News Room

Thank you for visiting the St. Louis Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure News Room. We appreciate your interest in the Komen St. Louis Affiliate.

For interviews, comments or further assistance, please contact:

Janet Vigen Levy
Director, Public Relations and Marketing
314.569-3900 (W)
jvigenlevy@komenstlouis.org

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Komen St. Louis Information Sheet

Press Releases

ABOUT KOMEN ST. LOUIS

The Susan G. Komen for the Cure St. Louis Affiliate has a very specific 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.

Locally incorporated, the Komen St. Louis Affiliate raises funds through events like the Komen St. Louis Race for the Cure. The St. Louis Affiliate has invested more than $16 million in community breast health programs in 17 counties in Eastern Missouri and Southwestern Illinois since 1999. Up to seventy-five percent of the money raised by the local Affiliate
 stays in our Missouri and Illinois service area to fund life-saving programs. The remaining twenty-five percent funds breast cancer research on a national level. Since 1999, Komen St. Louis has contributed more than $7 million to Susan G. Komen for the Cure for national research; more than $15.25 million has come back to St. Louis area research facilities through the Komen national research program.

A Message from our Executive Director - Feb. 9 -Please Read...

Statement from Susan G. Komen for the Cure National Headquarters - Feb. 3 Please Read...

Important Message from the Komen St. Louis Affiliate - Feb. 2 - Please Read...

FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

KOMEN ST. LOUIS GRANT FUNDING

The St. Louis Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure grants support to non-profit organizations and governmental agencies in our service area for innovative, non-duplicative, evidenced-based projects in the areas of breast health and breast cancer screening, treatment, education and support programs targeting services not otherwise available to the medically underserved populations in our 17-county service area. Komen St. Louis funding is limited and awarded through a competitive process. All grant applications are subjected to rigorous review by an independent panel of local professionals from varied backgrounds, including medicine, business, public health, and breast cancer survivors.  This panel is responsible for making the final decisions regarding grant awards.  Grant awards are for one year (April 1 - March 31).  Organizations receiving grant awards must re-apply each year.

A complete list of all of our grantees, funded since 1999, can be found www.komenstlouis.org.

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