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The Team Beans Infant Brain Tumor Fund has raised over $3,000,000 for infant brain tumor research!

The Team Beans Infant Brain Tumor Fund at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute was established in 2021 in memory of Francesca “Beans” Kaczynski. Beans passed away at nine months old on Christmas Eve 2020 of a rare brain tumor known as ATRT. 

Beans was an outgoing, bold and curious baby. She had huge, deep brown eyes that followed whatever her parents were doing. She loved eating and being held close, particularly in the evenings.  A Brooklyn-based Sesame Street fan, she enjoyed taking long walks around New York City and Boston, playing with her toys and balloons, attending speech therapy, and “petting” (i.e. grabbing) her cat Ryland.

With more than 20,000 grassroots donors, in less than two short years since Bean's death, the Team Beans Infant Brain Tumor Fund has already raised more than $2,650,000 for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and has set numerous fundraising event records. This money was crucial to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute establishing a brand new Infant Brain Tumor Program. And Team Beans is the biggest financial supporter of this program looking for cures for childhood brain cancer – the number one cause of death by disease in children. 

Team Beans has primarily raised money through the Boston Marathon, Pan-Mass Challenge and the sale of Team Beans merchandise. In 2021, Team Beans set the record for money raised for a team in the Pan Mass Challenger Winter Cycle, and in 2022, Team Beans became the number one internal Jimmy Fund fundraising team ever after our record-smashing total of $614,000 raised through the 2022 Boston Marathon.

Though Francesca will never get to experience the life she should have, with everyone’s support we can create a lasting legacy for her. 

As anyone who followed Francesca’s story knows, treatment options for young children with brain tumors are still very limited. The only treatments for these aggressive cancers are often harsh chemotherapy regimens that require families to spend months living in the hospital. They often fail to work and sometimes, as we unfortunately learned firsthand, have fatal side effects.  

And yet the heroic medical professionals who work hard every day to improve outcomes of our babies too often face severe funding challenges. That’s why your contributions in Francesca’s memory are a huge game changer. 

Francesca’s neuro-oncologist and head of the new program, renowned expert Dr. Susan Chi, says the new center will enable Dana-Farber to fund new projects and accelerate research in this crucial area. There’s so much work left to do to understand how brain cancer works in infants and explore less brutal treatments. And progress in this fight will only be made bit by bit through the kinds of clinical trials and research projects that the center will house. 

We miss Francesca tremendously every day. We will always be her parents and our efforts to fight childhood cancer are a way of staying true to our responsibility to take care of her.  


  • Andrew and Rachel

PROGRESS TO GOAL

Raised:$3,512,167.75
Goal:$0
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Event Honor Roll
2021 PMC Team Beans
$226,641
2021 Team Beans Boston Marathon Fundraising
2022 Boston Marathon
$616,003
2022 Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk
$5,385
2022 NYC Marathon
$106,791
2022 PMC Fundraising
$163,429
2023 PMC Fundraising
$240,598
2023 Running Fundraising
$130,901
Adam Thomas
$515
Agilent for Nivedita Baindur
$300
Amaury Moulron
$1,000
Amber and Bradley Powell
$325
Amy & Tad
$308
Amy Horowitz & Eugene Stern
Andie Mulvaney-Thorp
$2,200
Andrew Kaczynski
$506
ANDREW W KACZYNSKI
$1,750
Anne Clarke Wolff
Anne T Sullivan
$2,400
Anonymous
$50,432
Anonymous
$12,550
Anonymous
$10,000
Anonymous
$7,188
Anonymous
Anonymous
$2,500
Anonymous
$2,500
Anonymous
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$1,530
Anonymous
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$1,500
Anonymous
$1,500
Anonymous
$1,500
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$1,500
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$1,500
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$1,500
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$1,385
Anonymous
$1,100
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$1,000
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$1,000
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$1,000
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$1,000
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$750
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$700
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$580
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$515
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$515
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$515
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$500
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$500
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$500
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$500
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$500
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$500
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$480
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$400
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$400
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$353
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$351
Anonymous
$350
Anonymous
$308
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$300
Anonymous
$300
Anonymous
$288
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Anu Gupta
$500
Ashley McCollum
Barbara Kaczynski
Barlow Family
$266
Becker Family
$500
Ben DiPietro
$1,000
Bridget McNulty
$300
Caiden's Crusaders
$5,000
Camila Kerwin
$1,500
Charles J Alaimo
$750
Chris Niemczewski and Elise Hoffmann
$500
Christopher Eberle
$500
Christopher Klepac
$357
Colette Bertrand
Corinne Glassman
$10,100
Craig Emrich
Craig Emrich
$494
Daniel S Holt
$300
david falk
Dawn Howard
$1,000
Deborah D Olszewski
$474
Deepa Damodar
$350
dGen Network
$1,000
Dina
$1,000
Dina
Dina Al Sabah
$20,000
Donation in the name of Emilia Masciantonio.
$3,750
Donna and Michael Bass
$1,030
Dr. Brittany Simone
$1,030
Dr. Carl Cohn
$350
Drueding Foundation for Francesca Kaczynski
$5,000
Dylan & Brittany Baros
$500
Eric & Tracy Holsapple Family
$515
Eric Sprague
$2,575
Eric's RX Shoppe COVID-19 Vaccine Fundraiser
$2,000
Family of Gabriella Pellicani
$1,000
For Beans and all the other Beans
$500
For Gabe.
$500
Fren of @skominers
$1,000
General Electric for Mark Serpa
$1,592
Gifts to Dana-Farber
Google for Steph Hudesman
Google for Stephanie Hudesman
$1,000
Google for various donors
Grandma & Grandpa Kaczynski (Terry & Steve)
$5,000
Harris Family, Stephen, Kevin, Wm & Gi Gi, Brian & UNC
$500
Heidi Sandreuter
$500
howard wagner
$500
In memory of Clark Joseph Myers Haslanger
In memory of Darlene Townsend by Edna Chavira for Third Door Media, Inc.
$1,545
In Memory of Peter Holsapple from WSP friends
$1,545
in memory of Stephen John Kaczynski
$500
Invariant
Jake and Jennifer Tapper
$2,400
Jamie and Michelle Strowhiro
$1,000
Jason C
$556
Jean Hoffman
$461
Jeff Morris and Lindsay Maxwell-Morris
$500
Jeremy and Daphne Naylor
$1,030
Jeremy Naylor
$2,500
Jill Griffiths and David Keller family
$500
Jill Larsen
John and Caterina Roman
$1,000
John and Kelly Kramer Family
John and Sarah Daly
$1,000
John King
$11,736
John King
$1,290
John King
$495
John P. Avlon
$500
JOHN R KING
$2,985
John Wicks
$1,030
Joseph Smith
$950
Josh's birthday fundraiser via Facebook
Joshua Zeitz
$500
Judith Wallace
$500
Jupiter Medical Center Physicians Education Fund
$300
Karen Krieger
$1,000
Kari and Bill Foote & Family
$1,000
Kathleen Schmidt
$500
Katie, Jason and Delaney Cunningham
$500
Kelly Escobedo
Kerry McKibbin
$500
Kevin McAnoy
$1,224
Kevin McCarthy
$500
Kimberly Buccheri
Kyle Van Essen
$500
Laura and Stephen Sanford
$320
Laura Henry Allen
$500
Laura M Gunn
Lisa Libicki
Lori Stingle
$350
Lucija & Andreas Hartmann Natek
$500
Marcia
$1,121
Marcia and Eric Kessler
$500
Mary Rosa
$500
Mel, Phil, Peyton and Teagan
$500
Merck for Filippa Karcewski
$658
Michael and Donna Bass
Michael Froman & Nancy Goodman
Mighty Quinn Boat Parade - Town River Yacht Club
$1,592
Mike & Kristin Foss
$1,500
Miss Jessica Gavora
$2,000
MJ Lee and Alex Burns
$1,000
Mr. Alan Deckelbaum
$10,000
Mr. Aleksandr Chalimbekov
$288
Mr. Andrew Motel
Mr. Christopher Bryan
$1,000
Mr. Dan Rolleri
$1,000
Mr. Herbert P. DeCordova Jr.
Mr. Jack Johnson
Mr. Jing Zhang
Mr. John Daly
$3,000
Mr. John King
$2,750
Mr. John Ruszczynski
$1,000
Mr. Michael Massee
Mr. Michael Southerly
$1,000
Mr. Nicholas Logothetis
$500
Mr. Peter Buzy
$15,000
Mr. Peter Orvis
$300
Mr. Steven Lipin
$500
Mrs. Erica Rolston
$500
Mrs. Jean Hoffman
$574
Mrs. Stephanie Hudesman
$1,000
Ms. Amy Stevens
Ms. Behnaz Salehi
$300
Ms. Beth Myers
Ms. Betsy Brady
$500
Ms. Erin Isabelle Burnett
Ms. Francine Smilen
Ms. Francine Smilen
$1,800
Ms. Karin Sammon
$500
Ms. Kathleen Powell
$350
Ms. Nivedita Baindur
$300
Nanci Valente in memory of Antoinette DiPietro
$500
Nathalie Johnson-Noon
$300
Neal Kwatra
$5,000
Neely Family
$2,500
Not Just Co. September Fundraiser
Ollie's Orchestra
$3,018
Ollie's Orchestra loves Team Beans
Ollie's Orchestra with love and admiration to Team Beans
$3,371
Oren D Langer
$1,000
Pattison Posse
$288
Paul
$500
Paul Messina
$371
Peter D Sagal
$1,000
Peter Hamby
$500
PMC Winter Cycle
$628,302
Pura Perez
$788
Rachel Ensign
$500
Rachel Ensign and Andy Kaczynski
$15,000
Rachel Feintzeig
$500
Rebecca Hattan
$324
Red Hat for Kevin McAnoy
Richard Souto
$309
Rick Werder
$500
Rita Poley
$500
Rory Cooper
$1,000
Rubab Khan
$1,000
Ryan Timothy & Carla Norris
Sara Carpi
$500
Sarah Velenosi
$335
SE Cupp
SebastianStrong Foundation
$1,000
Small Improvements Inc
$3,750
Sobel Family Foundation
$500
Solairus Aviation
$2,500
Sontheimer Family
$500
Stephanie Cox
Steve Geise
$1,000
Steven N Geise
$1,000
Steven Sweetwood
$1,700
Sue Fazo & Brenda Carder
$500
Suz Meyer
$500
Tamara Rollins
$350
Team Beans
$500
Terry & Steve Kaczynski
$1,100
The Customink Llc
$6,521
The Epstein Family Giving Fund
The Family of Samuel Johnson
$1,133
The Foley Family
$500
The George Family
$500
The Head Family Charitable Foundation
The Hudesman Family
$1,000
The Maxfield Ostfeld Family
The Puzauskas Family Charitable Foundation
$2,000
The Reid Family
$500
The Rosalie K. Stahl Fund
The Rosalie K. Stahl Fund
$50,000
The Sabo Family
$500
The Sacred Heart School
Tiffany Muller
$500
Tim Kerr Charities
$1,000
Tom and Kay Logan
$350
Tommy Vietor
$2,000
Trails for Travis
$500
Tyton Partners in honor of Shari Schweizer
Vault Fitness
$1,000
Vikram Kulkarni
$500
Weijia Jiang & Luther Lowe
$1,000
With love, from Ollie's Orchestra
Yasmeen Abutaleb
$2,500
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Team Beans Infant Brain Tumor Fund

The Team Beans Infant Brain Tumor Fund has raised over $3,000,000 for infant brain tumor research!

The Team Beans Infant Brain Tumor Fund at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute was established in 2021 in memory of Francesca “Beans” Kaczynski. Beans passed away at nine months old on Christmas Eve 2020 of a rare brain tumor known as ATRT. 

Beans was an outgoing, bold and curious baby. She had huge, deep brown eyes that followed whatever her parents were doing. She loved eating and being held close, particularly in the evenings.  A Brooklyn-based Sesame Street fan, she enjoyed taking long walks around New York City and Boston, playing with her toys and balloons, attending speech therapy, and “petting” (i.e. grabbing) her cat Ryland.

With more than 20,000 grassroots donors, in less than two short years since Bean's death, the Team Beans Infant Brain Tumor Fund has already raised more than $2,650,000 for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and has set numerous fundraising event records. This money was crucial to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute establishing a brand new Infant Brain Tumor Program. And Team Beans is the biggest financial supporter of this program looking for cures for childhood brain cancer – the number one cause of death by disease in children. 

Team Beans has primarily raised money through the Boston Marathon, Pan-Mass Challenge and the sale of Team Beans merchandise. In 2021, Team Beans set the record for money raised for a team in the Pan Mass Challenger Winter Cycle, and in 2022, Team Beans became the number one internal Jimmy Fund fundraising team ever after our record-smashing total of $614,000 raised through the 2022 Boston Marathon.

Though Francesca will never get to experience the life she should have, with everyone’s support we can create a lasting legacy for her. 

As anyone who followed Francesca’s story knows, treatment options for young children with brain tumors are still very limited. The only treatments for these aggressive cancers are often harsh chemotherapy regimens that require families to spend months living in the hospital. They often fail to work and sometimes, as we unfortunately learned firsthand, have fatal side effects.  

And yet the heroic medical professionals who work hard every day to improve outcomes of our babies too often face severe funding challenges. That’s why your contributions in Francesca’s memory are a huge game changer. 

Francesca’s neuro-oncologist and head of the new program, renowned expert Dr. Susan Chi, says the new center will enable Dana-Farber to fund new projects and accelerate research in this crucial area. There’s so much work left to do to understand how brain cancer works in infants and explore less brutal treatments. And progress in this fight will only be made bit by bit through the kinds of clinical trials and research projects that the center will house. 

We miss Francesca tremendously every day. We will always be her parents and our efforts to fight childhood cancer are a way of staying true to our responsibility to take care of her.  


  • Andrew and Rachel

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