Target demographics: Pediatric cancer patients, their families and friends.
Geographic areas served: WE FUND RESEARCH NATIONWIDE. Many organizations fund research at just one hospital or university – we fund researchers across the country, based on where we can make the greatest impact. We’ve funded more than 180 researchers at 30 different research institutions. WE HELP YOUR DOLLAR GO 18X FURTHER. We focus on providing seed grants that allow researchers to prove their idea, then reach for even larger grants. This model is why, on average, for every $1 CCRF invests in research, our scientists are able to secure $18 of additional funding. WE FOCUS ON RESEARCHERS WITH FRESH, AMBITIOUS IDEAS. Federal funding is not available to researchers until they’ve done enough research and gathered preliminary data to prove something is worth carrying forward. Many other funding sources don’t fund researchers or projects until late in the process, meaning some great ideas may get “stuck” without funding, sometimes for years. CCRF’s goal is to remove the financial roadblocks these researchers face.
Programs: We want to ensure that your donation has the greatest impact, so we’ve chosen to focus our research funding efforts on five main areas:
1. Emerging Scientists: Young researchers often struggle to receive funding early in their careers, meaning their great ideas go unexplored. This program funds the next generation of leaders in cancer research.
2. Data and Infrastructure: Because childhood cancers are considered rare, global collaboration is necessary for researchers to be successful in finding new treatments and cures. That’s why we support initiatives that make data sharing and analytics easier and more effective for all cancer researchers.
3. Hard-to-Treat Diseases: Our goal is to help researchers develop safer, more effective treatment options for cancer where survival rates remain low or haven’t improved in decades.
4. Survivorship: The battle isn’t over when cancer is gone – so we fund research that aims to give every survivor of childhood cancer a long, healthy life after treatment.
5. Health Disparities: Children from racial and ethnic minority groups are less likely to survive certain cancers. We’re funding research that identifies the root cause of these disparities and builds interventions to eliminate them.
Signature Events: Dream Gala, Community Fundraising, The Walk for Childhood Cancer Research, Great Cycle Challenge, 140 Invitational Golf Tournament, Clouds Choir
