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Komen NENY
PO Box 13535
Albany, NY 12212-3535
(518) 250-5379
info@komenneny.org

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Grants

Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the world's largest breast cancer organization, awarded more than $100 million in research grants, representing the largest single-year investment in research in the organization's 26-year history and a 30 percent increase over last year's award total of $77 million. The 2008 grants slate moves Komen for the Cure closer to accomplishing its goal of investing another $2 billion in breast cancer research and community health programs by 2017.

Since 1995, the Northeastern New York (NENY) Komen Affiliate has granted more than $1.5 million to local organizations in upstate New York. This year's grants, totaling more than $267,000 were awarded to fourteen organizations that are working locally to reach the needs of those impacted by breast cancer.

Seventy five percent of the net income raised by the NENY Affiliate through the Race for the Cure and other activities held throughout the year stays in the community to fund these programs in our 11-county service area.

The remaining twenty five percent of funds go to the Komen for the Cure Award and Research Grant programs supporting research, awards, and educational and scientific programs around the world.

In 2010, 14 local organizations were awarded $279,889 in grants.

Apply for a Grant

Grants awarded will run from April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2012.

Applications must be postmarked on or before November 19, 2010. No late submissions will be accepted.

Send applications to:

Grants Chair
PO Box 13535
Albany, NY 12212

Grant Application Timeline

September 8, 2010: Request for Applications begin.

November 19, 2010: Grant applications due. Applications must be postmarked by this date.

December 17, 2010: Applications checked for compliance.

February 2011: Grant Review Committee meets to discuss, score, and rank applications.

March 2011: Board Meeting votes on grant applications.

March 2011: Grant applicants notified of outcome.

Forms

RFA Cover Letter (doc)
Budget Template (excel)
Grant Cover Page (doc)
Request for Application (doc)
Progress report template (doc)
Final report template (doc)

2010 Grant Recipients

Albany County:

Gilda’s Club Capital Region New York-Gilda’s on the Go-$30,000-Education-Expanding the "club without walls" to African-American women in Schenectady County to provide awareness, education and psychosocial support. 

American Cancer Society-Women of Color Patient Navigation-$30,000-Education,Screening,Treatment-Creating a Patient Navigator for outreach to women of color and support for women diagnosed with breast cancer. 

CRAAB-Reap the Benefits II-$29,920-Education,Treatment- Integrated, holistic program offering physical and emotional support and education to breast cancer survivors. The program plans to expand awareness to rural Adirondack counties. 

Clinton County:

Community Link Mobile Health- Women’s Health Screening-$25,000- Education, Screening- Mobile education, screening for women with no-insurance and/or low income in rural New York.  

Franklin County 

Adirondack Medical Center- Breast Care Coordinator- $28,916- Education-Creating Breast Cancer Care Coordinator at Adirondack Medical Center to increase mammography screening rates, provide education, and referral to patients.

Montgomery County:

Saint Mary’s Hospital- Comprehensive Breast Cancer Rehabilitation Program-$10,203-Treatment, Education- Rehabilitation services for breast cancer patients, lymphedema management and soft tissue dysfunction. The program will provide local, coordinated care for our breast cancer patients with a focus on patients who might not otherwise be treated because of language or financial barriers. 

Rensselaer County 

Women’s Health Center at Samaritan Hospital-One Women a Day-$37,707-Education, Screening-Intensive, community based educational outreach program to focus on breast health education to African-American women in Rensselaer County. The goal is to reach one woman each day. 

Schenectady 

YWCA of Schenectady-Encore: Take Charge of Your Health-$25,000-Education-Outreach to African-American women and underserved women in Schenectady County through group and individual education sessions on importance of early detection/screening. 

Peaceful Acres Horses, Inc.-Women’s Retreat Program-$15,000-Treatment-Offering two weekend retreats for breast cancer patients, using equine-assisted psychotherapy.  The goal is to help breast cancer patients and survivors heal emotionally, physically, socially, spiritually, and psychologically. 

Warren County 

Casting for Recovery-Casting for Recovery Adirondack Program-$8,523-Education- Offering a fly fishing retreat in Lake George for breast cancer survivors. Participants will be empowered with new skills, new medical knowledge and support, a new peer network and new hope. Program strives to help participants feel less isolated, become advocates in their journey through breast cancer and use newly acquired skills for a healthy future. 

Glens Falls Hospital-Oncology Education and Support Services-$26,620-Education-Expanding support services for survivors, including support groups, retreats and exercise classes to Hamilton and Washington Counties.

Small grants for educational projects and scientific conferences were also reviewed throughout the past year and approved for funding by the Affiliate Board. Komen Northeastern New York awarded small grants to the following programs:

CRAAB!-Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity and Cancer-$1,000-Travel-To provide travel scholarships to the American Institute for Cancer Research Conference in Washington, D.C..

St. Peter’s Hospital Foundation-Clinical Breast Exam Certification-$1,000-Travel-Scholarship to attend the National Consortium of Breast Cancer Certification Course which will enable St. Peter’s to improve access to comprehensive breast health care.

Hope in the Boat-Education and Outreach-$5,000-Education-To support educational program of a unique organization for breast cancer survivors through the ancient sport of dragon boat racing.

C.R. Wood Cancer Center-San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium-$1,000-Travel-Scholarship for symposium to increase knowledge of latest research findings regarding treatment, gain insight to educate survivors, and gain knowledge of long-term survival issues.

URU, The Right to Be, Inc.-The Deadliest Disease in America- $5,000-Education-The program is a national civic engagement tour to eliminate injustices and culturally insensitive behaviors that create barriers to breast cancer care. The project inspires action among a diverse group of healthcare providers, patients, policy makers, and health care advocates.

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