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Children's Cancer Research Fund

CHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH FUND fuels transformational research to bring better treatments and cures to children with cancer.

$3.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$1.6M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$49MEducation$8.2MScience & Tech$704kYouth Development$377kArts & Culture$350k
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $338k
  • $250k+4 grants · $2.7M
$250,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION$1,575,000
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION$579,550
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER$250,000
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE$250,000
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION$187,799
LAD IN A BATTLE LLC$150,000
LAD IN A BATTLE LLC$25,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–23, $420k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MOMCOLOGY: $140k → 6%MOMCOLOGY: $110k → 6%MOMCOLOGY: $60k → 6%MOMCOLOGY: $55k → 6%MOMCOLOGY: $55k → 6%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WA
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
IN
OH
PA
CA
MO
VA
MD
TN
DC
AL
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$55M · 21 repeat orgs$4.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +39% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
31

Total granted

$55M
$4.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+39%

Still filing today

67%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationPhilanthropyHuman ServicesOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $39M · revenue +105%
  • FH
    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
    3× · 2022–2024 · $2.6M · revenue +97%
  • TC
    THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA
    7× · 2019–2025 · $2.4M · revenue +59%

Funded once

  • VO
    VARIOUS OTHER ENTITIES
    one grant, 2021 · $777k
  • MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER
    one grant, 2024 · $250k · revenue 0%
  • VC
    VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY FOUNDATgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $250k · revenue +113%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
2
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
3
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
4
Children's Hospital & Research Center At Oakland

The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.

Health
5
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
6
University of Minnesota Physicians

University of minnesota physicians serves as the integrated group practice for the university of minnesota medical school full-time faculty to provide the highest quality healthcare to patients and their families.university of minnesota…

Health
7
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

As a leading academic healthcare organization, our mission is to elevate the health status of the communities we serve.(see schedule o for continuation)(continued)-we deliver exceptional healthcare enhanced by research and education-we…

Health
8
Rush University Medical Center

The mission of Rush is to improve the health of the individuals and diverse communities we serve through the integration of outstanding patient care, education, research and community partnerships.

Health
9
Hugo W Moser Research Institute At Kennedy Krieger Inc

The hugo w. moser research institute at kennedy krieger, inc. (the "research institute") is an internationally recognized research facility finding answers to problems and injuries that affect a child's developing brain. researchers have…

Science & Tech
10
Texas Children's Hospital

Texas children's hospital, headquartered in houston, texas, is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to create a healthier future for children and women throughout our global community by leading in patient care, education and…

Health
11
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

We educate the next generation of leaders to improve the health of our society.

Education
12
University of Chicago Medical Center

Our mission at the university of chicago medicine is to provide superior health care through rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing. in partnership with our colleagues, we pursue life-changing…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc; the most unlike its peers is Clic Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

29 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 29 of the 53 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
22/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $39,096,113 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION+9 more: $2,875,000 · Education+9 moreFred Hutchinson Cancer Center: $2,625,096 · HealthFred Hutchinson Can…THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $2,375,000 · HealthTHE CHILDREN'S HOSP…Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $2,237,500 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer …THE CHILDREN'S ONCOLOGY GROUP FOUNDATION INC: $1,050,000 · HealthTHE CHILDREN'S ONCO…CLIC Foundation: $500,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $375,000 · Health+7 more: $1,074,986 · Health+7 moreUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO: $875,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY…VARIOUS OTHER ENTITIES: $777,385 · OtherVARIOUS OT…LAD IN A BATTLE LLC: $583,400 · OtherLAD IN A B…UTMD ANDERSON: $500,000 · OtherUTMD ANDER…LAD IN A BATTLE LLC: $401,500 · OtherLAD IN A B…Weill Medical College of Cornell Univers: $375,000 · OtherWeill Medi…RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $375,000 · OtherRECTOR & V…+19 more: $1,763,228 · Other+19 moreST BALDRICK'S FOUNDATION INC: $408,000 · PhilanthropyVENN FOUNDATION: $400,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $10,000 · PhilanthropyMOMCOLOGY: $420,000 · Human Services
Education$41,971,113Health$10,237,582Other$5,650,513Philanthropy$818,000Human Services$420,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $39,096,113 over 9y, 3.1% of budgetFred Hutchinson Cancer Center: $2,625,096 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $2,375,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $2,237,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S ONCOLOGY GROUP FOUNDATION INC: $1,050,000 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $750,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCLIC Foundation: $500,000 over 2y, 98% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $500,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $475,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMOMCOLOGY: $420,000 over 4y, 63% of budgetST BALDRICK'S FOUNDATION INC: $408,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetVENN FOUNDATION: $400,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $375,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $325,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $300,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $250,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY FOUNDAT: $250,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $250,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $125,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $125,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBaylor College of Medicine: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University Medical Center: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSeattle Children's Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChildrens Cancer Therapy Development Institute: $100,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE: $99,986 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S ONCOLOGY GROUP FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CLIC Foundation ↗
  • Who funds University of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MOMCOLOGY ↗
  • Who funds ST BALDRICK'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds VENN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Los Angeles ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY FOUNDAT ↗
  • Who funds University of Miami ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Baylor College of Medicine ↗
  • Who funds Vanderbilt University Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE ↗

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.

St Baldrick's Foundat…Rally Foundation IncAlexs Lemonade Stand …Johns Hopkins Univers…Charities Aid Foundat…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
St Baldrick's Foundation IncCA15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: St Baldrick's Foundation Inc · Rally Foundation Inc · Alexs Lemonade Stand Foundation · Johns Hopkins University · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Children's Cancer Research Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Children's Cancer Research Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Childrens Cancer Therapy Development Institute: 44% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 53 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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