Funding History of Stop Children's Cancer
2023
Renews the commitment of $1,000,000 for five years through 2027 for the Stop Children’s Cancer / Bonnie R. Freeman Clinical Trials and Innovative Therapies and Stop Children's Cancer / Kimberly H. Flaitz Research Grant Fund.
Lyrics for Life renews its commitment for a fourth year at $100,000 for the Lyrics for Life / Stop Children’s Cancer Jeffrey A. Block Research Award.
2022
Continues the commitment from 2018 for the Stop Children’s Cancer / Bonnie R. Freeman Clinical Trials Fund.
Lyrics for Life renews the 2019/20 commitment of a third $100,000 for the Lyrics for Life / Stop Children’s Cancer Jeffrey A. Block Research Award.
2021
Continues the commitment from 2018 for the Stop Children’s Cancer / Bonnie R. Freeman Clinical Trials Fund & the Stop Children’s Cancer / Kimberly H. Flaitz Research Grant.
2020
Continues the commitment from 2018 for the Stop Children’s Cancer / Bonnie R. Freeman Clinical Trials Fund & the Stop Children’s Cancer / Kimberly H. Flaitz Research Grant supporting clinical trials & research through 2022.
Lyrics for Life renews the 2019 commitment of a second $100,000 for the Lyrics for Life / Stop Children’s Cancer Jeffrey A. Block Research Award continues the current work.
2019
Dr. Biljana Horn collaborates with Dr. Lung-Ji Chang to bring chimeric antigen T-cell therapy, a very effective form of immunotherapy to patients. Dr. Giselle Moore-Higgs, manages a Clinical Trials portfolio with over 30 therapeutic pediatric cancer trials and 23 additional studies involving cancer biology and survivorship.
- $250,000 committed in 2018 was renamed the Stop Children’s Cancer / Kimberly H. Flaitz Research Grant providing seed funding for Dr. Matthew Cascio in developing a tumor vaccine for osteosarcoma. Kimberly passed away from osteosarcoma in 1998 at the age of 24.
- $100,000 Lyrics for Life / Stop Children’s Cancer Jeffrey A. Block Research Award will fund Dr. Paul Castillo. He is working to develop personalized targeted immunotherapy for T-cell lymphoma and leukemia. Jeffrey passed away from T-cell lymphoma in 1987 at age of 18.
2018
$1,000,000 to continue funding the established Stop Children’s Cancer / Bonnie R. Freeman Clinical Trials Fund through 2023, with donations being allocated:
- $150,000 per year to continue Stop Children’s Cancer/Bonnie R. Freeman Clinical Trials Fund
- $50,000 per year for sarcoma clinical trials
- As of 2018, the number of clinical trials is sixty-eight (68)
$100,000 endowment to fund in perpetuity the Stop Children’s Cancer Sam & Ina Gross Memorial Lectureship
- $50,000 from Stop Children’s Cancer
- $50,000 matched by UF Health
2017
The Stop Children’s Cancer / Bonnie R. Freeman Professorship for Pediatric Oncology Research was awarded to Dr. Biljana Horn:
- Her research focuses on developing less toxic ways to prepare patients for bone marrow transplants
- The $1,000,001 for this Professorship was given in 2006. The interest earned, while waiting for this position to be awarded, was used to fund additional research.
Completed Commitment from 2010 of $1,050,000 for Clinical Trials.
2014
$20,000 fund for the UF Health Palliative Care program.
2013
$1,500 donated to UF Health Physical Therapy Pediatric/ Oncology Division clinic In honor of Whitney, daughter of Barbara & Whitney Bour, a cancer survivor doing a pediatrician fellowship for neonatology at St. Louis Children’s Hospital.
2010
$100,000 funds 3 research grants:
- $50,000 to Dr. Lizi Wu: studies acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
- $25,000 to Dr. Eric Bartee: treatments of high-risk pediatric cancer cells
- $25,000 to Dr. Padraic Levings: osteosarcomas
$1,050,000 to establish the Stop Children’s Cancer / Bonnie R. Freeman Clinical Trials Fund through 2017, with donations being allocated:
- $150,000 per year for seven (7) years
- Supervisor: Dr. William B. Slayton
- As of 2010, the number of Clinical Trials is two (2).
2009
$150,000 funds 3 research grants:
- $50,000 to Dr. Eric Laywell: pediatric brain cancers
- $50,000 to Dr. Shoudong Li: acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
- $50,000 to Dr. Daiqing Liao: neuroblastoma
2008
$150,000 funds 3 research grants:
- $50,000 to Dr. Xingming Deng: ALL
- $50,000 to Dr. Jianrong Lu: ALL
- $50,000 to Dr. Daiqing Liao: neuroblastoma
2007
$750,000 matched by the State of Florida Trust Fund for Major Gifts of the $1,000,001 donated in 2006.
$25,000 to Dr. David Muir: test photodynamic therapy treatment of neurofibromatosis tumors
2006
$1,000,001 established the Stop Children’s Cancer / Bonnie R. Freeman Professorship for Pediatric Oncology Research.
2004
$92,000 funds 3 research grants:
- $50,000 to Dr. Stephen Hunger: leukemia
- $26,000 to Dr. Amir H. Shahlaee: evaluation of IDO expression in lymph nodes
- $16,000 to Dr. Susan Staba: quality of life following pediatric stem cell transplant
2003
$100,000 funds annual 9-year commitment for future grant applications.
- $100,000 funds 3 research grants:
- $50,000 to Dr. Stephen Hunger: leukemia
- $25,000 to Dr. C. Parker Gibbs: osteosarcomas
- $25,000 to Dr. Mingli Yang: osteosarcomas
2002
$50,000 funds 2 research grants:
- $25,000 to Dr. Bloom: continue 2nd year study of Malignant Glioma
- $25,000 to Dr. Yang: continue 2nd year study of Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
2001
$100,000 funds 3 research grants:
- $50,000 to David Bloom, M.D.: Distinguished New Investigator
- $25,000 to Promising New Investigator
- $25,000 to 2nd Promising New Investigator
2000
$10,000 funds Department of Orthopaedic Surgery: for Ewing’s Sarcoma:
- In honor of Greg Goldfaden
- In memory of Juan DeLaRua
$6,000 funds 2nd Annual Visiting Scholar:
- Dr. Jonathan Finlay of Hassenfeld Cancer Center, NYU with Seminars & Grand Rounds
1999
$50,000 funds 3 research grants:
- Research for Pediatric Cancer projects
$6,000 funds 1st Annual Visiting Scholar:
- Dr. Curt Civin, Director of Pediatric Oncology Service at John Hopkins University School of Medicine: presented Seminars & Grand Rounds to faculty & students
1998
$20,000 funds to furnish the Activity’s Room at North Central Florida Hospice House
1996-97
$122,000 funds 3 research grants:
- Studies on ALL, Glioma Brain Tumors, Pediatric & Adolescent Osteosarcoma
1995-1996
$80,000 funds 2-year fellowship:
- Dr. William Slayton: Pediatric Hematology/ Oncology program
1994
$60,000 funds 2 grants:
- Umbilical Cord as source of Transplant Material
- Tumor Invasion of Nervous System
- Graft vs. Host Disease in Leukemia
- Patient L-Asparaginase Resistance & Sensitivity
1992
$150,000 funds grant to establish:
- Southeastern Brain Tissue Bank in the Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Division
1991
$100,000 funds research grant:
- Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology: Stem Cell & Tumor Biology
1990
$100,000 funds research equipment to enhanced efficiency in research process:
- Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology: Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorter Epics II Flow Cytometer and a Gene Machine
$54,000 matched by State of Florida Trust Fund for Major Gifts of $100,000.
1985-1989
$400,000 funds 4 research grants:
- $150,000 for scientific equipment and cancer research
- $50,000 to pilot project using Magnetic Bead Process to extract cancer cells from bone marrow, a major breakthrough in the fight against leukemia
- $200,000 to establish 4 Laboratories at $50,000 each
1987
Stop Children's Cancer permitted Stop Children's Cancer of Palm Beach County, Inc. to license the name.
1981-84
Fundraising begins in order to serve our mission.
1981
Stop Children's Cancer was established by Bonnie R. Freeman and her family.