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Each of the agencies provides services to individuals
in Marin and other Bay Area counties. Learn
more about the granting process.
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2010 Grant Recipients
Alta Bates Summit Foundation To compensate for cuts in California’s Cancer Detection Program: Every Woman Counts, this program will provide comparable screening and diagnostic services for low-income, uninsured women 40 to 49 in Alameda County. Breast Cancer Connections Provides access to screening and diagnostic services to low income, uninsured women under 40; expands to women 40 to 49 who are now ineligible for California’s Detection Program in all nine Bay Area counties. Breast
Cancer Emergency Fund Helps mitigate the emotional toll of unpaid bills by offering financial assistance to low income San Francisco residents. The Ceres Community Project Sonoma County teens come together to prepare nourishing food for families facing breast health challenges. Charlotte Maxwell Complementary Clinic Serves low-income women living with advanced breast cancer by providing treatment and emergency services. Circulo de Vida Cancer Support and Resource Center Provides in-home end of life support to Latinas in San Francisco County. Coastal Health Alliance Screening and diagnostic services for low income, uninsured women and men in Marin County who have no access to comprehensive breast care Community Health Partnership, Inc. Provides breast cancer screening and mammography services to reduce late stage breast cancer diagnoses in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. Institute For Health & Healing Offers scholarships for holistic care services for patients in treatment in Marin County. La Clinica De La Raza, Inc. Provides access to free screening and diagnostic services for uninsured, primarily Latina women, who are ineligible for other programs in Contra Costa County. Latinas Contra Cancer Targets at-risk Latina women aged 40 to 49 for mammograms as a result of changes in California’s Cancer Detection Program in Santa Clara County. Breast Health Program Offers access to screening and diagnostics to at-risk lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals in Alameda and San Francisco Counties. Marin Center for Independent Living Supports low-income, underinsured breast cancer patients in Marin County with emergency services and benefits counseling during treatment and recovery. Marin
General Hospital - Marin Cancer Institute Hosts support groups for breast cancer patients in active treatment and offers scholarships for retreats for patients with metastatic disease. Marin
General Hospital - Marin Cancer Institute Supports diagnostic mammograms, ultrasounds, MRIs, and ultrasound guided biopsies to foster earlier breast cancer diagnosis among underserved patients in Marin County. General Foundation funds also help MGH to fill the gap created by cutbacks in California’s Cancer Detection Program. Martin-O’Neil Cancer Center at St. Helena Hospital Provides seed money for extension of the Ceres meal program to Napa and Sonoma Counties. Meals of Marin Prepares and delivers meals to breast cancer patients in treatment in Marin County. Ravenswood Family Health Center Serves women 40 to 49 no longer eligible for California’s Cancer Detection Program with screening and diagnostics in San Mateo County. Shanti Provides transportation vouchers to and from treatment, and food vouchers for low-income and medically underserved San Franciscans with breast cancer. Sutter North Bay Women’s Health Center Integrative Health and Healing Services Provides free and low-fee complementary therapies and support groups for women in breast cancer treatment in Sonoma County. Women’s Cancer Resource Center Offers financial assistance to low income women being treated for beast cancer in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. |
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To Celebrate Life Breast Cancer Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of this year's grant awards. The To Celebrate Life Breast Cancer Foundation Grants Committee, made up of community health leaders, community members, and members of To Celebrate Life Breast Cancer Foundation’s Board of Directors, awarded a total of $275,000 to 21 Bay Area nonprofit organizations in 2010, bringing the total amount of money granted since the organization’s inception to over $3.1 million. 