Partial funding for two visual arts projects: “Not So Swell” documentary focusing on lymphedema and “Pandemic Portraits in Pink” highlighting women currently in breast cancer treatment during a pandemic.
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Grants & Grant Recipients
The primary focus of the Alaska Run for Women’s fundraising efforts is to create awareness and decrease the impact of breast cancer on our Alaska communities through education, outreach, research, early detection and treatment.
Each year, the organization provides grant funds for special projects focusing on breast cancer issues. Funds are allotted annually through a set review process, which takes place in September. Grant applications are due Aug. 15, 2021.
Breast cancer touches so many in so many different ways. Have you, a friend or family member been impacted by breast cancer? Do you have a project that furthers the message, broadens awareness or provides resources for breast cancer information? Download the 2021 Grant Application in PDF; download in Word format.
- View Past Grant Recipients
- Questions? Email: grants@akrfw.org
2020 Grant Recipients – Total funds granted in 2020: $194,000
Alaska Community Action on Toxics
ACAT is an environmental action organization with a statewide focus. Funding will build on work done over the past several years by educating women, healthcare providers and policymakers about the connection between harmful chemicals and breast cancer. This year’s focus will be on the impact of breast cancer among Alaska Native women.
Alaska Run for Women Mammogram Program
Administered by Anchorage YWCA. Provides access to mammography services for medically underserved women.
Breast Cancer Detection Center of Alaska
Provides funding for mobile mammography services, focusing on under-served populations of women, primarily in rural Alaska and at a fixed-site in Fairbanks.
Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic
Women’s Health Outreach Program-This clinical provider reaches a significant number of medically underserved women for outreach and early detection of breast cancer on the Kenai Peninsula and villages across Kachemak Bay. Their contribution to ‘outreach’ is significant through door to door visits in rural settings.
Let Every Woman Know
This grant will provide scholarships for Breast Cancer Survivors to take part in the Extra Toughs program. This integrated team approach was designed to support weight loss, healthy lifestyles, and survivorship for women with breast or gynecologic cancer.
Providence Alaska Medical Center
This project will provide free post-mastectomy supplies that are not reimbursable by insurance to breast cancer patients.
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF)
This organization works with more than 230 clinical researchers and maintains an A+ rating from Charity Watch. This grant will help to support 16 existing clinical trials.
UAA Clinical Research
(Holly Martinson, Principal Investigator)- “Eliminating Breast Cancer Immune Suppression Using Myeloid Targeted Nanoparticles.” The goal is to develop novel ways to target and kill breast cancer cells, using the immune system.
