The Children's oncology group foundation
Annual report - 2023
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Dear Friends:
In the Children’s Oncology Group, we are united by our shared vision to improve the outcomes for children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer.
We are physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other professionals who deliver care on the frontline. We are researchers who develop new treatments to improve survival and reduce side-effects. We are parents and family members who see the impact of pediatric cancer and its treatment every day. We are so many, so different, and yet so united in our commitment to work together for a common purpose.
As leaders of COG, we are deeply grateful for you, our dedicated donors who help us take on the greatest challenges of this disease. Philanthropic gifts to the COG Foundation play an essential role in our ability to pursue research projects for every type of pediatric cancer, including some of the most rare and difficult to treat. Cancer can affect every part of a child's life, and with your help, we're working to understand the social and emotional needs of our patients and their families.
Your collective generosity reaches across the more than 220 institutions based in the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand that make up the COG network. With your help we will continue to relentlessly pursue patient-centered research that increases survival rates while reducing short-term side effects at the bedside and long-term complications of treatment.
We know that many of you give because pediatric cancer has impacted your life. With every gift you make to the COG Foundation, we honor the child your gift represents. Thank you for being a voice, a compassionate supporter and a member of our COG community. Thank you for investing in research and spreading our shared hope for more lives saved.
In the Children’s Oncology Group, we are united by our shared vision to improve the outcomes for children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer.
We are physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other professionals who deliver care on the frontline. We are researchers who develop new treatments to improve survival and reduce side-effects. We are parents and family members who see the impact of pediatric cancer and its treatment every day. We are so many, so different, and yet so united in our commitment to work together for a common purpose.
As leaders of COG, we are deeply grateful for you, our dedicated donors who help us take on the greatest challenges of this disease. Philanthropic gifts to the COG Foundation play an essential role in our ability to pursue research projects for every type of pediatric cancer, including some of the most rare and difficult to treat. Cancer can affect every part of a child's life, and with your help, we're working to understand the social and emotional needs of our patients and their families.
Your collective generosity reaches across the more than 220 institutions based in the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand that make up the COG network. With your help we will continue to relentlessly pursue patient-centered research that increases survival rates while reducing short-term side effects at the bedside and long-term complications of treatment.
We know that many of you give because pediatric cancer has impacted your life. With every gift you make to the COG Foundation, we honor the child your gift represents. Thank you for being a voice, a compassionate supporter and a member of our COG community. Thank you for investing in research and spreading our shared hope for more lives saved.
Douglas S. Hawkins, MD
President |
Lia Gore, MD
Vice-President |
the children's oncology group foundation, inc.
Financial Summary for the Year Ended December 31, 2023
2023 Summary of Research Expenditures
The Children's Oncology Group Foundation enables COG's leadership,
comprised of a team of doctors, nurses, laboratory scientists and other allied professionals,
the ability to direct the resources raised for childhood cancer research to the areas of highest need and opportunity.
comprised of a team of doctors, nurses, laboratory scientists and other allied professionals,
the ability to direct the resources raised for childhood cancer research to the areas of highest need and opportunity.
Program expenses by type |
What is this and why is it important? |
Amount allocated during 2023 |
COG Member Site Clinical Trial Support Payments |
Fixed payments to COG member sites based on enrollment levels of clinical trials. This funding allows COG sites to hire and maintain staff and offset the cost of carrying out numerous complex clinical trials. |
$4,555,391 |
Investigator-Initiated Research Grants |
Grants that range from $50,000 - $100,000 per year and typically focus on a specific sub-type of childhood cancer. These grants can help advance translational research, correlative research, or fund secondary aims of clinical trials in instances where federal funding is unavailable. |
$1,664,955 |
Research Staff Support |
Grants to related organizations that help fund salary costs of Biostatisticians and other scientific support staff. Support for this helps us shorten the timeline for new trial concept development, improve disease sub-classification and risk stratification, and share data with other cooperative groups. |
$315,366 |
Professional Fees |
Funds that are used to build program capacity - this can include outside consultants that help COG run meetings, workshops and other educational events, as well as fees paid to attorneys and other specialists that help COG navigate the complex regulatory structure of clinical trial development. |
$183,999 |
Conference Support |
Funds that are used to offset costs at COG's group meetings. Attendees at COG meetings represent nearly 250 different hospitals, cancer centers, universities, government agencies, pharmaceutical companies and advocacy organizations. |
$114,187 |
Other Program Expenses |
Funds that are used to offset secondary research costs; this can include publication fees, software expenses, and other critical infrastructure needs that are vital to COG's mission. |
$204,746 |
Total Program Expenses |
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$ 7,038,643 |
year at a glance
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