In 1996, the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (SKCC) at Johns Hopkins University received National Cancer Institutes (NCI). The Center was founded in 1991.

The mission of the Kimmel Cancer Center is to go beyond the cutting edge in science and medicine to perform the most advanced research and offer patients the very best therapies for their disease. Caroline and Sidney Kimmel Kimmel have been generous benefactors to Jefferson/SKCC, having given more than $200 million over the years.