Grants

Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, the world's largest breast cancer organization, awarded more than $100 million in research grants last year, representing the largest single-year investment in research in the organization's 26-year history and a 30 percent increase over the previous year’s award total of $77 million. The 2009 grants slate moves Susan G. Komen for the Cure closer to accomplishing its goal of investing another $2 billion in breast cancer research and community health programs by 2017.  

Our Grant Program is designed and formulated to support organizations in Central Ohio that offer screening, education, treatment and services to local residents, particularly the uninsured or medically under-served. The work of our passionate Grantees is crucial and life-changing, and brings us closer, day by day, to eradicating breast cancer as a life-threatening disease.

To see a list and map of our 2009-2010 Grantees, click here. 

Through a community needs assessment, the Columbus Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® has identified the following priorities:

1.  Screening of high-risk and underserved populations, especially focusing on women over the age of 40.
   • Mammograms and Clinical Breast Exams for Under- and Un-insured; Minorities; BCCP ineligible (age or income); populations with access issues
2. Breast health education and Screening Referral Programs
   • Special populations which require culturally competent services and advocates (Minority, Low-Literacy, Appalachian, Immigrant, Special Needs, Incarcerated, etc.)
3. Treatment; and Survivorship issues that require medical treatment or assistance
   • Patient assistance with costs of medication, treatment services and associated needs; Lymphedema; Mental Health concerns; Recurrence; and Survivorship Care Planning.

Seventy-five percent of all contributions support our local grant program. View the video below to see a few of the grantees in action.