Susan G. Komen for the Cure Enabling Grants Program

Enabling grants are available for the following categories:

• Pilot Project Grant: An innovative project with no more than a term of six months specific in the areas of breast health and breast cancer education, outreach, screening, and treatment support services.
• Conference Grant: An event, conference, symposia specific to breast health or to help further the body of knowledge related to research, diagnosis, treatment, education, and/or other issues related to breast cancer that is held in one of the 9 counties of the SF Bay Area Affiliate area.
• Travel Grant: Travel assistance for one person (Staff or board member or volunteer of applicant organization) to attend, participate in, and/or present at a conference or symposia that would increase the community knowledge of breast health and breast cancer. Travel Grants are issued as a reimbursement of travel expenses up to the approved dollar amount upon submission of receipts and expense report.
• Pilot Project and Conference Grants are available for up to $5,000. Travel Grants are available up to $1200.
• Enabling Grant funds cannot be used to support staff salary, for services for an individual (e.g. mammography/ultrasound), or to conduct research.
• Applications are accepted throughout the year.
• A final report is due 30 days after completing the project/event. Applicant may be asked to present to the Komen SF Bay Area Affiliate Board of Directors.

Eligibility

• The project/event must be specific to breast health and breast cancer.
• The applicant must be a non-profit (federally tax-exempt) organization. This can include educational institutions, government agencies, and Indian tribes.
• The applicant must be based within the 9 county SF Bay Area Affiliate service area and the pilot project or conference hosted must be in the 9 county area (Sonoma, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa, Napa, and West Solano).
• The maximum amount requested may not exceed $5,000 for Pilot and Conference Grants or $1200 for a Travel Grant.
• An applicant may receive no more than one small grant during a twelve month period for each of the categories listed above. Recipients of a major grant will not be funded for an enabling grant during the program year for which they have received a major grant.

How to Apply

• Complete the Small Grant Application following instructions A-F (see page 2).
• Attach proof of non-profit status.
• Signature of approving institutional personnel other than project director is required.
• Applications are accepted through regular mail to
  Susan G. Komen for the Cure - SFBAA
  150 Post Street, Suite 755
  San Francisco, CA 94108
  or email to grants@komensf.org. Applications submitted via fax will not be accepted. Mailed applications should include one original and three copies of the application.