Saving children from Asia and across the globe
Generosity changes everything. Supporting St. Jude means funding lifesaving treatment and critical research impacting children, including those of Asian, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander descent in communities around the world.
St. Jude patient Yike with her mom (top left), St. Jude patient Avyan with his dad (right) and St. Jude patient Aditya with his parents Read their stories >
St. Jude patient Misheel has a talent for balloon art and likes to share her creations with others.
From our founding by unique visionary Danny Thomas in 1962, to our latest breakthroughs in science and medicine today, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has consistently proven one simple fact:
Generosity changes everything — unlike other hospitals, the majority of funding for St. Jude comes from generous donors.
When St. Jude opened in 1962, childhood cancer was largely considered incurable. Since then, St. Jude has helped push the overall survival rate in the U.S. from 20% to more than 80%, and we won't stop until no child dies from cancer.
St. Jude is leading research to improve chemotherapy safety and effectiveness for pediatric patients of East Asian descent affected by acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common form of childhood cancer.
St. Jude is leading a global initiative to end childhood cancer, establishing regional programs and partnerships in more than 15 countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
Treatments developed at St. Jude have helped raise the survival rate for children with cancer in the United States, where 4 out of 5 children survive cancer. In many countries, however, 1 out of 5 children who develop cancer will survive. The mission of St. Jude Global is to improve the survival rates of children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases worldwide through the sharing of knowledge, technology and organizational skills.
Explore the impact of your support
St. Jude is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Read about our progress and our care and treatment for kids, all thanks to the generosity of our donors.
St. Jude campus in Memphis, Tennessee
St. Jude Strategic Plan
St. Jude is in the midst of a six-year, historic $12.9 billion strategic plan. This bold commitment outlines a plan to accelerate progress in the laboratory, in the clinic and around the globe. Read the details of the plan >
St. Jude patient Hayden paints a picture.
St. Jude school program
St. Jude Imagine Academy by Chili’s, our onsite school, is one of our numerous services for patients and families and allows patients to keep up with school curriculum back home. Learn more about the school >
St. Jude survivor Emily
Survivorship
St. Jude researches survivorship to improve care for all patients. A survivorship portal with its ability to facilitate breakthroughs in pediatric cancer survivorship is free to use as a part of the St. Jude Cloud ecosystem. Read more about the portal >
Pediatric cancer genome project
St. Jude was the first children’s hospital to make a major investment in pediatric cancer genome sequencing with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital–Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project. Learn about the collaboration >
Meet Aditya
Adi and his family were on vacation in India in 2023 when he started to feel sick. He was diagnosed with a type of blood cancer and was referred to St. Jude after returning home to the U.S. Read St. Jude patient Aditya's story >
Get to know Yike
Through cancer, Yike discovered her strength — and her summer self. Her art tells a story of survival, transformation, and the power of hope. Meet St. Jude patient Yike >
Read about Avyan
Avyan was 10 years old when he was diganosed with brain cancer in 2020. Now in high school, his mother said that his experience has made him a confident and compassionate boy. Learn more about Avyan >
Entertainer Danny Thomas' legacy is founding St. Jude on the principle of equity in health care for children with cancer and life-threatening diseases. When it opened in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1962, St. Jude became the first fully integrated children's hospital in the South.
For more than 60 years, St. Jude has cared for some of the world’s sickest children regardless of their race ethnicity, beliefs or ability to pay — all thanks to generous donors like you.
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