Grants

Grants

The information for the next grant cycle will be available late summer 2012. Please support the BWRC Fund checkoff program on your Colorado Income Tax form via Line 37.

Why is the BWRC Fund Vital?

Imagine hearing, "You have cancer," or waiting months or years for a diagnostic test because you don't have access to the care you need. Nobody, including you, your neighbor, your daughter, your friend, should have to "fall through the cracks."

Numerous organizations and agencies in Colorado work arduously to address these gaps, however, because the need is overwhelming, not everyone can be served through existing programs. That's why the BWRC Check-off Fund exists.

Some of the Coloradans who will benefit from your donation to the BWRC Check-off Fund include:

• Young women, under the age of 40, in need of breast cancer screening and/or diagnostic services because they have symptoms, like a lump or mass, or a family history, or previous diagnosis.

• Men who are symptomatic with breast cancer, or who are at high risk of developing breast cancer because of genetics, family history, or a prior diagnosis.

• Women who do not qualify for governmental programs such as Women's Wellness Connection (WWC) or those who reside outside the areas served by the many affiliates of Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

• Follow-up care for women over the age of 50 who have a genetic predisposition for breast or cervical cancer, or a history of these cancers, but don't qualify for WWC services.

Previous Grants

The BWRC Fund awarded over $40,000 in its third grant cycle in 2011 (2010 donations), thanks to the generosity of you and other Colorado taxpayers. These grantees are working diligently to increase survival rates from breast and women's reproductive cancers and to improve the lives of Coloradans affected by these diseases.

• Clinica Tepeyac - Latino Breast Education/Screening in Metro Denver
• Colorado Ovarian Cancer Alliance (COCA) - Statewide Ovarian Cancer Conference
• Mt. Evans Home Health Care & Hospice - Home Health Care/Hospice in Evergreen, Southeast/Central CO
• Peak Vista Heath Centers -Mammogram Screening for Underserved Men/Women in Colorado Springs, Southeast/Central CO
• Project Angel Heart - Meals for those coping with breast & reproductive cancers in Denver, Northeast, Southeast/Central CO
• Sense of Security - Financial Assistance in Northwest CO
• Spanish Peaks Outreach Clinic - Pelvic & Endometrial Screening in Walsenburg, Southeast/Central CO
• Sunrise Monfort Family Clinic -Breast Health Screening Men/Women in Evans, Northeast CO
• Valley-Wide Health Systems - Breast Screening for Men/Women in Alamosa - Southwest CO
• Women's Resource Center - Navigation/Direct Care for Reproductive Cancers in Ft. Collins, Northeast CO