Unlike other hospitals, the majority of funding for St. Jude comes from generous donors.
The mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment.
American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities (ALSAC) exists solely to raise the funds and awareness necessary to run St. Jude. In the years ahead, an estimated 89% of the funds necessary to sustain and grow St. Jude must be raised by ALSAC from generous donors.
Curing catastrophic diseases in children is a multi-trillion dollar, multi-year problem and we must continue our work no matter what happens with the economy or in the event of a disaster. Learn more about our unique operating model and ways your donation helps kids with cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
For more on how we're actively working to advance treatment and research that helps save the lives of children everywhere, read the latest updates on the St. Jude strategic plan.
82 cents of every dollar received from donations, research grants, insurance recoveries and investment returns goes to support the current and future needs of St. Jude.
Annual Report
Our Annual Report contains details about our research highlights and strategic plan, as well as a breakdown of yearly donations raised by ALSAC and our endowment.
- 2024 annual report (PDF)
See a more in-depth breakdown of our revenue and net assets.
Compliance and ethics
All St. Jude and ALSAC financial reports are prepared according to generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP); are audited annually by an outside, public accounting firm; approved by our Board of Directors & Governors; and are reported publicly as required by strict state and federal regulations. Our audited financial reports for the previous fiscal year are posted each spring.
St. Jude has a $12.9 billion, six-year strategic plan.
Read more about the largest strategic plan in our 60-year history, which grants $200 million in global access to cancer medicines.
It costs more than $2 billion to sustain and grow St. Jude each year. Our pioneering research can take five to 10 years or more per project to complete and can cost millions. For instance, the Pediatric Cancer Genome Project, which revolutionized how pediatric cancer is treated worldwide, spanned multiple years and cost nearly $100 million. And care doesn't end when treatment is finished. St. Jude follows patients for life, learning from yesterday's patients to improve care and outcomes for tomorrow.
Around the world, an estimated 400,000 children will get cancer each year, and yet childhood cancer research is consistently underfunded. Less than 4% of the U.S. federal budget for cancer research is dedicated to childhood cancer.
St. Jude: Investing in global research and treatment
Families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food — so they can focus on helping their child live.
St. Jude has treated children from all 50 states and from around the world.
St. Jude has helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate in the U.S. from 20% in 1962 to more than 80% today.
Questions?
Contact us at (800) 822-6344 or annual.report@stjude.org to request a copy of our Combined Financial Statements. See our frequently asked questions for more information about donations and fundraising.
More to discover
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Cost for families
It costs a lot for St. Jude to cure a child with cancer. But because of people like you, families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food.
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Why support St. Jude?
Learn how supporting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital helps pediatric cancer patients worldwide.
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About St. Jude
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is a leading pediatric cancer center. Learn more about St. Jude.
