Fulfilling the Promise

Born in a promise between two sisters – Nancy Brinker to her sister, Susan G. Komen, who died from breast cancer at the age of 36 – Susan G. Komen for the Cure^® is the world’s largest and most progressive grassroots network fighting to end breast cancer forever.

Our Promise
The 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 and men around the world could die from breast cancer in the next 25 years without the cure, Komen is fighting every minute of every day to save every life.

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

Our Work
With nearly $1 billion invested to date, 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
Komen 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
Though our promise to end breast cancer remains the same, we marked our 25th anniversary with a renewed passion that incorporates a new name and logo, a commitment to invest another $2 billion in the next decade on breast health care, treatment,  and research to discover the causes and cures of breast cancer, and on initiatives designed to create a world without breast cancer.

Join Us In Keeping This Promise Alive
For breast health or breast cancer information, call our breast care helpline at 1-877 GO KOMEN or visit www.komen.org.