Alex's Lemonade Stand
| Founded | January 18, 2005 |
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| Founder | Alexandra "Alex" Scott |
| 56-2496146 | |
| Legal status | 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization |
| Headquarters | Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Services | Grantmaking for medical research; public awareness and education; travel for pediatric cancer patients and their families. |
| Stephen Cohn | |
| Jason Scott | |
| Elizabeth Scott | |
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Revenue (2014)
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$18,236,617 |
| Expenses (2014) | $18,077,820 |
| Endowment | $837,717 |
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Employees (2014)
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48 |
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Volunteers (2014)
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22,470 |
| Mission | To raise money and awareness of childhood cancer causes, primarily research into new treatments and cures; to encourage and educate others, especially children, to raise money for childhood cancer by holding their own Alex's Lemonade Stands; and to expedite the process of finding new cures and bringing them to children with cancer now. |
| Website | www |
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation (previously known as Alex's Lemonade Stand and currently abbreviated as ALSF) is an American pediatric cancer charity founded by Alexandra "Alex" Scott.
Alexandra "Alex" Flynn Scott was born on January 18, 1996, in Manchester, Connecticut. She was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a pediatric cancer, two days before her first birthday.
In July 2000, in spite of her own failing health, she decided to open a lemonade stand, aided by her older brother, to raise money to help children with cancer. They held an annual "Alex's Lemonade Stand for Childhood Cancer" on the family's front lawn. Her first lemonade stand in her hometown of West Hartford, Connecticut, raised over $2,000 and turned into an annual tradition. It continued after the Scott family moved to Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, to pursue treatment at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia while she attended Penn Wynne Elementary School. On August 1, 2004, Scott died at the age of eight.
In 2004, when Scott died at the age of 8 at her house with her parents at her side, her stand and inspiration had raised more than $1 million toward finding a cure for the disease that took her life. Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation was started by her parents, Liz and Jay Scott, in 2005 to continue the work that Alex began. The mission of the Foundation is: to raise money and awareness for children with childhood cancer — especially research into new treatments and cures; and to encourage and empower others, especially children, to get involved and make a difference for children with cancer.
Since Scott set up her first lemonade stand in 2000, the Foundation has raised more than $140 million. This money has helped to fund more than 690 cutting-edge research projects, create a Travel For Care program to help support families of children who must travel in order to receive treatment, and develop resources to help families everywhere who are affected by childhood cancer.
The objective of Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation is to:
By 2002 'ALSF' had attracted media attention and children across the United States began to hold their own lemonade stands. By 2004, the foundation was a national campaign, with lemonade stands and events in all fifty states, as well as Canada and France. In 2004 alone, the organization raised over $1 million. Scott and her family were featured on Oprah Winfrey's television program, The John Walsh Show, and The Today Show, among others. Scott and her parents also wrote a children's book, Alex and the Amazing Lemonade Stand.
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