Komen in the Community: Grants

Each year, the Komen Philadelphia Affiliate proudly distributes approximately $2.2 million in grants to 25-45 organizations in our fifteen-county service area to support breast cancer outreach programs. Our grantees are hard at work every day in our neighborhoods building bridges to all women - especially low-income, under-insured and uninsured populations - and connecting them with the resources that enrich and save lives. Representing some of the finest healthcare, community and family service organizations in our area, Komen Philadelphia Affiliate grantees are educate entire communities, replace helplessness with hope, and empower all generations and cultures to live in a world with breast cancer without living in fear... regardless of race, financial status, education or background.


 

2012-2013 Komen Philadelphia Affiliate Grant Program

For fiscal year 2012-2013, the Komen Philadelphia Affiliate is distributing more than $2 million to 44 organizations in our service area. 


In total, the grantee programs funded are expected to accomplish the following:

  • Referrals to mammograms: 6,315

  • Mammograms performed: 3,996

  • Clinical breast exams: 3,930

  • Outreach contacts: 45,916

  • Education/counseling contacts: 11,266

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2012-2013 Grantees, Funded Programs and Grant Type

 

  • Abington Health - Lansdale Hospital: Korean Women Breast Health & Support Services Initiative (grant type: education & support)
  • Abington Memorial Hospital: Closing the Gap (grant type: screening & treatment)
  • Albert Einstein Healthcare Network: Women In Need (WIN) Program (grant type: screening & treatment)
  • Allentown Health Bureau: Breast Cancer Education and Screening for Uninsured and Underinsured Women (grant type: education & support)
  • Arab-American Development Corporation: "Lil Shifa'a" / "For the Cure" (grant type: education & support)
  • Bayhealth Medical Center: Bayhealth Breast Screening and Treatment Partnership Program (grant type: screening & treatment)
  • Bebashi: Transisiton to Hope: Our Bodies (grant type: education & support)
  • Beebe Medical Center - Tunnell Cancer Center: Sharing Our Stories, Saving Our Sisters (grant type: screening & treatment)
  • The Breathing Room Foundation: Temporary Gap Funding - Giving Hope (grant type: education & support)
  • Cambodian Association of Greater Philadelphia: Breast Health Education and Support Services (grant type: education & support)
  • Cancer Care Connection: Talk It Up: Training Teens About Breast Cancer (grant type: education & support)
  • Cancer Support Community of Delaware: Learn Share Thrive (grant type: education & support)
  • Cancer Support Community of the Greater Lehigh Valley: Closing the Gap - Supporting Underserved Breast Cancer Survivors (grant type: education & support)
  • Christiana Care Health Services: The Pink Ribbon Breast Program: Delaware's Comprehensive Community Network (grant type: screening & treatment)
  • The Consortium: Health Opportunities That Promote Empowerment (HOPE) (grant type: education & support)
  • Cooper University Hospital: Camden County Cancer Screening Project (grant type: screening & treatment)
  • Crozer Regional Cancer Center: Crozer Cares (grant type: screening & treatment)
  • Delaware County Regional Cancer Center: Delco Cares (grant type: screening & treatment)
  • Delaware Valley Community Health: DVCH Women's Health Project (grant type: education & support)
  • Drexel University College of Medicine: Drexel University College of Medicine Women's Health Project (grant type: screening & treatment)
  • Greater Philadelphia Overseas Chinese Association: Breast Health Education and Breast Cancer Prevention Program for Underinsured and Uninsured Ethnic Chinese Women  (grant type: education & support)
  • Health Promotion Council: The Navigating, Educating and Supporting Together (NEST) Project (grant type: education & support)
  • Jefferson Kimmel Cancer Center: Jefferson's Breast Cancer Screening and Treatment Program (grant type: screening & treatment)
  • La Esperanza Community Center: Unidas Con Esperanza (United With Hope) (grant type: education & support)
  • Lancaster Family YMCA: Building Strength, Stamina and Wellness in Breast Cancer Survivors (grant type: education & support)
  • Lancaster General Health: Lancaster General Health - Breast Health Awareness Outreach, Education, Screening and Support Project (grant type: screening & treatment)
  • Living Through Cancer Foundation: In The Looking Glass (grant type: education & support)
  • MANNA, the Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance: Home-Delivered Meals for People with Breast Cancer (grant type: education & support)
  • Mazzoni Center: Special Outreach to Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Communities (grant type: education & support)
  • Memorial Hospital: Breast Health Education Program (grant type: education & support)
  • National Nursing Centers Consortium: Southwest Breast Health Initiative (grant type: education & support)
  • Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center: Lourdes Pretty In Pink Initiative (grant type: education & support)
  • Penn Asian Senior Services: Overcoming Barriers to Breast Health for Asian Women (grant type: education & support)
  • Philadelphia Corporation for Aging: Passing on Wisdom II (grant type: education & support)
  • Philadelphia Department of Public Health: Philadelphia Department of Public Health Breast Screening and Treatment Program (grant type: screening & treatment)
  • Philip Jaisohn Foundation: Breast Cancer Education of Older Asian Women (grant type: education & support)
  • Practice Without Pressure: Treasure Your Health (grant type: education & support)
  • Puerto Rican Unity for Progress: Proyecto Salud Para Mujeres (Project Health for Women) (grant type: education & support)
  • SEAMAAC: Breast Health Awareness and Cancer Prevention Program (grant type: education & support)
  • Southeast Pennsylvania Area Health Education Center: A Program of Breast Health Education and Screening for Latinas in Chester County (grant type: education & support)
  • St. Mary Medical Center Foundation: Leading the Way to Wellness for Breast Cancer Survivors (grant type: education & support)
  • Unemployment Information Center: Breast Health Navigator for Low-Income African Americans and Latinas (grant type: education & support)
  • Virtua: Breast Navigation: Reducing Barriers to Care (grant type: education & support) 
  • Young Survival Coalition of Greater Philadelphia: Education and Support for Young Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer (grant type: education & support)

 

For a booklet describing each grantee and their funded program, please contact Ann Ritter. 

 

Click here for a list of grantees over the past 5 years.


 

For more information on being a grantee, please click here.