About Susan G. Komen for the Cure

The Komen San Francisco Bay Area Affiliate is a volunteer organization founded in 1987 and is devoted to raising and allocating funds for breast cancer research, education, screening and treatment in the nine Bay Area counties. We accomplish this through the annual Komen San Francisco Race for the Cure®, the Pink Tie Ball®, individual and corporate donations, benefit events and other fund raising efforts.

The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation was established in 1982 by Nancy Brinker to honor the memory of her sister, Susan G. Komen, who died from breast cancer at the age of 36. Today, the Foundation is an international organization with a network of volunteers working through local Affiliates and events like the Komen Race for the Cure® to eradicate breast cancer as a life-threatening disease. A global leader in the fight against breast cancer, the Foundation fulfills its mission through support of innovative breast cancer research grants, meritorious awards and community-based outreach programs.

Leading the Global Movement to End Breast Cancer Forever

Our Story
Born in a promise between two sisters – Nancy Brinker to her sister, Susan G. Komen, who died from breast cancer at the age of 36 – Susan G. Komen for the Cure® is the world’s largest and most progressive grassroots network fighting to end breast cancer forever.

Our Promise
The Susan G. Komen for the Cure® promise: to save lives and end breast cancer forever by empowering people, ensuring quality care for all and energizing science to find the cures.

Our Passion
Because 10 million women around the world could die from breast cancer in the next 25 years without the cure, Susan G. Komen for the Cure® is fighting every minute of every day to save every life.

Our People
The 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 the Komen Race for the Cure Series, the world’s largest and most successful education and fundraising event for breast cancer.

Our Work
With nearly $1 billion invested to date, Susan G. Komen for the Cure® is the world’s largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to curing breast cancer at every stage – from the causes, to the cures, to the pain and anxiety of every moment in between.

Our Success
Susan G. Komen for the Cure® has played a critical role in every major advance in the fight against breast cancer over the past 25 years – transforming how the world talks about and treats this disease and helping to turn millions of breast cancer patients into breast cancer survivors. 

Our Pledge
To fulfill our promise to end breast cancer forever, Susan G. Komen for the Cure® will invest more than $1 billion over the next decade on breast health care and treatment, especially for underserved women, and on research to discover the causes of breast cancer and, ultimately, its cures.