The V Foundation was founded in 1993 by ESPN and the late Jim Valvano, legendary North Carolina State University men’s basketball coach and ESPN commentator. Since its inception, the V Foundation has awarded over $500 million in cancer research grants nationwide, with more than $107 million going toward pediatric cancers across more than 260 pediatric research grants.

Since 2006, the Delta Chi Fraternity and the V Foundation for Cancer Research have worked together to advance lifesaving cancer research, raising more than $2.8 million to the Dick Vitale Pediatric Cancer Research Fund to improve and accelerate treatments for children with cancer. Under the National Cancer Institute’s budget, limited funding is allocated to pediatric cancer research. Private funding like that raised by Delta Chi through the annual Bracket Challenge, on-campus fundraising events and other donations have become a critical component of pediatric research support.