Susan G. Komen
Susan G. Komen is the world's largest breast cancer organization, with experts available to media for questions about breast cancer research and community impact.
Research Grant Programs
Komen has sustained a strong commitment to supporting research that will identify and deliver cures for breast cancer. This commitment has resulted in important progress that has contributed to every major advance in breast cancer over the past 25 years. With increasing investments over time, Komen is now the largest non-government funder of breast cancer research. Our commitment to energizing science to find the cures started in our very first year, 1982 with just one grant for $28,000. By the beginning of our second decade we were funding more than 20 research grants annually and just 7 years later were funding more than 100 research grants annually. Today, we have invested nearly $450M in 1,736 research projects. We currently manage a portfolio of 759 active research projects reflecting a $298,004,655 investment.
National Sponsors
Yoplait USA-
Susan G. Komen for the Cure is proud to partner with Yoplait as the National Presenting Sponsor of the Komen Race for the Cure® Series. In addition to its support of the Race Series, Yoplait continues to support the Komen promise through national consumer offers and in-store programs.
American Airlines-
Susan G. Komen for the Cure® and American Airlines have been partners in the fight against breast cancer since 1992. American Airlines is the exclusive airline sponsor for the Komen Race for the Cure® Series and in 1994, American Airlines was named the "official airline carrier" of the Series.
Bank of America-
Bank of America is proud to partner with Susan G. Komen for the Cure on the Komen for the Cure Race for the Cure® Series. Bank of America associates have a long history of volunteering and participating in both events. At Komen events across the country Bank of America will enable customers to support Komen’s promise to save lives and end breast cancer forever through their everyday banking activities.
Ford Motor Company-
Ford Motor Company serves as a National Series Sponsor of the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure® for the seventeenth consecutive year. Ford is the exclusive automotive sponsor for the Komen Race for the Cure® Series.
New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc.-
For 22 years, Susan G. Komen for the Cure® has partnered with New Balance to work towards the common goal of finding a cure for breast cancer. New Balance has been a National Series Sponsor of the Komen Race for the Cure® Series since 1991 and in 2002 launched the Lace Up for the Cure® and Collection. From the retail sales of this collection, New Balance donates 5% of the manufactured suggested retail price to Komen for the Cure with an annual guaranteed minimum donation of $500,000. Together, step-by-step, New Balance and Komen are making excellent happen.
REMAX-
REMAX International has been a proud supporter of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® since 2006. Through its sponsorship of the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure® Series and the Home for the Cure™ program, RE/MAX International and its associates have contributed over $5M to the fight against breast cancer!
SELF Magazine-
In 2010, Komen welcomed SELF Magazine into the family of National Race Series Sponsors. In 2011 and 2012, online registrants for participating Race for the Cure® events receive a 1 year subscription to SELF or GQ. SELF also helps raise awareness and funds for our promise by donating advertising space in their magazines and by donating funds raised through the SELF Workout in the Park® events.
Zeta Tau Alpha Fraternity-
Zeta Tau Alpha (ZTA) fraternity, in partnership with the ZTA Foundation has been providing support for Komen since 1992, and is a sponsor of the Komen Race for the Cure® National Series Breast Cancer Survivor Recognition Program.
Georgia-Pacific-
Susan G. Komen for the Cure continues its partnership with Georgia-Pacific, the maker of Quilted Northern Soft & Strong® bath tissue and Vanity Fair® napkins as the Volunteer Recognition Sponsor of the Komen Race for the Cure® Series. Race Day volunteers will receive a T-shirt courtesy of Georgia-Pacific, in appreciation of their efforts.