Each child treated at St. Jude gets world-class care. And every breakthrough made here may mean doctors and scientists worldwide can use that knowledge to save thousands more children.
From our founding, as the first fully integrated children's hospital in the south, to our commitment, from day 1, that no child would be denied treatment because of inability to pay, St. Jude has always stood apart.
20% to more than 80%
St. Jude has helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate in the U.S. from 20% in 1962 to more than 80% today.
9,000+
St. Jude sees more than 9,000 people a year for treatment and research of childhood cancer and other catastrophic diseases.
90 countries
St. Jude collaborates with partners around the world to help improve access to quality pediatric care.
A top employer
As one of the largest companies in Memphis, our workforce has impacted our city for decades.
St. Jude patient Emma
Impact on patients and familes
Most important to us is the impact we have on the patients and families who come to St. Jude for treatment. We treat children from all 50 states and around the world.
St. Jude is able to help treat difficult cases because we lead more clinical trials for pediatric cancer than any other hospital in the U.S. And we were the first children’s hospital to make a major investment in pediatric cancer genome sequencing.
Greater Memphis impact
Our founder, Danny Thomas, chose Memphis, Tennessee, as the home of St. Jude at a time when segregation was common. From the start, we challenged the status quo, opening as an integrated hospital and helping to integrate Memphis hotels. Today, we continue to help shape Memphis through community outreach and by bringing some of the brightest minds in the world to live and work in our city.
- Learn about our HIV, HPV, and STEMM programs
- Read about St. Jude during the civil rights era
- Explore St. Jude and the city of Memphis today
Global impact
St. Jude is helping make lifesaving treatments available to more children in more places — because where they live shouldn’t determine if they live. We won't stop until no child dies from cancer. Through St. Jude Global, we work internationally to to improve the survival rates of children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases, worldwide, through the sharing of knowledge, technology and organizational skills.
Ratings, rankings and designations
We're honored to have been recognized for excellence in categories ranging from the quality of our patient care to our responsibilities as a charity.
First and only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted solely to children
Named Most Trusted Nonprofit (2026) for the fifth consecutive year by Morning Consult
The highest designation a hospital can receive for quality of nursing
Continuing the impact
Because the majority of St. Jude funding comes from generous donors, we have the freedom to focus on what matters most — saving kids regardless of their financial situation.
Your support means new discoveries, more cures and better therapies for childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases
More to discover
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Our purpose
St. Jude exists to solve problems that others often cannot or will not solve – pursuing cures and prevention for the most serious diseases children face, and ensuring that discoveries reach children everywhere, not only those treated in Memphis.
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Bench-to-bedside framework
Learn how St. Jude connects research and patient care to move discoveries into treatment.
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Research at St. Jude
The engine of discovery at St. Jude is powered by some of the brightest minds in science and medicine, equipped with world-class resources and driven by the shared mission of advancing cures. We dream big and build our research programs to match.
