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Our Mission
IMAGINE LIFE WITHOUT BREAST CANCER™
Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, that she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer. In 1982, that promise became Susan G. Komen for the Cure and launched the global breast cancer movement to save lives and end breast cancer forever by empowering people, ensuring quality care for all, and energizing science to find the cures.
When you Race for the Cure in Philadelphia, you empower us, here at home, to:
- Improve treatment and care,
- Invest the most resources toward finding a cure, and
- Involve millions in our mission.
Imagine a world without breast cancer. Then, take pride in your contributions to making it a reality! To view our current grant recipients, click here.
About the Philadelphia Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure
At Susan G. Komen for the Cure, making a world without breast cancer a reality is our single-minded mission. As part of the world's largest breast cancer organization, the Philadelphia Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure embraces hundreds of thousands of people in our community in the Komen vision to end breast cancer forever...working every day to empower all men and women...from all walks of life...in all generations.
The Komen Philadelphia Affiliate is driven by a family philosophy. We are rooted in the promise between two sisters- Susan G. Komen and Nancy G. Brinker- and we pledge to be sisters to all the people we serve.
We will educate so all may find power from our experience.
We will protect with dedication to improve treatment and invest in a cure.
We will give special care to those less fortunate, helping to ensure equality of care for all.
We will support as a beacon of light along each breast cancer journey.
We will innovate, stopping at nothing and leaving no one behind until everyone shares not just the vision- but the reality of life without breast cancer.
Learn more about our outreach, our work and how you can play a roll in helping us to empower a work without breast cancer- click here.
View a short video recounting 20 years of progress driven by the Komen Philadelphia Race for the Cure.


