{"entity":{"id":"leukemia-research-foundation","kind":"institution","name":"Leukemia Research Foundation","aka":["Leukemia Research Foundation Inc"],"tldr":"A Chicago-area charity, founded in 1946, that funds leukaemia research and supports patients and families.","summary":"The Leukemia Research Foundation was established in Chicago in 1946 in memory of 12-year-old Sherwin Pessin, according to its about page. Its mission is to cure leukaemia by funding innovative research and to support patients and families; it states that more than $120 million has been raised since its founding and describes itself as the nation's largest nonprofit focused exclusively on funding leukaemia research. It is a different organisation from Blood Cancer United, formerly the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. The IRS Business Master File lists revenue of about $6 million for the tax year ending June 2025.","asOf":"2026-11-04","links":[{"label":"About the Leukemia Research Foundation","url":"https://leukemiarf.org/about/"},{"label":"IRS record (via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer)","url":"https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/366102182"}],"tags":[],"related":[],"cancers":["leukaemia"],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":[],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"city":"Northfield, IL","country":"US","lat":42.1,"lng":-87.781,"institutionType":"consortium","website":"https://leukemiarf.org","programs":["Leukaemia research grants","Patient and family support programmes"]},"route":"/institutions/leukemia-research-foundation/","neighbours":{"cancer":[{"id":"leukaemia","kind":"cancer","name":"Leukaemia (all types)","route":"/cancers/leukaemia/"}]}}