As a pediatric research and treatment facility, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital started out in 1962 and has since then consistently made great strides in catastrophic diseases in children like cancer. Situated in Memphis, Tennessee, the facility is categorized as a non-profit medical corporation under IRS regulations. With research and treatment being offered under one roof, St. Jude is home to some of the most gifted researchers in the field today.

Guided by the idea that "no child should die in the dawn of life," Danny Thomas, Dr. Lemuel Diggs, and Anthony Abraham founded the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The facility was named as such because of Thomas' fervent belief in St. Jude which he credited for many of the good things that came in his life. When Thomas made it big as a comedian, he fulfilled his promise of building a shrine for the saint by setting up the facility. But before that, he founded the American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities in 1957, which became the fundraising organization for the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. This means when the hospital opened its doors, it was the fundraising organization's responsibility to keep those doors open.

Today, the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital holds the distinction of being the first and only Comprehensive Cancer Center dedicated to children as designated by the National Cancer Institute. And aside from the good it's doing for children, the facility is also doing a whole lot of good for its employees, having been cited as one of the "100 Best Companies to Work For" by Fortune Magazine for the years 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014. Since St. Jude began, the survival rate for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common of cancers in children, has increased from a paltry 4% to an impressive 94%. The facility aims to improve survival rates for catastrophic diseases all over the world through improvements in organization skills, knowledge, and technology.