About St Baldrick'S Foundation
The St. Baldrick’s Foundation is a volunteer and donor powered charity committed to supporting the most promising research to find cures for childhood cancers and give survivors long and healthy lives.
Focus Areas
Adolescents & Young AdultsSurvivorshipSupportive Care ResearchImmunotherapyGenomicsClinical TrialsTranslational ResearchNew Discovery Research
Who They Fund
children with cancerpediatric oncology patientsfamilies of pediatric cancer patients
Funding Style
disease-specific research funding
About St Baldrick'S Foundation
A defining feature of St Baldrick's Foundation Inc is its large, recurring support for the Children's Oncology Group, including a $4,606,614 grant in 2025 and a $4,427,000 grant in 2023. That pattern points to a funder that backs pediatric cancer research at scale, not just one-off projects. The foundation’s mission centers on finding cures for childhood cancers and helping survivors live long, healthy lives, with grantmaking that reaches laboratory, clinical, and epidemiological research as well as supportive care and training. Its recent awards also show sustained support for major pediatric oncology research institutions. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute received $2,885,485 in 2024 and $1,127,123 in 2025, while Children’s Oncology Group received $2,095,952 in 2024. Other large grants went to New York Medical College, Emory University, and Dana-farber Cancer Institute Inc, reflecting a portfolio built around childhood cancer research infrastructure, collaborative trials, and targeted scientific work. The foundation funds children with cancer, pediatric oncology patients, and families of pediatric cancer patients through project-based and research-capacity support.
What St Baldrick'S Foundation Funds
The foundation backs pediatric cancer research across several distinct formats. In collaborative clinical trials, it gave $4,606,614 in 2025 to Children's Oncology Group Foundation and $2,095,952 in 2024 to Children's Oncology Group, both tied to pediatric cancer research. It also supports institution-based research programs. New York Medical College received $1,350,000 in 2025 for pediatric cancer research, and Emory University received $844,607 in 2024 and $721,122 in 2025 for the same area. Supportive care is another explicit focus area in the grant program structure, alongside survivorship, symptom management, family coping, and treatment adherence. The foundation also funds innovation and capacity building through scholar, infrastructure, and consortium awards, including research training for scientists from low- and middle-income countries and multi-institution collaboration.
How St Baldrick'S Foundation Gives
Typical grant sizes cluster around mid-sized awards, with a p25 of $50,000, a median of $78,539, and a p75 of $278,828. The program mix includes both open and directed support: several research and infrastructure grants accept unsolicited applications, while the Cooperative Research Grant to Children's Oncology Group and the International Beneficiary Grant do not. Recent activity shows repeat support for the same institutions across multiple years, especially in pediatric oncology networks and major research centers, which suggests ongoing programmatic funding rather than isolated gifts. The foundation is a regular funder and does not make program-related investments.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$15.7M
Total Assets
$29.7M
Total Revenue
$23.9M
Total Expenses
$24.5M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $50K and $279K, with a median of $79K.
25th Percentile
$50K
Median
$79K
75th Percentile
$279K
Geographic Reach
National30 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
KATHLEEN RUDDY
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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