Funding search · breast cancer · California
Who funds breast cancer work in California
15 funders have a record of paying for breast cancer work by California recipients: 28 grants totaling $2.8M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are John and Gwen Smart Foundation ($1.6M), Breast Cancer Alliance ($250,000) and Josephine Herbert Gleis Foundation ($85,000).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to California recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Largest: $435,000 to STANFORD UNIVERSITY — metastatic breast cancer research
Breast Cancer AllianceGreenwich, CTCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $250,000 · through 2024Largest: $125,000 to STANFORD UNIVERSITY — breast cancer research
Largest: $50,000 to CITY OF HOPE — support james waisman endowment for breast cancer research and treatment
Pledge the Pink FoundationBluffton, SCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $46,186 · through 2025Largest: $25,649 to ACS MAKING STRIDES AGAINST BC — breast cancer research
Largest: $10,000 to BREAST CANCER PREVENTION — breast cancer research
Largest: $25,000 to University of California San Francisco — breast cancer research
Largest: $9,100 to TOUGH ENOUGH TO WEAR PINK (TWP) — to raise breast cancer awareness and provide funding for breast cancer research.
Largest: $350,000 to UCSF FOUNDATION — unrestricted grant related to breast cancer research
Tri-Valley SocksLivermore, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $75,001 · through 2022Largest: $75,001 to UCSF Helen Diller Family Comphensiv — breast cancer research
The Fashion Footwear CharitableNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $125,000 · through 2021Largest: $125,000 to THE JOHN WAYNE CANCER INSTITUTE — breast cancer research
Jennie V FoundationNewport Beach, CA
1 matching grant · $35,000 · through 2023Largest: $35,000 to HOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — breast cancer research in memory of jaqueline fernandez
Largest: $40,345 to CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER — support vascular research and education and support breast cancer research and clinical care
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