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The National LGBT Cancer Network works to improve the lives of LGBT cancer survivors and those at risk by: EDUCATING the LGBT community about our increased cancer risks and the importance of screening and early detection; TRAINING health care providers to offer more culturally-competent, safe and welcoming care; and ADVOCATING for LGBT survivors in mainstream cancer organizations, the media and research.

We change lives by creating a community of support for young adults, and their loved ones, as they fight cancer and embrace survivorship. The Jacqueline Shearer Fund honors the amazing strength, grace and dignity Jacqueline kept throughout her battle with a brain tumor. Jacqueline touched the lives of many and left a lasting impression on everyone who knew her. This fund was established to carry on her legacy.

Indiana & Kentucky Nancy G. Brinker promised her sister that she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever. That promise is now Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, the global leader of the breast cancer movement, having invested more than $2.2 billion since inception in 1982. As the world’s largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists, we’re working together to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find the cures. Thanks to events like the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure® and the Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure®, and generous contributions from our partners, sponsors and fellow supporters, we have become the largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to the fight against breast cancer in the world.

Raising funds for Triple Negative and Metastatic Breast Cancer Research

ThriveWell Cancer Foundation is dedicated to finding a cure for cancer by funding cancer research, providing patient support and offering programs to improve the quality of life for patients and their families.

Chicago Nancy G. Brinker promised her sister that she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever. That promise is now Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, the global leader of the breast cancer movement, having invested more than $2.2 billion since inception in 1982. As the world’s largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists, we’re working together to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find the cures. Thanks to events like the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure® and the Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure®, and generous contributions from our partners, sponsors and fellow supporters, we have become the largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to the fight against breast cancer in the world.

ECAN's mission is to save lives by stressing the crucial link between heartburn and esophageal cancer; fostering prevention and early detection among those at risk; supporting medical research into prevention, early detection, treatment and a cure; and, connecting patients and caregivers with resources for information, encouragement and compassionate support.

The mission of the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation is to eradicate cancer by funding cutting-edge research that identifies and corrects abnormal gene function that causes cancer and develops minimally toxic treatments for patients.

The mission of the Carcinoid Cancer Foundation is to increase awareness and educate the general public and healthcare professionals regarding carcinoid and related neuroendocrine tumors (NETs), to support NET cancer patients and their families, and to serve as patient advocates.

The Dear Jack Foundation provides quality of life programming that directly benefits young adult cancer patients, survivors and their families. The programs facilitated by Dear Jack offer hope and guidance to young adults and their support system who are facing or who have faced a life-threatening cancer diagnosis.

ENF helps families navigate through their child's journey with cancer and other life-threatening diseases.

To provide a platform for African American breast cancer survivors to use their voices to drive health system change globally.