n/a |
| The George Washington University | $811,601 | 5 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Foundation Inc | $745,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Oregon Health & Science University Foundation | $723,678 | 7 | 0% |
| Vanderbilt University | $712,170 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Florida | $708,699 | 6 | n/a |
| The Univ of Tx Health Science Ctr of Sa | $704,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Stanford University School of Medicine | $696,824 | 1 | n/a |
| Momcology | $676,000 | 7 | 38% |
| Children's Research Institute | $666,731 | 4 | 1% |
| University of Wisconsin Madison | $662,881 | 5 | n/a |
| The Regent of the University of Michigan | $660,462 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Rochester | $627,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Seattle Children's Foundation | $618,310 | 7 | 0% |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | $570,854 | 6 | n/a |
| Georgetown University | $567,960 | 8 | 0% |
| The Nemours Foundation | $565,543 | 7 | 0% |
| University of Pittsburgh | $563,591 | 5 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of California at Irvine | $546,754 | 4 | n/a |
| Oregon Health & Science University | $531,499 | 3 | n/a |
| Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago | $514,500 | 6 | 0% |
| University of California Davis | $508,965 | 4 | n/a |
| New York Medical College | $505,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Nihnia | $473,918 | 4 | n/a |
| Albert Einstein College of Medicine | $435,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Washington | $432,992 | 5 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California | $414,810 | 5 | n/a |
| The Cleveland Clinic Foundation | $405,923 | 7 | 0% |
| California Institute of Technology | $400,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Phi Chi Medical Fraternity Inc | $394,384 | 4 | n/a |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $380,117 | 4 | n/a |
| Connecticut Children's Foundation Inc | $355,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Children's Hospital Colorado | $312,304 | 3 | 0% |
| Rutgers the State University | $297,822 | 7 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | $290,288 | 3 | n/a |
| Children's Hospital Medical Center | $288,901 | 7 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation | $280,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $275,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Weill Medical College of Cornell Univers | $274,488 | 2 | n/a |
| Rutgers the State University | $265,734 | 3 | n/a |
| Childrens Cancer Therapy Development Institute | $265,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Van Andel Research Institute | $256,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Texas Children's Hospital | $255,500 | 8 | 0% |
| University of Miami | $250,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Thomas Jefferson University | $250,000 | 3 | 0% |
| National Jewish Health | $250,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research | $249,913 | 2 | 0% |
| Trustees of Boston University | $243,341 | 4 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | $241,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Broad Institute Inc | $216,739 | 4 | 0% |
| Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Foundation | $205,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Indiana University School of Medicine | $204,240 | 3 | n/a |
| Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education | $203,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Mayo Clinic | $200,442 | 2 | n/a |
| Medical University of South Carolina | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oregon Health & Science University | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Children's Mercy Hospital | $193,375 | 4 | 0% |
| Seattle Children's Hospital | $165,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Wisconsin | $125,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania State University | $125,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hmh Hospitals Corporation | $125,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cornell University | $125,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Vcuvcu Health Campus | $125,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| All Children's Research Institute Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Hawaii System | $88,502 | 4 | n/a |
| Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope | $88,248 | 1 | 0% |
| Ryan's Case for Smiles | $66,666 | 2 | 4% |
| Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute | $61,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Maryland College Park Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Curefest Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 28% |
| Children's Hospital & Research Center at Oakland | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Advances in Neuroblastoma Research Assoc C/O Garrett Brodeur Md Chop | $30,000 | 1 | 18% |
| Tap Cancer Out Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Sanford | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Rowan University | $16,760 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Maryland College Park | $15,171 | 3 | n/a |
| Nationwide Childrens Hospital Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Orlando Health Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Translational Genomics Research Institute Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Kentucky | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United States | $5,500 | 1 | 3% |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rady Children's Hospital San Diego | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Joe Dimaggio Children's Hospital Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Yeshiva University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Vermont and State Agricultural College | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Iowa Health Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Albany Med Health System | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Research Foundation for The State University of New York | $3,155 | 1 | 0% |
| University of South Florida | $3,000 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Arizona | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Children's National | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Marquette University | $1,976 | 1 | 0% |
| Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Miss Medical Center | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Doernbecher Children's Hospital Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Curefest | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Montefiore Medical Center | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arkansas Children's Research Institute | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Akron Children's Hospital Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Alexs Lemonade Stand Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 81 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 81.
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterTN33.9× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · American Heart Association Inc · St Baldrick's Foundation Inc · The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · Yale University · American Cancer Society Inc · Mayo Clinic · Johns Hopkins University · Public Health Institute · Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc · Washington University
How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
About Alexs Lemonade Stand Foundation
- How much does Alexs Lemonade Stand Foundation give?
- Alexs Lemonade Stand Foundation reported 58 itemized grants totaling $19,139,805, out of $20,453,326 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 46 and 77 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Alexs Lemonade Stand Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (100%), Education (0%).
- Who are Alexs Lemonade Stand Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia ($18M), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ($15M), Baylor College of Medicine ($9.6M).
- Does Alexs Lemonade Stand Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Alexs Lemonade Stand Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, American Heart Association Inc.
- Where is Alexs Lemonade Stand Foundation based?
- Alexs Lemonade Stand Foundation is based in PA.
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More from the funding graph
The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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