About Susan G. Komen Philadelphia Race for the Cure

As a chapter of America's largest breast cancer charity, Susan G. Komen Philadelphia provides support and funding to medical practitioners in 15 Eastern Pennsylvania counties. Three-fourths of the money raised stays in the local community; over the years, the chapter has distributed more than $51 million in grants to efforts ranging from free mammograms to treatment and education for at-risk (and underserved) communities. The rest helps finance national cancer research, going toward efforts to eradicate the disease once and for all.