St. Baldrick's donations are for childhood cancer research, but what does that mean, exactly? Who actually gets the money, and what do they do with it? Come take a look.

Funds raised through St. Baldrick's events are helping some of the world's finest researchers to find cures for childhood cancer. The St. Baldrick's Foundation became an independent charity in late 2004 and began making grants in 2005. Funding applications are reviewed by a Scientific Advisory Committee, and funds are made available to pediatric cancer researchers in the form of grants and fellowships.

• Since 2005, over $12 million has been granted for cooperative research, to help doctors work together to find cures for childhood cancers. These funds went to the 230 member institutions of the Children's Oncology Group, as well as to research laboratories and other resources used by the COG.
  
  
• Additional St. Baldrick's grants have been made to 37 institutions, totaling over $2.1 million since 2005, to fund research projects or to make it possible to treat more children on research protocols which offer the best chance for a cure.
  
  
• St. Baldrick's Fellowships, established in 2005, help launch brilliant new careers in pediatric cancer research, providing funds for new doctors to work under expert mentors for 2-3 years. There are now 13 St. Baldrick's Fellows, and more young professionals will be funded each year. Total fellowship funding to date is over $1.7 million.
  
  
• Funds raised through St. Baldrick's events outside of North America are supporting childhood cancer organizations in those countries.

The following received funds from the St. Baldrick's Foundation from 2005 through 2007.

UNITED STATES:

University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL
Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR
Banner Children's Hospital, Mesa, AZ
Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
City of Hope, Duarte, CA
Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA
Jonathan Jaques Children's Cancer Center, Miller Children's Hospital, Long Beach, CA
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, CA
Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
Mattel Children's Hospital at University of California, Los Angeles, CA*
Children's Hospital Central California, Madera, CA
Children's Hospital Oakland, CA
Children's Hospital of Orange County, Orange, CA
Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA
The Permanente Medical Group, Inc., Sacramento, CA
University of California - Davis, Sacramento, CA
Children's Hospital San Diego, CA
University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA
Cancer Center of Santa Barbara, CA
Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento, CA
Children's Hospital, Denver, CO
Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, CT
Yale Cancer Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC
Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Tripler Army Medical Center, Washington, DC
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC
Nemours Children's Clinic, Wilmington, DE
Broward General Medical Center, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
The Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida, Ft. Myers, FL
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
South Broward Hospital District, Hollywood, FL
Nemours Children's Clinic - Jacksonville, FL
Baptist Children's Hospital, Miami, FL
Miami Children's Hospital, Miami, FL
Holtz Children's Hospital at University of Miami, Miami, FL
Florida Hospital, Orlando, FL
Nemours Children's Clinic, Orlando, FL
Sacred Heart Hospital, Pensacola, FL
All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL
Tampa Children's Hospital, Tampa, FL
Children's Hospital at St. Mary's Medical Center, West Palm Beach, FL
Aflac Cancer Center, Children`s Healthcare of Atlanta, GA
Medical College of Georgia Research Institute, Atlanta, GA
Backus Children's Hospital at MHUMC, Savannah, GA
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
Raymond Blank Children's Hospital, Des Moines, IA
University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, IA
Mountain States Tumor Institute, Boise, ID
Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Loyola University of Chicago, Maywood, IL
Advocate Hope Children's Hospital, Oak Lawn, IL
Advocate Lutheran General Children's Hospital, Park Ridge, IL
St. Jude Midwest, Peoria, IL
Southern Illinois University Medical School, Springfield, IL
The University of Illinois, Springfield, IL
Indiana University, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN
St. Vincent's Hospital and Healthcare Center, Inc., Indianapolis, IN
University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute, Inc., Kansas City, KS
Wichita Community Clinical Oncology / Via Christi Regional Medical Center, Wichita, KS
Wichita Community Clinical Oncology / Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, KS
University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Lexington, KY
Kosair Children's Hospital, University of Louisville Research Foundation, Louisville, KY
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA
Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA
Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
New England Medical Center - The Floating Hospital, Boston, MA
Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor, ME
Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
St. John Hospital, Detroit, MI
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Hurley Medical Center, Flint, MI
Devos Children's Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI
MSU-Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies, Kalamazoo, MI
William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI
Children's Health Care - Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN
Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
The Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO
Washington University, St. Louis, MO
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
Mission Hospitals, Inc., Asheville, NC
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
Presbyterian Hospital, Charlotte, NC
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC
Meritcare Medical Group, Fargo, ND
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Children's Hospital of Omaha, NE
Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH
Tomorrows Children's Institute, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ
Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ
Atlantic Health System, Morristown, NJ
Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ
Saint Peter's University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center Children's Hospital, Paterson, NJ
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM
Children's Center for Cancer & Disorders, Las Vegas, NV
Nevada Cancer Research Foundation, Las Vegas, NV
Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY
Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY
Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Roswell Park Cancer Institute Division, Buffalo, NY
Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, NY
Schneider Children's Hospital, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New Hyde Park, NY
Cornell University, Weill Medical College, New York, NY
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
Stephen D. Hassenfeld Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at NYU School of
      Medicine, New York, NY
Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, NY
Columbia University Medical Center, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York -
      Presbyterian, New York, NY
University of Rochester, NY
State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY
SUNY, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron, OH
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, OH
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
The Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH
Nationwide Children's Hospital, Research Institute, Columbus, OH
The Children's Medical Center, Dayton, OH
Mercy Children's Hospital at Toledo, OH
Toledo Children's Hospital, Toledo, OH
Forum Health-Medical Education Center, Youngstown, OH
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Warren Cancer Research Foundation, Tulsa, OK
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
Legacy Emanuel Hospital & Health Center, Portland , OR
Geisinger Clinic, Danville, PA
The Pennsylvania State University & the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine,
      Philadelphia, PA
Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, PA
San Jorge Children's Hospital, San Juan, PR
Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Children's Hospital Greenville System, Greenville, SC
Sioux Valley Clinic, Sioux Falls, SD
T.C. Thompson Children's Hospital, Chattanooga, TN
East Tennessee Children's Hospital, Knoxville, TN
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Texas Tech UHSC, Amarillo, TX
Children's Hospital of Austin, TX
Driscoll Children's Hospital, Corpus Christi, TX
North Texas Hospital for Children at Med City Dallas, TX
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, TX
Cook Children's Medical Center, Fort Worth, TX
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, TX
Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX
The University of Texas / M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Covenant Children's Hospital, Lubbock, TX
Methodist Children's Hospital of South Texas, San Antonio, TX
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, TX
Scott & White Memorial Hospital, Temple, TX
University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, UT
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Inova Fairfax Hospital, Fairfax, VA
Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters, Norfolk, VA
Naval Medical Center- Portsmouth, Portsmouth , VA
Virginia Commonwealth University , Richmond, VA
Roanoke Valley, Roanoke, VA
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital, Spokane, WA
Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA
Mary Bridge Children's Hospital, Tacoma, WA
CAMC Health Education and Research Institute, Charleston, West Virginia
St. Vincent Hospital Regional Cancer Center, Green Bay, WI
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, WI
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Marshall University, Huntington, WV
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV

*received both a grant and a fellowship

CANADA:

University of Calgary and the Calgary Health Region, Calgary, AB
University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
CancerCare Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
Janeway Child Health Center, St. John's, NL
IWK Health Center, Halifax, NS
McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
Kingston Hospital, Kingston, ON
Children's Hospital of Western Ontario, London, ON
Children's Hospital Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON
CHU Sainte-Justine, Montreal, QC
The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Quebec, Sainte-Foy, QC
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, QC
Allan Blair Cancer Centre, Regina, SK
Saskatoon Cancer Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK

OUTSIDE NORTH AMERICA:

Fundacin Natal Dafne Flexer, Buenos Aires, Argentina
John Hunter Children's Hospital, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, NSW, Australia
Children's Hospital of Westmead, NSW, Australia
Royal Children's Hospital of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, WA, Australia
PALS Childhood Cancer Care Endowment, Bermuda
Children's Cancer Foundation, Hong Kong
Children's Leukaemia Research Project, Ireland
Radboud University Nijmegen Med. Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands
University of Groningen, Netherlands
Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland District Health Board, Auckland 1, New Zealand
South Island Child Cancer Service, Christchurch, New Zealand
Wellington Children's Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand
SPOG Bern, Switzerland
SPOG Geneva, Switzerland
SPOG Lausanne, Switzerland
CLIC Sargent, United Kingdom

For information on applying for funding from the St. Baldrick's Foundation for pediatric cancer research, please email Becky Chapman Weaver or call (626) 792-8247, ext. 12.