Address: 333 John Carlyle Street, Suite 635, Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: 703.836.4412
Web: www.preventcancer.org
Email: pcf@preventcancer.org
In 1985, Carolyn “Bo” Aldigé established the Prevent Cancer Foundation® in memory of her late father, Edward Perry Richardson. The Foundation was created to help shift the cancer landscape from a solution-based to a prevention-focused perspective, in hopes of sparing others from the pain and suffering caused by cancer. To this day, the Prevent Cancer Foundation remains the only U.S.-based nonprofit organization solely dedicated to cancer prevention and early detection.
The mission of the Prevent Cancer Foundation is to empower people to stay ahead of cancer through prevention and early detection. The Foundation is rising to meet the challenge of reducing cancer deaths by 40 percent by 2035. This is achieved through its four foundational pillars of advancing research, distributing evidence-based cancer education, strengthening community programs, and sustaining advocacy efforts.
The Prevent Cancer Foundation supports organizations working at the community level to advance cancer prevention, early detection, and vaccinations across the United States and around the world. The Foundation also funds researchers, including early-stage scientists in the U.S., who contribute to important advances in cancer prevention and early detection. Additionally, through education and outreach initiatives, the Foundation works to reach adults of screening age with evidence-based resources to help people learn about cancer screenings, understand their cancer risks, and—most importantly—get screened.
Program Information:
The Prevent Cancer Foundation has two main grant programs: research and community. Since 1987, the Foundation has funded over 544 scientists and 628 projects, including fellowship projects led by early-career scientists, contributing to important advances in cancer prevention and early detection. The research program is critical to the future of cancer prevention as it fosters the next generation of cancer prevention research, creates a strong foundation of preliminary evidence to make scientific advances, and provides the necessary support for researchers to move toward independent research careers.
Since 2007, the Prevent Cancer Foundation has awarded over 130 grants across 38 states, including Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and to the Washoe Tribe. From 2024-2026, the Foundation awarded $100,000 grants over two years to 13 community projects across the U.S. with the goal of increasing cancer prevention and early detection efforts through patient navigation. The Foundation’s 2027 Impact Grants focus on two critical priorities: Advancing research for cancers without United States guideline‑recommended screening methods and supporting community‑based projects to increase prevention and early detection efforts in rural communities.
In addition to its grants program, in 2025 the Foundation launched the Prevent Cancer Community Exchange, a national network of grantees, community organizations, patient advocates, and public health leaders to better connect resources, promote collaboration, and share knowledge within the cancer prevention space through a tailored online platform and events.
Financial Information:
Total Assets: $21,969,965 (FY25)
Amount Dedicated to Health-Related Grants: $1.2 million (FY25)
Special Initiatives and/or Representative Health and Human Services Grants
2025 Patient Navigation Community Grant — With the 2025 Patient Navigation Community Grant, we invested in 13 projects across the United States focused on patient navigation efforts to improve health equity within their communities. ($100,000 per organization)
2025 Research Grants and Fellowships — With the 2025 Research Grants, the Foundation invested in nine new scientific projects focused on blood, breast, buccal cavity, cervical, lung, ovarian, skin (including melanoma), and uterine cancers. This new research cohort will explore unique education campaigns, test innovative tools, and address health disparities. ($100,000 per researcher)
2025 Community Exchange Partnership Awards — In December 2025, the Foundation awarded current or former Community Grantee organizations $5,000 Partnership Awards to support critical efforts in cancer screening, vaccination, and risk reduction in communities across the United States. A total of 41 groups received funding to support activities such as patient navigation, trainings, genetic testing, outreach, and more. ($5,000 per organization)
2027 Rural Health Community Grant — To reduce cancer disparities among rural America, the Foundation’s 2027 community grant is focused on supporting projects for cancer prevention and early detection in rural communities from organizations located in the communities they serve. ($100,000)
2027 Research Grants and Fellowships — The Foundation’s 2027 research grants and fellowships support research projects focused on cancers without United States guideline-recommended screening methods for people at average risk. It seeks to address a critical gap with potential for significant impact. Investing in research focused on cancer prevention, early detection, risk stratification, and novel screening approaches for these cancers represents an opportunity to fundamentally change survival trajectories. ($100,000 per researcher)
Prevent Cancer Foundation and GIH
The Prevent Cancer Foundation is excited to join Grantmakers in Health and become part of the community of mission-driven health funders. Its team has already connected with other GIH members who have provided valuable insights and perspectives to its current grant cycle. The Foundation looks forward to continuing to learn from other members so that it can bring fresh perspectives back to its work and grow its impact.
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“While routine screenings save countless lives, many cancers do not have recommended screening tools. And accessing the tools that do exist can be difficult for people living in many communities across the U.S. These realities are why we do what we do, and why the Foundation’s current Impact Grants cycle focuses on tackling some of these urgent gaps in cancer prevention and early detection.
“Cancer prevention and early detection should be accessible to everyone—no matter who they are, what cancer they were diagnosed with or where they live. We’re working toward a world where we can prevent or detect every cancer and screening services are available in every community. To do this, we need to drive progress where it is needed most—bringing us closer to a world where cancer is preventable, detectable and beatable for all.”
–Jody Hoyos, Chief Executive Officer, Prevent Cancer Foundation