American Lebanese Syrian Assoc Char Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
AMERICAN LEBANESE SYRIAN ASSOCIATED CHARITIES, INC. (ALSAC) WAS FOUNDED IN 1957 AND EXISTS SOLELY TO RAISE FUNDS AND BUILD AWARENESS TO SUSTAIN AND GROW THE MISSION OF ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL, INC. TO ADVANCE CURES, AND MEANS OF PREVENTION, FOR PEDIATRIC CATASTROPHIC DISEASES THROUGH RESEARCH AND TREATMENT WHILE HONORING THE MEMORY AND HERITAGE OF OUR FOUNDER, DANNY THOMAS.
- Income
- $3.3 billion
- Spending
- $2.8 billion
- Spent on programs
- 76%
- Reserves
- 38.7 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 82%
- Employees
- 2,178
- Volunteers
- 1,000,000
- Highest pay
- $1.7 million, ex-officio director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 81% of charities in its peer group (religion, over $100m).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 38.7 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 1% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 15% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 14% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1576% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 16 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 62% of charities in its peer group (religion, over $100m).
Independent board
25 of 2536 of 38 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $2.1 billion spent. ALSAC IS THE FUNDRAISING AND AWARENESS ORGANIZATION FOR ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL, INC. (ST. JUDE). ALSAC EXISTS SOLELY TO RAISE THE FUNDS AND AWARENESS NEEDED TO SUSTAIN AND GROW ST. JUDE NOW AND IN THE FUTURE. ALSAC IS CHARGED WITH SUPPORTING THE MISSION OF ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL TO ADVANCE CURES, AND MEANS OF PREVENTION, FOR PEDIATRIC CATASTROPHIC DISEASES THROUGH RESEARCH AND TREATMENT WHILE HONORING THE MEMORY AND HERITAGE OF OUR FOUNDER, DANNY THOMAS. THANKS TO GENEROUS DONORS, FAMILIES NEVER RECEIVE A BILL FROM ST. JUDE FOR TREATMENT, TRAVEL, HOUSING OR FOOD - SO THEY CAN FOCUS ON HELPING THEIR CHILD LIVE.(CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) CURING CATASTROPHIC DISEASES IN CHILDREN IS A MULTI-TRILLION-DOLLAR MULTIYEAR GLOBAL PROBLEM AND ALSAC AND ST. JUDE MUST CONTINUE OUR WORK NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE ECONOMY, THE MARKET, FUNDRAISING OR IN THE EVENT OF A DISASTER. IT COSTS MORE THAN $2 BILLION TO SUSTAIN AND GROW ST. JUDE EACH YEAR. THESE COSTS INCLUDE CAPITAL PROJECTS SUCH AS ONGOING CONSTRUCTION OF TWO 15-STORY TOWERS DEDICATED TO OUTPATIENT CARE AND CLINICS, A MORE THAN $1 BILLION PROJECT AND CAPITAL INVESTMENT. ST. JUDE'S COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING PATIENT CARE AND FACILITIES ALSO LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND OPENING OF THE DOMINO'S VILLAGE IN SEPTEMBER 2023, A MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR PATIENT AND FAMILY HOUSING FACILITY WITH 140 UNITS. ST. JUDE IS A SPECIALTY RESEARCH HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN, NOT A GENERAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, SO NONE OF THE CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH COSTS AND MANY OF THE EXTENSIVE TREATMENTS AND SERVICES WE PROVIDE ARE NOT COVERED BY INSURANCE AND MAY NOT BE IN THE FUTURE. UNLIKE OTHER HOSPITALS THAT RECEIVE 90-95% OPERATING REVENUES FROM INSURANCE RECOVERIES AND PATIENT COPAYS, THE MAJORITY OF OUR FUNDING COMES FROM GENEROUS DONORS AND INVESTMENT INCOME TO SUPPORT NEEDS NOW AND IN THE FUTURE. IN THE YEARS AHEAD, AN ESTIMATED 89% OF THE FUNDS NECESSARY TO SUSTAIN AND GROW ST. JUDE MUST BE RAISED BY ALSAC FROM GENEROUS DONORS. WHEN ST. JUDE OPENED ITS DOORS IN 1962, CHILDHOOD CANCER WAS LARGELY CONSIDERED INCURABLE. SINCE THEN, ST. JUDE HAS HELPED PUSH THE OVERALL SURVIVAL RATE IN THE UNITED STATES FROM 20% TO MORE THAN 80%, AND WE WON'T STOP UNTIL NO CHILD DIES FROM CANCER. TODAY, ST. JUDE IS LEADING THE WAY THE WORLD UNDERSTANDS, TREATS, AND DEFEATS CHILDHOOD CANCER AND OTHER LIFE-THREATENING DISEASES. THE HOSPITAL HAS TOP SURVIVAL RATES FOR CHILDHOOD CANCERS, PARTICULARLY ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA, THE MOST COMMON FORM OF CHILDHOOD CANCER. THE HOSPITAL HAS ALSO NEARLY DOUBLED THE SURVIVAL RATE FOR MEDULLOBLASTOMA, THE MOST COMMON MALIGNANT BRAIN TUMOR IN CHILDREN. ST. JUDE IS THE FIRST AND ONLY NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE-DESIGNATED COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER DEVOTED SOLELY TO CHILDREN. ST. JUDE IS ALSO THE FIRST WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) COLLABORATING CENTRE FOR CHILDHOOD CANCER. IN 2021, IN CALLABORATION WITH THE WHO, ST. JUDE ANNOUNCED A $200 MILLION INITIATIVE TO PROVIDE A RELIABLE SUPPLY OF QUALITY-ASSURED CANCER MEDICINES TO LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES. THIS REPRESENTS THE LARGEST FINANCIAL COMMITMENT TO DATE FOR A GLOBAL EFFORT IN CHILDHOOD CANCER MEDICINES. THE INITIATIVE, WHICH IS ALSO SUPPORTED BY UNICEF AND THE PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION (PAHO) STRATEGIC FUND, ANNOUNCED THAT MEDICINES HAD BEEN DELIVERED TO FIVE PILOT COUNTRIES IN 2025, WITH SIX MORE COUNTRIES PREPARING TO JOIN. THE PLATFORM AIMS TO REACH UP TO 50 COUNTRIES IN THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS. ST. JUDE SHARES BREAKTHROUGHS IT MAKES TO HELP DOCTORS AND RESEARCHERS AT LOCAL HOSPITALS AND CANCER CENTERS AROUND THE WORLD IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF TREATMENT AND CARE FOR EVEN MORE CHILDREN. IN ADDITION TO CHILDHOOD CANCER, ST. JUDE PLAYS A CRITICAL LEADERSHIP ROLE IN GROUNDBREAKING STUDIES ON SICKLE CELL DISEASE, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, AND GENETIC DISORDERS. THESE EFFORTS ARE INSTRUMENTAL TO IMPROVING CARE FOR CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD. A ST. JUDE PATIENT WAS THE FIRST IN THE WORLD TO BE CURED OF SICKLE CELL DISEASE WITH A BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT, AND ST. JUDE HAS ONE OF THE LARGEST PEDIATRIC SICKLE CELL PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY. ST. JUDE LEADS SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST AMBITIOUS RESEARCH PROGRAMS IN CHILDHOOD CANCER SURVIVORSHIP. WITH UNIQUE DATA GATHERED FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CANCER SURVIVORS, ST. JUDE IS IDENTIFYING THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF CANCER THERAPY; FINDING BETTER WAYS TO PREDICT HEALTH RISKS; AND WORKING TO HELP SURVIVORS EVERYWHERE LIVE LONGER, HEALTHIER LIVES. ST. JUDE ALSO COORDINATES THE CHILDHOOD CANCER SURVIVOR STUDY, A COLLABORATIVE STUDY AMOUNT U.S. AND CANADIAN INSTITUTIONS THAT INCLUDES MORE THAN 20,000 CHILDHOOD CANCER SURVIVORS WITH THE AIM TO IMPROVE SURVIVORSHIP OUTCOME AND QUALITY OF LIFE. IN ADDITION, BRAIN TUMOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AT ST. JUDE ARE AT THE CUTTING EDGE WORLDWIDE, AND ST. JUDE HAS ONE OF THE WORLD'S LEADING RESEARCH-BASED PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMOR PROGRAMS. ST. JUDE IS THE COORDINATING CENTER OF THE NATIONAL PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMOR CONSORTIUM, WHICH RECEIVES FUNDING FROM THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since January 1980.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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