Charity Overview

Since the tournament’s inception in 2007, the pediatric cancer program at Nationwide Children’s Hospital has been the primary beneficiary of the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship. The 2023 Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship raised a total of $3,518,710 for central Ohio charitable organizations, including $3,307,331 for pediatric cancer research and treatment at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. This marks the largest single-season charitable donation raised for the hospital in the 17-year history of the Korn Ferry Tour Finals event. It’s also the third year in a row the event has exceeded the $3 million mark. Since its inception in 2007, the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship has donated more than $25.6 million in support of the hospital’s pediatric cancer program.

About Nationwide Children's Hospital

Named to the Top 10 Honor Roll on U.S. News & World Report’s 2023-24 list of “Best Children’s Hospitals,” Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of America’s largest not-for-profit free-standing pediatric health care systems providing unique expertise in pediatric population health, behavioral health, genomics, and health equity as the next frontiers in pediatric medicine, leading to best outcomes for the health of the whole child. Integrated clinical and research programs, as well as prioritizing quality and safety, are part of what allows Nationwide Children’s to advance its unique model of care. Nationwide Children’s has a staff of more than 14,000 that provides state-of-the-art wellness, preventive and rehabilitative care and diagnostic treatment during more than 1.7 million patient visits annually. As home to the Department of Pediatrics of The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Nationwide Children’s physicians train the next generation of pediatricians and pediatric specialists. The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of the Top 10 National Institutes of Health-funded free-standing pediatric research facilities. More information is available at NationwideChildrens.org.