Funding Finds Cures

Start a fundraiser to help fund innovative pediatric cancer research. Your dollars today can save young lives tomorrow.

Kate Amato Foundation is dedicated to finding safer and more effective treatments for children with cancer by funding innovative pediatric cancer research.

Cancer is the leading cause of death by disease in children. For those who survive, the side effects of treatment can cause severe, long-term health problems including organ damage and secondary cancers. During Kate's illness, we learned how severely underfunded research is for pediatric cancers, resulting in outdated, toxic treatments and low survival rates for children. To honor Kate's life and continue the fight for other children, we are determined to educate, advocate, and fundraise for life-saving research. To date, Kate Amato Foundation has funded $575,000 in grants to support groundbreaking pediatric cancer research at some of the leading Immunotherapy and Cancer Genomics labs in the country. Thank you for helping us find better treatments for children with cancer!

Did you know?

• 43 children are diagnosed with cancer every day.
• More than 40,000 children receive treatment for cancer each year.
• Only 12 cancer treatments have been specifically developed for children in the last 20 years.
  
• 1 out of 5 children with cancer will not survive.
• Cancer is the leading cause of death by disease in children.
• The genetics and molecular biology of childhood cancers are different from adult cancers, but we still use adult treatments for children that are highly toxic for kids.
• 95% of childhood cancer survivors develop long-term health problems, including organ damage, infertility, chronic pain, and secondary cancers.
• For many childhood cancers, we are still using the SAME treatments that were used in the 1970's.
• The federal government devotes merely 4% of its annual cancer research budget to pediatric cancers.
• The Pharmaceutical Industry devotes less than 0.1% of research funding to pediatric cancers.
• Americans spend more on Starbuck's coffee in THREE DAYS than we invest in pediatric research in an entire year.

If you would like to contribute by check, please send your gift directly to Kate Amato Foundation at 135 Professional Drive, Suite 102, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082.