The Greater New York City Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure was founded in 1990 by friends of the late television journalist and breast cancer activist Benita Feurey and has raised $60 million to date. Komen Greater NYC distributes 75 percent of its net income to fund local community-based breast health education, screening and treatment programs and clinical trials enrollment. The remaining 25 percent funds national research to find the cures.

Our grants program supports essential, life-saving services for underserved residents of New York City, Long Island, Westchester and Rockland Counties. In 2012, Komen Greater NYC is awarding $4.4 million in grants – $2.9 million supporting 34 community-based organizations that provide breast health programs, $100,000 to three hospitals for clinical research enrollment, and over $1.4 million underwriting peer-reviewed research projects at the national level.

The Greater New York City Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure was founded in 1990 by friends of the late television journalist and breast cancer activist Benita Feurey and has raised $60 million to date. Komen Greater NYC distributes 75 percent of its net income to fund local community-based breast health education, screening and treatment programs and clinical trials enrollment. The remaining 25 percent funds national research to find the cures.

Our grants program supports essential, life-saving services for underserved residents of New York City, Long Island, Westchester and Rockland Counties. In 2012, Komen Greater NYC is awarding $4.4 million in grants — $2.9 million supporting 34 community-based organizations that provide breast health programs, $100,000 to three hospitals for clinical research enrollment, and over $1.4 million underwriting peer-reviewed research projects at the national level.

Our Passion
Because 10 million women around the world could die from breast cancer in the next 25 years without the cure, Susan G. Komen for the Cure is fighting every minute of every day to save every life.

Our People
The more than 100,000 survivors and activists of Susan G. Komen for the Cure are the face and voice of the global breast cancer movement - local activists and global citizens who mobilize millions through events like the Komen Race for the Cure Series, the world’s largest and most successful education and fundraising event for breast cancer.

Our Work
With over $1.5 billion invested to date, Susan G. Komen for the Cure is the world’s largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to curing breast cancer at every stage - from the causes, to the cures, to the pain and anxiety of every moment in between.

Our Success
Susan G. Komen for the Cure has played a critical role in every major advance in the fight against breast cancer for more than a quarter of a century - transforming how the world talks about and treats this disease and helping to turn millions of breast cancer patients into breast cancer survivors.

Our Pledge
To fulfill our promise to end breast cancer forever, by the end of 2017 , Susan G. Komen for the Cure will invest $2 billion on breast health care and treatment, especially for underserved women, and on research to discover the causes of breast cancer and, ultimately, its cures.