non-profit health care provider rating service. Sampled doctors were asked "where they were most likely to send patients with extremely difficult cases". As of 2016, 52 City of Hope physicians are currently listed as "Top Doctors" by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., as nominated by their peers in the medical profession. Castle Connolly is an independent company that surveys thousands of medical professionals in the United States and publishes the results in an annual consumer guide, America's Top Doctors. In December 2015, Charity Watch rates City of Hope / Beckman Research Institute charity an "A−" grade. In 2016, Charity Navigator gave City of Hope a 4 stars – its highest rating – for the 11th consecutive year. Grants National Cancer Institute grants Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant for translational research studies for Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma - Five-year, $11.5 million. Grant to City of Hope's Division of Nursing Research for study of palliative care and quality-of-life concerns for lung cancer patients - Five-year, $13.4 million. Grant to City of Hope's Division of Cancer Etiology for the California Teachers Study, a survey of over 130,000 public school teachers and administrators to study the link between obesity, physical activity, hormone exposure and cancer - Three-year, $5 million. Grant to City of Hope's Department of Population Sciences to study genetic susceptibility for secondary malignancies as a result of treatment for cancer survivors - Five-year, $3.4 million. Other grants California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) grants for AIDS-related lymphoma and brain cancer research - $32.5 million. National Library of Medicine/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases grant to City of Hope's Department of Information Sciences to serve as coordinating center for distribution of islet cells and intestinal stem cells - $17 million. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences grant to study ultraviolet light damage and its effect on mutagenesis - $2 million. Contracts National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) contract to facilitate stem cell research from laboratory to clinical study; focus on development and manufacture of stem cell therapies—five-year, $8.6 million. References External links Cancer hospitals Cancer organizations based in the United States Duarte, California History of biotechnology Hospitals in Los Angeles County, California Medical research institutes in California 1913 establishments in California Organizations established in 1913 NCI-designated cancer centers City of Hope National Medical Center