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- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, which was founded by the late entertainer Danny Thomas in 1962, maintains 60 inpatient beds and treats about 230 patients each day. Since its opening, St. Jude has treated children from all 50 states and more than 70 foreign countries.
- St. Jude has approximately 4,900 patients in active status, most of whom are treated on an outpatient basis. It treats children without regard to race, religion, creed or ability to pay. St. Jude is the only pediatric cancer research center where families never pay for treatments that are not covered by insurance, and families without insurance are never asked to pay.
- It is the first institution established for the sole purpose of conducting basic and clinical research into catastrophic childhood diseases, mainly cancer. St. Jude is the largest childhood cancer research center in the world in terms of the number of patients enrolled in research protocols and successfully treated.
- Research findings and information discovered at St. Jude are freely shared with doctors and scientists all over the world. St. Jude also enjoys a worldwide reputation as a teaching facility. The medical and scientific staff publishes about 450 articles in academic journals each year.
- The hospital's daily operating costs are approximately $1,216,247, which are primarily covered by public contributions.
- St. Jude pioneered a combination of chemotherapy, radiation and, when necessary, surgery to treat childhood cancers. The hospital continues to expand the use of bone marrow transplantation as a treatment for pediatric cancers and genetic diseases.
- The American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities (ALSAC) is the fund-raising arm of St. Jude.
- Since its inception, St. Jude has developed protocols that have brought survival rates for childhood cancers from less than 20% to more than 70% overall.
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