Community Foundation of Broward Awards ‘Cancer Screening and Care Grants,’ Totaling $200,000

The Community Foundation of Broward is proud to announce $200,000 in new “Cancer Screening and Care Grants” to raise awareness about lifesaving services and make them more readily available to Broward residents in need.  

The Community Foundation of Broward is partnering with nine Broward nonprofit organizations, providing grants of up to $25,000 each, to increase cancer screenings and improve access to patient care, particularly for residents with limited resources.

New Cancer Screening and Care support includes:

· Gilda’s Club South Florida – Early Detection: Better Outcome: To promote early detection and screening for 175 men and women, organize more community-based breast cancer screening and education events, connect participants with financial support and referrals for diagnostic tests, biopsies and treatment.

· Memorial Foundation, Inc. – Promoting Breast Cancer Prevention in South Florida: To make breast health education and diagnostic services more accessible for 300 uninsured and underinsured women in Broward County who face financial and systemic barriers to care.

· Holy Cross Hospital, Inc. – Partners in Breast Health: To expand outreach education, clinical breast exams, screening mammograms, and diagnostic procedures to 500 uninsured, lower-income individuals aged 40 and older in Broward County, with services also available to symptomatic women under 40.

· Mount Olive Development Corporation – Cancer Care Connections: Awareness, Prevention & Support: To close the gap in cancer prevention and care by increasing breast and prostate cancer screenings for 400 residents in Broward County’s low-income Black communities.

· All About Healthy Living Foundation Inc. – Healthy Futures Cancer Screening & Care: To expand access to lifesaving cancer screenings for 50 underserved families in Broward County. Through mobile health events and on-site services.

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· American Lung Association – Lung Cancer Screening Access and Support: To address lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the U.S., by increasing early detection through the Saved by the Scan screening for 500 people at highest risk for lung cancer, such as former smokers.

· Light of the World Clinic – Community Cares Cancer Screening Program: To expand access to free cancer screenings for 200 uninsured men and women in Broward County by combining community education campaigns with direct clinical services.

· Empowered To Thrive, Inc. – Project ACCESS-Advancing Cancer Care, Education and Screening Services: To raise awareness about cancer prevention and treatment in underserved minorities by providing culturally relevant education and outreach to 500 Broward County residents.

· Broward Community and Family Health Centers (BCOM) – BCOM Cancer Initiative: To increase access to lifesaving cancer screenings, raise community awareness about the importance of early detection, and provide comprehensive support services to improve health outcomes for 300 patients.

Since 2016, the Community Foundation has provided more than $3 million to fight cancer. Thanks to support from fundholders, the Community Foundation of Broward invests in opportunities to advance local cancer research that makes lifesaving clinical trials, precision medicine and targeted therapies accessible to Broward cancer patients. The Foundation also strives to enable accessibility to revolutionary discoveries in cancer therapy and provide support systems for all Broward cancer patients. In addition to this new call for cancer-fighting proposals, during 2025, the Foundation has already approved $900,000 in new support – spread over three years – for cutting-edge research and treatments.

Like all Community Foundation grants, this wave of support is made possible by the dedicated fundholders who partner with the Foundation to create charitable funds to fuel their philanthropy and shape a brighter future for the community.

“Our new ‘Cancer Screening and Care Grants’ are made possible by the dedicated philanthropists who partner with us to shape a brighter future for the community we love,” said Community Foundation President/CEO Jennifer O'Flannery Anderson, Ph.D. “We are proud to partner with nine Broward nonprofit organizations to increase cancer screenings and improve access to patient care, especially for residents with limited resources. Together, we are advancing hope, health and equity, ensuring that everyone in Broward has the opportunity to live a longer, healthier life.”

The Community Foundation shepherds 590 charitable funds and, over 40 years, has provided $215 million in support for health care, student achievement, the arts, career readiness, seniors in need, equity and social justice, environmental resilience, affordable housing, disaster relief, nonprofit empowerment and much more.

For more information about the Community Foundation of Broward, please visit https://www.cfbroward.org/.