Nancy G. Brinker started Susan G. Komen for the Cure in 1982 in Dallas, Texas in honor of a promise she made to her sister, Susan G. Komen, who died from breast cancer at age 36.

Today, Komen for the Cure is the world’s largest and most progressive grassroots network of survivors and activists working to end breast cancer forever. Komen for the Cure is 125 Affiliates strong, located in cities and communities across the U.S., Germany, Italy and Puerto Rico. 

Since starting the breast cancer movement 25 years ago, Susan G. Komen for the Cure has transformed the clinic and the culture – how the world talks about and treats this devastating disease – and helped turn millions of breast cancer patients into breast cancer survivors.

By the end of 2007, Komen will have invested nearly $1 billion in breast cancer research and community outreach programs, becoming the world’s largest source of nonprofit funds fighting the disease.

T hough our promise to end breast cancer remains the same, we are marking our 25 th anniversary with a renewed passion that incorporates a new name and logo, a commitment to invest another $1 billion in the next decade and initiatives designed to create a world without breast cancer.

The more than 100,000 survivors and activists of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, like me, 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 ever created.

Komen’s promise: to save lives and end breast cancer forever by empowering people, ensuring quality care for all and energizing science to find the cures.