Kylie Rowand Foundation

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The Kylie Rowand Foundation, a 501(c)(3) childhood cancer nonprofit headquartered on Alpine Blvd in Alpine, has directed more than $435,000 to neuroblastoma research at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center since 2016. Fundraising events staged at Alpine venues, including spaces at The Alpine Club on Alpine Blvd, generate the grant funding that powers the foundation's Kylie Kare and Love Like Kylie programs. The Kylie Kare program distributes direct financial grants to families of children undergoing cancer treatment, covering rent, utility bills, funeral costs, and respite experiences, with over $45,000 distributed to 14 households in 2023 alone. Love Like Kylie delivers care packages, home-cooked meals, and holiday sponsorships to pediatric cancer families across the United States, and the foundation partners with East County medical providers such as Alpine Family Medicine at 1620 Alpine Blvd to connect newly diagnosed families with local support resources. The foundation's medical advocacy also helped secure a private $1 million donation that funded Humanized 3F8, an immunotherapy for neuroblastoma that achieved FDA approval, giving children worldwide access to a treatment unavailable during the foundation's namesake's 13-month battle with stage 4 disease. Operating under EIN 47-3490004 and classified under NTEE code G30, the organization channels 100 percent of its research grants to trials targeting less toxic, pediatric-specific protocols at Memorial Sloan Kettering's neuroblastoma division.