{"entity":{"id":"sam-day-foundation","kind":"institution","name":"Sam Day Foundation","aka":["SDF"],"tldr":"A Portland, Oregon foundation, founded in 2018 after a boy's Ewing sarcoma, that funds research on childhood sarcomas and brain tumours and gives wellness support to young patients.","summary":"The Sam Day Foundation grew out of nine-year-old Sam's Ewing sarcoma, according to its about page, and its work page says it was founded in 2018 to advance research, provide support programmes and raise awareness of childhood cancer. It funds medical and nutritional research on rare cancers of children, adolescents and young adults, with a focus on sarcomas and brain tumours, chosen through a grant process led by specialists in the field. It sends wellness boxes to patients aged 25 and under being treated for sarcoma or brain cancer in the Pacific Northwest, publishes a wellness newsletter and offers scholarships to students at Sunset High School in Beaverton, Oregon. Its site gives its tax ID as 82-2667035 and its address as Portland, Oregon; the IRS lists it there with tax exemption from April 2018.","asOf":"2026-11-05","links":[{"label":"Sam Day Foundation: about","url":"https://www.samdayfoundation.org/about-us"},{"label":"Sam Day Foundation: our work","url":"https://www.samdayfoundation.org/our-work"},{"label":"IRS record (via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer)","url":"https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/822667035"}],"tags":[],"related":["rare-cancer-research-foundation"],"cancers":["ewing-sarcoma","sarcoma","brain-tumours","childhood-cancers"],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":[],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"city":"Portland, OR","country":"US","lat":45.515,"lng":-122.679,"institutionType":"consortium","website":"https://www.samdayfoundation.org","programs":["Research grants for childhood sarcomas and brain tumours","Wellness boxes for young patients in the Pacific Northwest","Wellness newsletter","Sunset High School scholarships"]},"route":"/institutions/sam-day-foundation/","neighbours":{"institution":[{"id":"rare-cancer-research-foundation","kind":"institution","name":"Rare Cancer Research Foundation","route":"/institutions/rare-cancer-research-foundation/"}],"cancer":[{"id":"brain-tumours","kind":"cancer","name":"Brain and spinal cord tumours (all types)","route":"/cancers/brain-tumours/"},{"id":"childhood-cancers","kind":"cancer","name":"Childhood cancers (all types)","route":"/cancers/childhood-cancers/"},{"id":"ewing-sarcoma","kind":"cancer","name":"Ewing sarcoma","route":"/cancers/ewing-sarcoma/"},{"id":"sarcoma","kind":"cancer","name":"Sarcomas (soft tissue, bone, GIST)","route":"/cancers/sarcoma/"}]}}