Our Grant Making Process and 2019-2020 Grantees
ABOUT THE GRANT-MAKING PROCESS Grant-making is the primary activity by which we invest in our community while ensuring quality, consistency, and transparency during the process. By following strict...
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National Advocacy – Komen Goes to Washington, D.C.
From May 1-3, Susan G. Komen Headquarters hosted the 2019 Advocacy Summit in Washington, D.C. to prepare approximately 300 Affiliate staff, Board members, volunteers, survivors, researchers and other...
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Introducing Komen North & West Texas
Susan G. Komen® North Texas (based in Plano, Texas) and Susan G. Komen® West Texas (based in Amarillo and Lubbock) announced today that they are joining forces and will operate moving forward as one...
View ArticleHere’s what you need to know about clinical trials
Clinical trials test the safety and benefits of new treatments as well as new combinations or new doses of standard treatments. They can also study other parts of care including risk reduction,...
View ArticleGrantee Spotlight: Bridge Breast Network and Harrington Cancer and Health...
Meet Our Grantees This month, we are excited to begin a monthly series that will feature all of the grantees from the newly merged service area. We will highlight each program and showcase their...
View ArticleSusan G. Komen® Advocates to Remove Cost Barriers
Susan G. Komen North & West Texas has worked for the last 29 years to ensure Texas women have access to life-saving breast cancer screening, diagnostics, and treatments services, through...
View ArticleSusan G. Komen Unveils $26 Million Investment in Research Focused on...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sean Tuffnell Susan G. Komen® 972-855-4382 press@komen.org Hannah Beaty Komen North and West Texas 972-372-0172 hbeaty@komennwtx.org SUSAN G. KOMEN® UNVEILS $26 MILLION...
View ArticleGrantee Spotlight: Covenant Health & ABHOP
This month, we continue to highlight the great work of our Community Grant recipients. These are the organizations who, after meeting eligibility requirements and a competitive application and review...
View ArticleGrantee Spotlight: UMC Breast Center and North Central Texas Community...
In this month’s installment, we are featuring two of our community grantees who serve the rural communities in North Central and West Texas. By providing much needed care to communities who face...
View ArticleGrantee Spotlight: Moncrief Cancer Institute, Texas Health Resources...
We want to introduce you to the final three grantees who we have funded this year through our grants process. They use the money our Affiliate gives to them to provide low-cost or no-cost breast...
View ArticleIn 2020, take charge of your breast health
At the start of every new year, many people are focused on leading healthier lives, and that should include breast health, which leads us to our first topic of 2020: breast self-awareness, or what the...
View ArticleBreast cancer disparities for African American women
No woman should have a difficult time accessing resources or help during her battle with breast cancer, but unfortunately some do. To mark Black History month, this month’s focus is on the challenges...
View ArticleHistory of Susan G. Komen and Breast Cancer Research
History of Susan G. Komen Susan G. Komen was founded in 1982 by Nancy Brinker, sister of Susan G. Komen. At the age of 33, Suzy was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer. Nancy made a...
View Article2020-2021 Grants Programs Announced
SUSAN G. KOMEN® NORTH & WEST TEXAS AWARDS $287,826 TO SUPPORT LOCAL PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE MAMMOGRAMS, DIAGNOSTICS, BREAST CANCER TREAMENT, PATIENT NAVIGATION, AND EDUCATION PLANO, TX – APRIL 1,...
View ArticleNeed a quick and healthy recipe? Here’s three!
Thank you to our friends at Cancer Treatment Centers of America Tulsa for providing these quick and healthy recipes that use many items that you likely already have in your home. If you’d like to see...
View ArticleSusan G. Komen® Advocates to Remove Cost Barriers
Susan G. Komen North & West Texas has worked for the last 29 years to ensure Texas women have access to life-saving breast cancer screening, diagnostics, and treatments services, through...
View ArticleSusan G. Komen Unveils $26 Million Investment in Research Focused on...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sean Tuffnell Susan G. Komen® 972-855-4382 press@komen.org Hannah Beaty Komen North and West Texas 972-372-0172 hbeaty@komennwtx.org SUSAN G. KOMEN® UNVEILS $26 MILLION...
View ArticleGrantee Spotlight: Covenant Health & ABHOP
This month, we continue to highlight the great work of our Community Grant recipients. These are the organizations who, after meeting eligibility requirements and a competitive application and review...
View ArticleGrantee Spotlight: UMC Breast Center and North Central Texas Community...
In this month’s installment, we are featuring two of our community grantees who serve the rural communities in North Central and West Texas. By providing much needed care to communities who face...
View ArticleGrantee Spotlight: Moncrief Cancer Institute, Texas Health Resources...
We want to introduce you to the final three grantees who we have funded this year through our grants process. They use the money our Affiliate gives to them to provide low-cost or no-cost breast...
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