Nancy G. Brinker started Susan G. Komen for the Cure® in 1982 in Dallas, Texas in honor of a promise she made to her sister Susan G. Komen, who died from breast cancer at the age of 36. Today, Komen for the Cure is the world’s largest and most progressive grassroots network of survivors and activists working to end breast cancer forever. Komen for the Cure is 125 Affiliates strong, located in cities and communities across the U.S., Germany, Italy and Puerto Rico.
Affiliate Network
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 Komen Race for the Cure Series, the world’s largest and most successful education and fundraising event for breast cancer ever created.
Race for the Cure
Through programs like the Komen Race for the Cure Series and other fundraising and awareness events, Komen Affiliates raise tens of millions of dollars each year to help achieve the Foundation's mission to eradicate breast cancer as a life-threatening disease. Up to 75 percent of an Affiliate's net income stays in the community to fund local breast health education and breast cancer screening and treatment programs.
