Identity & Authority: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital – Signal Evidence & AI Readability

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

(https://stjude.org) 📸 Data Snapshot: June 19, 2026
Identity & Authority — The Lens

Inspect the JSON-LD. Is there an Organization or Person schema, and does it carry sameAs links to real external profiles (LinkedIn, socials)? Missing schema or no identity declaration signals an anonymous entity.

Identity & Authority Expert verifiability & Schema depth.
14 Impact Weight: 15 / 100
93% Reputation

Authority is explicitly established. The research page identifies specific experts like Brian O’Flynn, PhD and Katelyn Daniels, MD. The organization’s identity is anchored by a 1962 founding date and the named founder, Danny Thomas, all of which are included in the structured data and verifiable through the provided third-party links.

There is no disconnect between claims and evidence. The claim that St. Jude ‘treats the toughest childhood cancers’ is supported by specific references to high-risk clinical trials and gene therapy results for patients like ‘Donte.’ The site consistently demonstrates its work through specific medical advancements rather than just emotional appeals.

Identity & Authority is read from the structured data first: whether the site declares who it is in machine-readable schema, with verifiable identity links. Below is the schema captured per page, then the external proof links that support (or fail to support) that identity.

🔗 Identity & Technical Layer — schema JSON-LD: identity chains, entity gaps
Homepage schema
{
    "@context": "http://schema.org",
    "@id": "https://www.stjude.org",
    "@type": "Organization",
    "name": "St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital",
    "legalName": "St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Inc",
    "url": "https://www.stjude.org",
    "alternateName": "St. Jude",
    "mainEntityOfPage": "https://www.stjude.org",
    "contactPoint": [
        {
            "@type": "ContactPoint",
            "name": "Donor Services",
            "telephone": "+1 (800) 822-6344",
            "areaServed": "US"
        },
        {
            "@type": "ContactPoint",
            "name": "Hospital",
            "telephone": "+1 (866) 278-5833",
            "areaServed": "US",
            "availableLanguage": [
                "English",
                "Spanish"
            ]
        }
    ],
    "description": "St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. St. Jude was established in 1962 and has helped to increase the childhood cancer survival rate from 20% to more than 80% since it first opened its doors. The institution is powered by the great generosity of its donors, which helps ensure that families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food--so they can focus on helping their child live.",
    "logo": "https://stjude.cloud-cme.com/assets/stjude/images/SJ_Tag_H_C.png",
    "foundingDate": "1962",
    "founders": [
        {
            "@type": "Person",
            "name": "Danny Thomas"
        }
    ],
    "address": {
        "@type": "PostalAddress",
        "streetAddress": "262 Danny Thomas Place",
        "addressLocality": "Memphis",
        "addressRegion": "TN",
        "postalCode": "38105",
        "addressCountry": "US"
    },
    "award": [
        "U.S. News & World Report Top Children's Cancer Hospital in the U.S. 2008-2023",
        "Glassdoor Best Places to Work 2018-2023",
        "One of the Top Children's Cancer Care Hospitals in the U.S by Parent’s Magazine 2020",
        "One of the Best Workplaces in Health Care & Biopharma by Fortune Magazine from 2015-2020",
        "Fortune Magazine 100 Best Companies to Work from 2011-2019",
        "One of Fortune Magazine  Best Workplaces for Millennials from 2015-2018",
        "One of Fortune Magazine Best Workplaces for Women from 2016-2018",
        "People Magazine Companies That Care 2017",
        "Fortune Magazine Best Workplaces for Women 2016, 2017 & 2018",
        "Fortune Magazine Best Workplaces for Diversity 2015 & 2016"
    ],
    "sameAs": [
        "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1164246",
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Jude_Children%27s_Research_Hospital",
        "https://www.cure4kids.org/",
        "https://www.stjude.cloud/",
        "https://www.stjude.org/about-st-jude/history.html",
        "https://www.facebook.com/stjude/",
        "https://www.linkedin.com/company/st-jude-childrens-research-hospital",
        "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2NI99YBLdVDNVK-iQmkUbA",
        "https://twitter.com/stjude",
        "https://www.instagram.com/stjude/",
        "https://www.tiktok.com/@stjude",
        "https://www.guidestar.org/profile/62-0646012",
        "https://www.uicc.org/membership/st-jude-childrens-research-hospital",
        "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/st-jude-children-s-research-hospital",
        "https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/9718Z:US#xj4y7vzkg",
        "https://www.forbes.com/companies/st-jude-childrens-research-hospital/"
    ]
}
/research.html — no schema detected (entity gap)
/legal/u-s-privacy-policy-statement.html — no schema detected (entity gap)
/donate/donate-to-st-jude.html — no schema detected (entity gap)
🛡️ Trust Signals — external proof links that back the declared identity
341Review mentions (all pages)
3External proof links (all pages)
PageReviewsProof links
/ (home) 6 1
/research.html 2 1
/legal/u-s-privacy-policy-statement.html 17 1
/donate/donate-to-st-jude.html 316 0
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