The St. Baldrick's Foundation is a not-for-profit organization, with the aim of raising funds to help find cures for children with cancer.

Volunteers sponsored by family, friends, and employers shave their heads or "chop" their ponytails in solidarity with children who typically lose their hair during cancer treatment in order to raise funds.

[1] Tim Kenny, John Bender, and Enda McDonnell founded the St. Baldrick's Foundation on July 4, 1999, as a challenge to see how they would give back for their "good fortune in business".

[5] According to their official website, 2012 marked $100 million given in childhood cancer research grants since their first year as an independent foundation in 2005.

According to Plenty Consulting, 2,600 volunteers had thus far earned the Knight of the Bald Table award in 2015, which is given for seven years of service to the organization.