Where Does the Money Go?
Quite simply, it goes toward historic legislative accomplishments that will save more lives from cancer. Examples include securing the largest increase in federal cancer research funding in a decade, expanding access to cancer care for hundreds of thousands of people, and making restaurants and bars smoke-free.
9% FUNDRAISING AND MANAGEMENT
91% CANCER ADVOCACY for
| Cancer Research | $4.5 Million |
| Cancer Prevention | $18.2 Million |
| Patient quality of life | $6.5 Million |
| Early detection | $8.9 Million |
IN JUST THE PAST YEAR, ACS CAN HAS:
SECURED
BIG INCREASE
in federal cancer
research funding
FOUGHT OFF
an almost
$1 BILLION
cut to cancer research
61.1% of the U.S. population is protected by a smoke-free law that includes non-hospitality workplaces, restaurants and bars
Protected funding for the
federal program that has served more than
5.6 MILLION
WOMEN SINCE ITS INCEPTION
and has provided more than
13.3 MILLION
breast and cervical cancer screenings