Alzheimer’s research receives $3.8–3.9B per year from the U.S. NIH, with other countries and charities adding several billion more worldwide.

U.S. childhood cancer research receives an estimated $300–$400 million a year at NCI, plus $50–$100 million for the CCDI and major nonprofit grants.

Cancer research worldwide draws about $6–7 billion a year in public and philanthropic grants; industry spending, tracked separately, is much larger.

St. Jude yearly donations and other public giving totaled about $2.57 billion in fiscal year 2024.

In 2023, the American Cancer Society received $738 million in public donations and $866 million in total revenue.

Global philanthropy sends about $3–5 billion to cancer research each year, while public grants push the annual total far higher.

Cancer research donations reach the low billions each year in the U.S., with global funding spread across many public and private sources.

No single global tally exists, but breast cancer donations reach hundreds of millions each year across major charities and campaigns.