Susan G. Komen for the Cure

Leading the Global Movement to End Breast Cancer Forever

Our Story

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.

Our Promise

The Susan G. Komen for the Cure promise: to save lives and end breast cancer forever by empowering people, ensuring quality of care for all, and energizing science to find the cures.

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.

At Susan G. Komen for the Cure, we know that ending breast cancer is about more than curing a medical condition—it’s about overcoming the cultural, social, and financial conditions that prevent women from receiving life-saving breast health care and treatment.

With nearly $1 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 over the past 25 years—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, Susan G. Komen for the Cure will invest more than $1 billion over the next decade in breast health care and treatment, especially for underserved women, and in research to discover the causes of breast cancer and, ultimately, its cures.

The National Toll-Free Breast Care Helpline of Komen is GO KOMEN (1.897.465.6636). You can also visit their Web site at cms.komen.org.