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In 1947, Sidney Farber founded the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.The following year he launched the Jimmy Fund to raise money to support the hospital. [9] [10] The fund was named after a patient who was named "Jimmy" to protect his identity – his real name was Einar Gustafson and his identity was revealed in 1998.
The PMC generates 62% of the Jimmy Fund's annual revenue as of 2023 [42] and is the Dana–Farber Cancer Institute's single largest donor. [26] [43] From 1980 to 2023, the event has raised a total of $972 million. [11] This funding has been directed to cancer care and research, including helping fund the development of 41 cancer drugs. [44]
Dana Farber Cancer Institute – $60,000; Police Athletic League of New York – $60,000; Intrepid Museum Foundation – $50,000; Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care – $25,000; Metropolitan Museum of Art – $15,000; The following grants were reported to the Foundation Center during the year 2007: [5] Police Athletic League of New York – $110,000
The Dana–Farber Cancer Institute paid the Trump Organization substantial fees to hold annual events at Mar-A-Lago. The Trump Foundation in turn granted to the Institute a total of $85,000 for 2006 and 2007, among other grants in subsequent years.
Dana–Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) is a comprehensive cancer treatment and research center in Boston, Massachusetts.Dana-Farber is the founding member of the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, Harvard's Comprehensive Cancer Center designated by the National Cancer Institute, and one of the 15 clinical affiliates and research institutes of Harvard Medical School.
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Bekenstein is co-chair of the board of directors of New Profit Inc., a Boston-based venture philanthropy fund [12] and as a member on the Board of Trustees of the Pan-Mass Challenge, an annual bike-athon that crosses the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to raise money for the Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, [13] where Bekenstein is chairman of the board of trustees. [14]
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