About our Benefiting Charity

Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation

The Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation (PCRF) was established in 1982 to improve the care, quality of life and survival rate of children with malignant diseases. PCRF is an independent, nonprofit organization located in Irvine, California, governed by a volunteer 24-member Board of Directors. Since 1982 PCRF’s dedicated volunteers have raised over $22 million for pediatric cancer research.

This year the Foundation currently funds over $1.2 million in research being conducted at the PCRF Laboratory at Children’s Hospital of New York, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, Children’s Hospital of Orange County, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA and City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, California.

The Foundation is privately supported by donations from individuals, charitable foundations, businesses and through special events, projects and PCRF holiday card sales. A dedicated group of volunteers donate their time and talents to ensure that over 80% of funds raised go directly to research. PCRF is an independent, nonprofit organization governed by a volunteer 24-member Board of Directors. A dedicated group of volunteers donate their time and talents to ensure that over 80 percent of funds raised by PCRF go directly to research.