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The Jimmy Fund. Einar Gustafson (August 18, 1935 – January 21, 2001) [1] gained fame as a 12-year-old cancer patient when he became nationally known as "Jimmy". The name started a fund-raising program in 1948 known as The Jimmy Fund for the Dana–Farber Cancer Institute. The Jimmy Fund was adopted as the official charity of the Boston Red ...
The Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure is Komen's main fundraising event and the world's largest funding event for breast cancer. [27] It consists of a series of 5K runs and fitness walks to raise money and awareness for breast cancer. The first race was run in Dallas, Texas in 1983, with 800 participants. [28]
John Pierpont Morgan Jr. (September 7, 1867 – March 13, 1943) was an American banker, and finance executive. [1] He inherited the family fortune and took over the business interests including J.P. Morgan & Co. after his father J. P. Morgan died in 1913. After graduating from St. Paul's School and Harvard College, Morgan trained as a finance ...
Leukemia Society (1955–1965) Leukemia Society of America (1966–1999) The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS), a 501 (c) (3) charitable organization founded in 1949, is a voluntary health organization dedicated to fighting blood cancer world-wide. LLS funds blood cancer research on cures for leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease, and myeloma.
Reynolds cancer charities. The Reynolds cancer charities refer to the four "sham charities": the Cancer Fund of America, Inc. (CFA), Cancer Support Services Inc. (CSS), Children’s Cancer Fund of America Inc. (CCFOA), and The Breast Cancer Society Inc. (BCS) that began operations in 1984 and were shut down in 2016. [1]
At that time, this was the second most money given to the head of a charity, according to CharityWatch. The money included $1.5 million in a retention benefit approved in 2001, "to preserve management stability". [28] Seffrin's compensation for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2012, was $832,355. [29]
Stand Up to Cancer (SU2C) is a charitable program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF). SU2C aims to raise significant funds for translational cancer research through online and televised efforts. Central to the program is a telethon that was first televised by four major broadcast networks (ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox) in over 170 countries ...
The FTC, along with 10 states, have sued the Cancer Recovery Foundation International, also known as the Women's Cancer Fund, and the charity's operator Gregory B. Anderson for allegedly deceiving ...