Holdem for Life Charity Challenge
Toronto, Canada
About
Founded in 2006, Holdem for Life Charity Challenge is a charity based in Toronto, Canada working on medical research, health.
Holdem for Life Charity Challenge is an entirely volunteer-run non-profit based in Toronto, Canada. It holds annual poker fundraising events that bring real estate and asset management industry leaders together, with proceeds directed to cancer research and related initiatives at Toronto hospitals and the University of Toronto. Its work includes funding research at Mount Sinai, Princess Margaret, SickKids, Ronald McDonald House and Sunnybrook, and establishing fellowships, endowments, awards and professorships for oncology trainees and researchers. The organisation states that over 85% of funds raised go directly to research and other initiatives.
Location
Founded
Organisation type
Focus areas
Languages
Causes & programmes
Causes
Works for
How they work
Programmes
Holdem For Life Oncology Fellowship Program
Medical research · Canada
Funds clinical trainees pursuing cancer research at the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine and affiliated teaching hospitals.
Holdem For Life Israeli Fellowship Program
Medical research · Canada
Supports oncology physicians from Israel to complete advanced clinical fellowship training at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto.
CBRE Friedman Holdem for Life Fellowship
Medical research · Canada
Funds emerging researchers studying biological and molecular mechanisms of cancer within the Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology.
Holdem For Life Sinai Oncology Clinician Scientist Awards
Medical research · Canada
Supports physicians pursuing advanced training at the intersection of clinical care and cancer research at Sinai Health System.
Holdem For Life Early Career Cancer Research Professorships
Medical research · Canada
Funds early-career scientists establishing independent cancer research programmes at the University of Toronto.
Paediatric Neuro-oncology Fellowship Endowment
Medical research · Canada
Endowed fellowship supporting training of physicians treating and researching childhood brain and spinal cord cancers.
Uro-Oncology Fellowship Endowment
Medical research · Canada
Endowed fellowship supporting physicians specialising in urinary tract and male reproductive system cancers.
Countries of operation
Funding & support
Funded by
Ways to support
Credentials & affiliations
Partnerships
Sinai Health Foundation, Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Sinai Health System, University of Toronto Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, SickKids Hospital, Ronald McDonald House, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
.png){kind=logo}