Leilani, a 1-year-old patient, smiling in a treatment chair with her clinical provider in Dana-Farber's Jimmy Fund Clinic

How Funds are Used

Your donations to Dana-Farber and the Jimmy Fund are used responsibly, with patients at the heart of every decision.

Reimagining cancer care starts with you. Your donations help Dana-Farber make new discoveries and advancements that improve outcomes for cancer patients worldwide, and funds raised enable us to continue delivering expert, compassionate, and equitable care to every patient who walks through our doors.

Where Your Money Goes

Your hard-earned dollars are important, and we make sure that they are spent in a way that best improves the future of cancer research and care. (2024 Data)

86%

Immediately impacts research and patient care

How Funds Are Used

86%

Of funds raised

Directly benefits patient services, research, and community care, ensuring your contributions have an immediate impact.

14%

Of funds raised

Is carefully allocated to essential operational needs, maximizing the overall effectiveness of our mission.

2024 By the Numbers

96,288

Patients treated

1,701

Mammography Van screenings

1,100+

Clinical trials offered

Your money supports the latest, lifechanging cancer care and treatment work at Dana-Farber, including: 

  • Advancing our signature “total patient care” for patients and their families
  • Fueling basic research to uncover breakthroughs in cancer science
  • Increasing the number of clinical trials available to patients in New England and around the world
  • Reducing the risk of a cancer occurrence or recurrence through cancer prevention, detection, and interception
  • Improving the health of all members of our communities, locally and globally
  • Ensuring quality long-term care and support for patients after treatment ends
  • Maintaining a world-class faculty and state-of-the-art facilities 

“Our family wants to give back to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute after they gave us the greatest gift of all: our daughter’s life.”  

Michael, father of pediatric patient Sonnie (pictured below on the left with her sister)

Two children embrace at Fenway Park

Awards and Recognition

U.S. News and World Report Best Cancer Hospital badge

2024 – 2025 Best Hospital

Ranked as the #1 hospital for cancer care in New England and #4 in the nation.

U.S. News and World Report Best Children’s Hospital badge

Top Children’s Hospital

Recognized as the nation’s #2 pediatric cancer center and the only cancer hospital ranked in the top 4 for adult and pediatric programs.

Charity Navigator four-star charity logo

Fiscal Responsibility

Dana-Farber has consistently received the highest, four-star rating, recognizing fiscally responsible operations.

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