Let's take childhood back from cancer.

When you give to St. Baldrick's you support the best childhood cancer research.

Or support an individual, team, or event .

Head-Shaving Events

It started with a friendly dare: would you shave your head and donate money to kids' cancer research? What happened next would change the world.

Ways to Get Involved

Childhood cancer research is powered by you. Shave your head, start an event, or raise money your way.

Take Action

Be a part of the grassroots movement to make childhood cancer research funding a national priority.

Kids & Families

Meet our Ambassadors, see how families of kids with cancer can get involved or start a fund in memory of someone you love.

About St. Baldrick's

We do one thing and we do it well: we fund the best childhood cancer research. Because kids with cancer need cures now.

The Realities of Childhood Cancer

Worldwide, a child is diagnosed with cancer every 2 minutes. It’s real, it’s ugly and we’re here to do something about it.

Latest News and Stories

The STAR Act was signed into law!

The Childhood Cancer STAR Act authorizes $30 MILLION annually from 2019 to 2023 for programs and research related to childhood cancer.

Kymriah's Journey

What is this lifesaving 'living drug'? And how did this exciting new therapy come to be? Follow the path of this St. Baldrick's-backed immunotherapy breakthrough.

St. Baldrick's Funding Map

We fund the best research, wherever it takes place. Check out our funding map to see how your support has fueled research within your communities.

The St. Baldrick’s Foundation is a volunteer and donor powered charity committed to supporting the most promising research to find cures for childhood cancers and give survivors long and healthy lives.

Total Raised

2018 $34,508,242
2017 $36,622,433

You give kids their best chance at a happy childhood, free of cancer

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Real cures for real kids

Childhood cancer doesn't discriminate.

It affects kids whether they’re just learning to walk or just learning to drive, in big cities or in small towns, kids with brown eyes, blue eyes, or green. Every year, we choose five kids to represent the thousands of kids diagnosed with cancer.

Meet Our Ambassadors

Funding the best research, no matter where it takes place

Since 2005, we’ve invested over $253 million in childhood cancer research grants worldwide. It’s about collaboration. It’s about powerful ideas, big and small. It’s about never giving up until we have cures for all kids with cancer.

See the Impact

Research powered by you

As a private charity, St. Baldrick’s doesn’t receive money from the government

That’s right, 100% of our donations come from extraordinary people like you. We take great care to invest your dollars wisely because we know kids’ lives are at stake.

Distinguished Giving