What Does St. Jude do With Your Donation?
Regardless of the amount you can donate, every donation makes a difference! Thanks to you, St. Jude can continue to provide life-saving treatment and world-class patient care to families everywhere.
Why donate to St. Jude?
His mother admitted the patient to St. Jude El.
Many families come to St. Jude thinking it is like any other hospital, but families do not receive a bill from us for treatment, travel, lodging or food.
Is St. Jude really free?
As a major pediatric cancer research hospital, St. Jude treats more than 8,000 patients each year.
We have helped raise overall childhood cancer survival rates from 20% to 80%. We will not stop until a child dies of cancer.
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St. Jude had a 94% survival rate for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). The survival rate for ALL was only 4% when St. Jude opened in 1962.
Patient Mabry at her No More Chemotherapy party
International patient with doctor.
St. Jude is sharing its achievements so that doctors and scientists around the world can use this knowledge to save thousands of other children.
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We work with children from all 50 states and around the world.
Allocation of donations and classification of the charity
The majority of the funds required to operate and maintain St. Jude's must be raised by our generous supporters.
82 cents of every dollar supports the St. Jude Rescue Mission.
Over the past seven years, 82 cents of every dollar earned has gone to support treatment, research and future needs for St. Jude.
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According to Charity Navigator, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has a rating of four out of four stars in our overall rating.
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Where do St. Jude's donations go?
See how donations are used for St. Jude.
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...can help save a new game*
St. Jude provides play areas for inpatients and recreational areas in St. Jude's housing facilities.
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St. Jude patient Pepe blows bubbles.
St. Jude The Sick Baby
*The items listed here represent the services and supplies that are part of the care and treatment of children at St. Jude. The cost of each item or service is approximate and will vary based on actual costs incurred and individual patient needs. Your donation will be used to meet the general operating needs of St. Jude, as no family receives a bill for treatment, travel accommodations, or food.
Unlike other hospitals, most of St. Jude's funding comes from generous donors.