This is more than research. It’s a promise. Your donation helps turn discovery into cures and ensures that no child, adolescent or young adult faces cancer alone. Invest in COG. Invest in a cure that creates futures.
Why Invest in COG?
When a child is diagnosed with cancer, everything changes in an instant—for their parents, their siblings, and for the future they imagined. In that moment, families are not asking for breakthroughs decades from now. They are asking for answers now. The Children’s Oncology Group (COG) exists for that moment.
COG brings together the world’s leading pediatric cancer experts across hundreds of hospitals and research institutions, united by one shared promise: no child should have to fight cancer alone. Through collaboration rather than competition, COG transforms individual discoveries into proven treatments—so that knowledge gained from one child’s experience can save thousands more.
Because of COG, treatments are safer, survival rates are higher, and children are living not just longer lives, but fuller ones. Donors make this possible. Every investment fuels clinical trials, accelerates innovation, and ensures that breakthroughs reach children everywhere—not just those who happen to live near a major research center. This isn’t just research it is a promise to every patient & family served. When you support COG, you aren’t funding abstract science. You are funding time—more birthdays, more school days, more futures.
Family-led and community-based fundraising events don’t just raise money, they raise awareness about why research focused on treating cancers with minimal harm is so important. These voices are an extension of COG’s mission and of our hospital teams and labs – and they’re louder than we could ever be. I’m extremely grateful for our supporters because I know that, for a majority of them, their gift represents a child they are connected to.
Other Ways to Give
There are many flexible ways to give to COG, from donor-advised funds to IRA distributions and planned gifts.
