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Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever. In 1982, that promise became Susan G. Komen for the Cure and launched the global breast cancer movement. Today, Komen for the Cure is the world’s largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists fighting to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find the cures. Thanks to events like the Komen Race for the Cure, we have invested nearly $1 billion to fulfill our promise, becoming the largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to the fight against breast cancer in the world.
Since its formation in 1997, the Chicagoland Area Affiliate has funded breast cancer education, screening and treatment programs for the medically underserved in its local community and has given additional money to the Komen Foundation Award and Research Grant Program to help fund breast research programs in the Chicagoland Area service region. Seventy-five percent of the net proceeds raised through the Chicagoland Area Race for the Cure® and additional fund raising events have been invested locally. The remaining twenty-five percent of net proceeds raised were contributed to the Komen Foundation’s National Grant Program, which funds research and education programs.
Our Promise: One promise to find a cure and to seek the cure with passion and urgency and focus until the day when breast cancer is eliminated from the face of the earth.
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