Philanthropy

With only 4% of the national cancer research budget allocated to pediatric cancer research, the team at the Children’s Cancer Institute recognized the need for a philanthropic program to move the needle. In the past twenty years, only three new cancer drugs have been developed for children. However, pediatric cancer remains the number one cause of death by disease in children – with the average age of diagnosis just 6. Tackle Kids Cancer was initiated to make a difference, both in the lives of the children in New Jersey and around the globe.