Category: Diseases and Disease Research

ALEXS LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION

Wynnewood, PA

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Physical Address:: Wynnewood, PA 19096
EIN:: 56-2496146
Web URL:: www.AlexsLemonade.org
Blog URL:: www.LemonadeBlog.com
Leadership:: Jay Scott

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Fiscal Year Starting: June 1, 2008
Fiscal Year Ending: June 1, 2009

Revenue
Total Revenue	$6,790,666

Expenses
Total Expenses	$5,388,996

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ALEXS LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION

Physical Address:: Wynnewood, PA 19096
EIN:: 56-2496146
Web URL:: www.AlexsLemonade.org
Blog URL:: www.LemonadeBlog.com
NTEE Category:: G Disease, Disorders, Medical Disciplines; G30 Cancer; T Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Grantmaking; T50 Philanthropy / Charity / Voluntarism Promotion (General); None
Year Founded:: 2005
Ruling Year:: 2005

Mission Statement

<li>To raise money and awareness of childhood cancer causes, primarily research into new treatments and cures.</li><li>To encourage and educate others, especially children, to raise money for childhood cancer by holding their own Alex's Lemonade Stands.</li><li>To expedite the process of finding new cures and bringing them to children with cancer now. </li>

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Leadership

Jay Scott

Term:

Since Jan 2005

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Program: Childhood Cancer Research

Budget:: $5,000,000
Category:: Medical Research
Population Served:: Children and Youth (infants - 19 years.)

Program Description:

<div>To fund the top childhood cancer research projects.  One area that ALSF especially likes is seed funding so that our money can be leveraged into larger funding using the preliminary data generated from our funding.  Another area of interest is to fund infrastructure in clinical trial programs so that the sickest children can get the treatments they need quicker.</div>

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Program Success Monitored by:

<div>Programs are monitored via annual progress reports.</div>

Program Success Examples:

<div>We have many examples of success including researchers that have been able to leverage our seed funding into funding as much as 10 times our funding level.  We have also seen examples of children getting enrolled in needed clinical trials quicker.</div>

Expert Reviews and Comments

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Evidence of Impact

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Expert Comments

The best nonprofit working in the area of childhood cancer is Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation / They support grants for young investigators, and this is perhaps the most important area, as it helps keep young investigators interested in pursuing a career in academic medicine. / ALSF has the broadest number of categories for support (young investigator, innovation, infrastructure) and give the most in terms of individual grants and overall dollars each year to these grants. — Researcher and Faculty

Developed a number of novel funding opportunities to address current gaps in clinical-translational research, including infrastructure to support development of novel therapeutic agents. — Researcher and Faculty

Organizational Strengths

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Expert Comments

They have the lowest overhead costs and very fair peer-review. — Researcher and Faculty

Focused, well organized. — Researcher and Faculty

Areas for Improvement

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Expert Comments

Raise more money, fund more grants, expand grant categories. — Researcher and Faculty

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