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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: December 2024 Expires: December 2026

ALSAC St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
Accreditation seal
(800) 822-6344
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN, 38105
https://www.stjude.org
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Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

ALSAC St. Jude Children's Research Hospital meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment."

Year, State Incorporated:
1957, IL

Also Known As:
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities ALSAC

ALSAC/St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (ALSAC/St. Jude) states it treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. The organization reports being the only National Cancer Institute devoted to children that has been designed as a Comprehensive Cancer Center. Treatments invented at ALSAC/St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20 percent to 80 percent. ALSAC/St. Jude is working to drive the overall survival rate for childhood cancer to 90 percent. The organization reports that it freely shares the discoveries it makes and that families never receive a bill from ALSAC/St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food. Some ($110,300,000 or 7%) of ALSAC/St. Jude's program activities are carried out in conjunction with fundraising appeals.

For the year ended June 30, 2023, ALSAC St. Jude Children's Research Hospital's program expenses were:

Patient care services $662,358,000
Research $675,380,000
Education, training, and community services $311,651,000
Total Program Expenses $1,649,389,000

Chief Executive
Richard C. Shadyac, President and Chief Executive Officer (ALSAC) James Downing, MD (St. Jude);, President and CEO

Compensation*
$1,851,107

Chair of the Board
Frederick M. Azar, Chair, ALSAC; Judy Habib, Chair, St. Jude MD,

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Frederick M. Azar, MD (ALSAC), Chief of Staff and Orthopedic Surgeon, Campbell Clinic; Judy Habib (St. Jude), CEO and President, KHJ Brand Activation

Board Size
37

Paid Staff Size
7811

*2022 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Note 1: The salary listed above was paid to James R. Downing as President/Chief Executive Officer of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Richard C. Shadyac, Jr., Chief Executive Officer of ALSAC, was paid $1,361,911for the same period.

Note 2: Joseph P. Taylor , Execuitve Vice President/Scientific Director, St. Jude, was the highest paid employee, receiving 2,320,694 in compensation.

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Grant proposals, Internet, Direct mail appeals, Radio, Special events, Telemarketing, Foundation grants, Print advertisements, Corporate solicitation

ALSAC St. Jude Children's Research Hospital incurred joint costs of $199,300,000 for informational materials and activities that included fund raising materials. Of those costs $110,300,000 was allocated to program expenses, $71,200,000 was allocated to fundraising expenses, and $17,800,000 was allocated to administrative expenses.

Fundraising costs were 16% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $2,457,562,000, are donations received as a result of fundraising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on ALSAC St. Jude Children's Research Hospital's audited financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2023.

Source of Funds
In-kind contributions $12,308,000
Special events, net $22,938,000
Other $60,010,000
Research grants and contracts $147,585,000
Patient service revenue, net $153,766,000
Investment income, net $479,296,000
Bequests $666,132,000
Contributions, cash and financial assets $1,756,184,000
Total Income $3,298,219,000

Programs: 70% Fundraising: 17% Administrative: 13%

Total Income $3,298,219,000
Total expenses: $2,371,432,000
  Program expenses $1,649,389,000
  Fundraising expenses $403,601,000
  Administrative expenses $318,442,000
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $926,787,000
Beginning Net Assets $9,275,669,000
Other Changes In Net Assets $-534,000
Ending Net Assets $10,201,922,000
Total Liabilities $419,883,000
Total Assets $10,621,805,000

Note 1: In the financial section above, "other changes in net assets" refers to a loss from disposal of property and equipment.

Note 2: For the year ended June 30, 2023, ALSAC/St. Jude reported in-kind donations of $12,308,000 including building materials and supplies ($5,537,000), services ($4,027,000), household items ($1,302,000), intangible assets ($950,000), vehicles ($476,000), and equipment ($16,000).

 

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