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Men Against Breast Cancer (MABC) is the first and only national 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization designed to provide targeted support services that educate and empower men to be effective caregivers when cancer strikes. Since our founding in 1999, MABC has mobilized men across America, including under-served populations, to be active participants in the fight against breast cancer. Our philosophy is to leverage the support of the whole family to help the patient, with special emphasis on the important role of men in caring for the women they love.

At HopeSpring Cancer Support Centre we help people deal with the emotional pain that rises up during the cancer journey. We offer a variety of programs (such as yoga, self-help classes, tai chi, and workshops, as well as support groups and relaxation therapies) to help cancer patients, and those supporting them, draw on their own courage and inner strength to meet the physical and emotional challenges that they will face. Most important, we offer emotional support. Our trained volunteers meet with people living with cancer in a warm and inviting atmosphere. We are not a medical facility, a referral is not needed and all of our programs are offered free of charge. HopeSpring is a community-based organization that relies entirely on donations for daily operations and programs.

Our mission is to serve women and families affected by breast cancer. We do this by providing essential support services including, but not limited to child-friendly educational books, childcare, transportation, housekeeping, and healthy prepared meals to help patients manage their extraordinary lives as mothers, wives, and courageous women battling breast cancer.

If you have been diagnosed with prostate cancer, you are not alone. We would like to help you. We offer: Telephone contact so that we may be able to help with your first confrontation with diagnosis and treatment questions. We do NOT provide medical advice. Mentoring sessions for newly diagnosed patients where discussion takes place with other prostate cancer survivors. Information kits are distributed. Monthly meetings where you can obtain information, attend presentations on prostate cancer topics, and meet with other prostate cancer patients/survivors. Matching of patients so that you can share, hear first hand experiences, and form your own personal support group. A monthly newsletter that describes the Association's activities, events, and reports on interesting medical news.

UBCF’s mission is to make a positive difference in the lives of those affected by breast cancer. We aid in providing screening, treatment, after-care, educational material, patient and family assistance and information. UBCF provides grants to hospitals and community health centers to benefit patients and families coping with breast cancer. We strive to alleviate the stress and strain that cancer can cause to patients and families and to foster health and well-being through both traditional and holistic treatments by never denying anyone service regardless of age, race, gender or income.

Fund research to power cures that reduce the percentage of children who perish from cancer until that number reaches zero.

From the website: "We fund world-class scientists and their pioneering research into prostate cancer, working towards new breakthrough treatments."

To support children with cancer and their families by providing emotional, educational, and financial support, while increasing awareness and funding research toward a cure.

Golf Fights Cancer (GFC) is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization that taps into the passion and generosity of all golfers to raise much needed funds for cancer related organizations and families living with the disease. Specifically, GFC makes targeted donations for equipment, services, and/or amenities that make an immediate positive impact on treatment and the experience for both the patient and family.

The mission of the Nevada Childhood CancerFoundation (NCCF) is to provide social, emotional, educational, andpsychological support services and programs to families of ALL children diagnosed with life threatening or critical illnesses such as cancer, HIV/AIDS, sickle cell, hemophilia, renal disorders, and immunologic diseases and provide healing arts and wellness programs to adults touched by cancer and to chronically ill children and their caregivers.

Cookies for Kids' Cancer, a national 501(c)3 non-profit, is committed to raising funds for research to develop new, improved treatments for childhood cancer, the #1 disease killer of children in the U.S. We provide inspiration and support for individuals, businesses, and organizations to raise funds by hosting grassroots fundraisers, including our signature bake sale events.

To reduce the burden of human cancer, research conducted at the Institute for Cancer Research of Fox Chase Cancer Center for over eight decades has led to ground-breaking discoveries affecting science and medicine today. Current research programs are wide-ranging and include gene expression; molecular aspects of oncogenesis; viral molecular biology and pathogenesis; molecular structure and function analysis; pharmacology and therapeutics; regulation and development of the immune system; cell-cycle control; and human genetics. Opportunities are available for postdoctoral fellowships and graduate training and for professionals interested in developing technology-based business relationships or partnerships with Fox Chase.