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The Taylor Matthews Foundation is dedicated to raising awareness and funding pediatric cancer research. We fund cutting-edge, innovative research that reaches sick children now. It is our mission that children with cancer will live long, healthy, and productive lives.
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A mother’s dedication to a daughter’s wish.
A mother holds her daughter’s hand for a little while but her heart forever. —Anonymous
Taylor, your life was not only about what you accomplished, but also about what you left behind. Your boundless optimism at the bleakest moments, your concern for others even when you were at your worst, and your zest for life even as death neared taught me more about love than I thought there was to know.
We will continue to fight in your honor and will never falter in our commitment to you and to children with cancer everywhere. We are keeping your spirit, your thirst to make change, and your dedication to help others alive. While your life was tragically cut short, your mark on the world lives on in our family, in the organization, and in children who have and will win their battles against cancer thanks to you.
Just to think of you reminds of why what I do is so important. Thank you for a lifetime of love and showing us all what humanity really means. I will always have your heart.
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03
Mar
Childhood Cancer Advocates Speak Out to Congress
Last week almost 350 advocates from 40 states participated in 222 congressional meetings bringing the voice of the Childhood cancer community to Capitol Hill. We asked Congress
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30
Dec
The US Government has Abandoned Children with Cancer
Three hours before a scheduled vote in Congress, to the surprise of the country, the funding bills for childhood cancer fell apart. (December 2024) We have gone
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15
Nov
Foto Art Experience
On November 10th artist Sharon Marantz Walsh presented a fun Multi Media Foto Art experience and 100% of raffle monies were donated to the Taylor Matthews Foundation
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15
Nov
Let’s Celebrate the Joy of Giving on December 3, 2024
On Giving Tuesday, we’ve always known that generosity is a source of boundless joy. The act of giving, driven by empathy and compassion, brings immense happiness to
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25
May
How to Stay Strong when Your Child has Cancer
Our daughter, Taylor, was diagnosed with cancer at the age of eleven. Overnight, our family was thrust into the world of pediatric cancer. We barely got our
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Research
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Children’s Hospital at Columbia Medical University
From 2014 to 2025 TMF has funded comprehensive genetic sequencing at Columbia University Medical Center that enables personalized treatments for individual patients, vital clinical grade sequencing, and
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Memorial Sloan Kettering
In 2025 TMF began funding a groundbreaking initiative with Memorial Sloan Kettering that targets patients with pediatric kidney tumors, a devastating condition that has had a poor
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Memorial Sloan Kettering
In 2022 and 2023, TMF funded a trial at Memorial Sloan Kettering for a novel and cutting edge treatment protocol for Ewing Sarcoma (ES) pediatric patients. Ewing
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Very Rare Cancer Consortium -The New York Genome Center
In 2021, TMF funded the NYGC which is a multi- institutional hub for genomic research whose mission is the advancement of genomic science and its application to
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Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation
In 2020,TMF funded a Phase III brain tumor trial administered by the Children’s Oncology Group. Scientists there are seeking to replace minimally effective chemotherapy protocols with targeted
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News & Events
News And Events
Check out the latest news and event information.
September is Childhood Cancer Month….. In honor of Taylor she shined brightly on a Times Square Bill Board
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The Give Kids A Chance Act was passed into Law in Februrary 2026
The #givekidsachancect was passed into law. This is a big win for children with cancer. Thank you all for writing letters and advocating on behalf of the