Screening & Prevention
Removing barriers to screening + increasing early detection
Research
Groundbreaking research to help fight and end colorectal cancer
Patient Support
Reducing the financial burden of colorectal cancer for patients and their families
Education & Awareness
Developing programs for early detection, increased screening, and treatment
FEATURED GRANTS
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program
Get Your Rear in Gear - BostonProviding screening opportunities for people who are homeless or have experienced homelessness and are now housed in Boston.
Years Funded: 2013-2022
Lamprey Health Care
Get Your Rear in Gear - New HamshireReducing barriers to colorectal cancer screening for average risk under-served patients through no-cost FIT screening and follow-up colonoscopy.
Years Funded: 2019
Cancer Services, Inc.
Get Your Rear in Gear - Winston-SalemProviding financial assistance for medications and other cancer-related needs of colorectal cancer patients, specifically under-served populations.
Years Funded: 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020
Western N.C. CRC Screening Initiative
Get Your Rear in Gear - Asheville Read MoreColorectal cancer FIT screening for average risk, uninsured, low income patients between the ages of 50 and 75 and follow-up colonoscopy as needed.
Year Funded: 2019
Local Public Service Announcement
Get Your Rear in Gear - Baton Rouge
This on-air PSA produced by local television station WBRZ TV works to increase awareness of colon cancer and encouraged viewers to get screened.
Year Funded: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020
Cancer Patient Support Foundation
Get Your Rear in Gear - ColchesterFunding gives peace of mind to colorectal cancer patients, plus financial and emotional support, providing everything from transportation to helping pay bills.
Year Funded: 2013, 2017, 2018, 2020
Providence Cancer Institute – Oregon
Get Your Rear in Gear - PortlandOffering financial assistance to colorectal patients, covering non-medical bills like rent, car payment, utilities, child care, and select medical supplies.
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Get Your Rear in Gear - Philadelphia Read MoreResearch projects include treatment options and outcomes for early rectal cancer patients, and understanding quality of life issues following recovery.
Year Funded: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Get Your Rear in Gear - PhiladelphiaFunding leading-edge research in health disparities and compassionate care in Philadelphia, and to increase screening compliance in underserved communities.
Year Funded: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
The Ohio State University Foundation
Get Your Rear in Gear - Columbus
Research funding to Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute for activities related to hereditary colon cancer and Lynch syndrome.
Year Funded: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021
Via Christi Hospital
Get Your Rear in Gear - Wichita Read moreProviding colon cancer screening for the underinsured, uninsured, and underserved populations in Wichita and the surrounding communities.
Year Funded: 2016, 2017, 2021
Angel Foundation
Get Your Rear in Gear - Twin CitiesProviding financial assistance, education, support to adults living with cancer and their families, helping them through a difficult period of financial crisis.
Year Funded: 2012, 2019, 2020
The Family Van
Get Your Rear in Gear - BostonProviding colorectal cancer screening training and resources for colorectal cancer screening for low-income people of color in Boston.
Year Funded: 2018, 2020
Andrew J. Somora Foundation
Get Your Rear in Gear - Kansas CityOffering financial assistance for families living through a colorectal cancer diagnosis through covering unexpected expenses and day-to-day need.
Year Funded: 2012, 2020
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Get Your Rear in Gear - ChicagoProviding financial assistance, education, support to adults living with cancer and their families, helping them through a difficult period of financial crisis.
Year Funded: 2018
Operation Access
Get Your Rear in Gear - San Francisco Read moreProviding colorectal cancer screening for the underserved and uninsured communities in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Years Funded: 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020
UT Southwestern Moncrief Cancer Institute
Get Your Rear in Gear - Fort WorthProviding screening opportunities and financial assistance for underserved and uninsured populations in north Texas.
Years Funded: 2017, 2018, 2019
Angelic Warrior Foundation
Get Your Rear in Gear - Winston SalemRaising awareness for young onset colorectal cancer and supporting educational and screening efforts for under and uninsured.
Years Funded: 2022
The Cancer Support Center
Providing social and emotional support and addressing specific physical needs of colorectal cancer patients and their families.
Years Funded: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Cancer Services of Baton Rouge
Helping provide colorectal cancer patients with daily needs including nutrition, mental health services, and more.
Year Funded: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
El Rio Health Center
Money raised at the Caboose Cup supports follow-up colonoscopy after a positive stool-based screening for under and uninsured patients in southern Arizona.
Year Funded: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
Oregon Health & Science University Foundation
Offering financial assistance to remove barriers and ensure all patients can access screening and preventive care.
Year Funded: 2019
Sea Mar Community Health Centers
Offsetting the costs of FIT screening kits to continue and grow community outreach for colorectal cancer screening.
Year Funded: 2017
Morton Comprehensive Health Services, Inc
Direct access to screening, education, and awareness programs aimed at patients most at risk of colorectal cancer.
Year Funded: 2017
Shalom Health Care Center
Providing medically underserved populations colorectal cancer screenings, regardless of their insurance coverage.
Year Funded: 2019
Awareness Littering the Streets
Reaching Bostonians in unexpected places on the streets of the city by wrapping recycling kiosks throughout the downtown corridor and beyond.
Year Funded: 2018, 2020, 2021
International Medical Graduates (IMG) at MDH
IMGs serve as patient navigators to encourage colorectal cancer screening in at-risk and underserved communities.
Year Funded: 2018
Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center
Screening colonoscopies for low-income and underserved colorectal cancer patients in Forsyth County.
Year Funded: 2021
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
FIT screening for low-income and underserved patients in the Winston-Salem community.
Year Funded: 2022
OU Foundation – Bedlam Clinic
Using FIT screening with follow-up colonoscopy to increase the screening rates in underserved and uninsured populations.
Years Funded: 2020
Mayo Clinic
Biobank research to better understand what leads the normal colon tissue to transform into a polyp or to cancer.
Years Funded: 2019
Cancer Wellness for Life
Offering strength and conditioning for colorectal cancer patients and survivors during and after treatment, helping them live their strongest and healthiest lives.
Year Funded: 2019
Grants and programs funded by the Colon Cancer Coalition, 2015-present.
Your money at work.
Money raised through the Colon Cancer Coalition’s signature events are granted back to the community where it is raised to address health disparities in our community. These community grants build on efforts to support colorectal cancer patients and their families, increase access and screening rates, educate the public about life-saving colorectal cancer screening, and support research into health disparities, young-onset colorectal cancer, and personalized medicine.
Community grants are categorized by type of program, then listed alphabetically by city. Please feel free to contact us with any questions.
Colorectal Cancer Screening & Prevention
All screening programs supported by the Colon Cancer Coalition work to make access to colorectal cancer screening available for all people. Programs address economic and racial disparities for screening and care.
+ program specifically addresses racial, economic, or other health disparities in these communities.
Allentown, PA | St. Luke’s Hospital
Asheville, NC | Western N.C. CRC Screening Initiative (WNC-CRCSI) +
Austin, TX | People’s Community Clinic +
Beaver, PA | Valley Gastroenterology Associates
Boston, MA | Boston Health Care for the Homeless +
Boston, MA | Family Van (Harvard Medical School) +
Boston, MA | Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers +
Boston, MA | MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Boston, MA | Southcoast Center for Cancer Care
Boston, MA | The Dimock Center +
Charlotte, NC | Care Ring +
Charlotte, NC | Chester County Literacy Council +
Charlotte, NC | Levine Cancer Institute Atrium Health Foundation
Charlotte, NC | Novant Health Presbytarian+
Chicago, IL | Advocate Charitable Foundation +
Chicago, IL | Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Chicago, IL | CommunityHealth +
Columbus, OH | The Ohio State Comprehensive Cancer Center-The James Community Partners
Des Moines, IA | Colon Cancer Coalition of Iowa
Elgin, IL | Advocate Sherman Hospital Foundation +
Hampton, VA | Southeastern Virginia Health System
Houston, TX | Harris Health – Ben Taub Hospital +
Houston, TX | TOMAGWA HealthCare Ministries +
Indianapolis, IN | Shalom Health Care Center +
Kansas City, KS | KU Endowment
Kansas City, KS | Midwest Music Foundation
Las Vegas, NV | Volunteers in Medicine +
Little Rock, AR | Mainline Health Systems +
Little Rock, AR | Southeaster Colorectal Cancer Consortium (Arkansas Cancer Coalition)
Mobile, AL | Victory Health Partners +
Muscatine, IA | Unity Point Health – Trinity Muscatine +
New Hampshire | Lamprey Health Care +
New Hampshire | Families First Health & Support Center +
New Hampshire | Harbor Care Health & Wellness Center +
New Hampshire | Manchester Community Health Center +
New Hampshire | Mary Hitchock Memorial Hospital +
New York, NY & Orange County, CA | AliveAndKickn
Orlando, FL | SOS by Urbander +
Philadelphia, PA | Abrahamson Cancer Center +
Philadelphia, PA | Penn Medicine +
Portland, OR | Oregon Health & Science University Foundation
Raleigh, NC | High Country Community Health +
Raleigh, NC | UNC – The University of NC Chapel Hill
Raleigh, NC | UNC Lineberger
San Antonio, TX | Hill Country Mission for Health +
San Antonio, TX | San Antonio Cancer Council +
San Antonio, TX | ThriveWell Cancer Foundation +
San Francisco, CA | Operation Access +
Seattle, WA | Evergreen Healthcare Foundation +
Seattle, WA | Sea Mar Community Health Centers +
Tucson, AZ | El Rio Health Center Foundation +
Tulsa, OK | Gastroenterology Specialists, Inc. +
Tulsa, OK | Morton Comprehensive Health Services, Inc. +
Tulsa, OK | OU Foundation – Bedlam Clinic +
Tulsa, OK | Saint Francis Health System +
Tulsa, OK | Neighbors Along the Line +
Twin Cities, MN | American Indian Cancer Foundation +
Twin Cities, MN | Hennepin Health Foundation +
Twin Cities, MN | MNACHC – Many Faces of Community Health +
Twin Cities, MN | Minnesota Department of Health +
Twin Cities, MN | Native American Community Clinic +
Twin Cities, MN | United Family Medicine +
Wichita, KS | Kansas Gastroenterology +
Wichita, KS | Via Christi Hospital +
Wichita, KS | Victory in the Valley +
Winston-Salem, NC | Angelic Warrior Foundation +
Winston-Salem, NC | Cancer Services, Inc. +
Research
Research programs funded by the Colon Cancer Coalition have looked for answers to health disparities, the increase in young-onset colorectal cancer, and personalized medicine.
+ program specifically addresses racial, economic, or other health disparities in these communities.
Boston, MA | Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Houston, TX | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Nashville, TN | Vanderbilt University Medical Center +
Philadelphia, PA | American Association for Cancer Research
Philadelphia, PA | Fox Chase Cancer Center
Philadelphia, PA | Thomas Jefferson University Hospital +
Pittsburgh, PA | St. Clair Hospital Foundation
Twin Cities, MN | Mayo Clinic
Patient Support
Patient support efforts help address the colorectal cancer patient’s physical, psychological, and social needs during and after colorectal cancer treatment.
Austin, TX | CareBox Program
Baton Rouge, LA | Cancer Services of Baton Rouge
Boston, MS | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Charlotte, NC | Colon Cancer Support Network
Charlotte, NC | Wind River Cancer Wellness Retreats & Programs
Charlotte, NC | Yvette W Ferris Foundation
Colchester, VT | Cancer Patient Support Foundation
Cromwell, CT | PALTOWN Development Foundation
Fort Worth, TX | Cancer Care Services
Fort Worth, TX | Meredith’s Miracles Colon Cancer Foundation
Fort Worth, TX | UT Southwestern Moncrief Cancer Institute
Kansas City, KC | Cancer Wellness for Life
Kansas City, MO | Andrew J Somora Foundation
Little Rock, AR | Yoga Warriors
Portland, OR | Providence Cancer Institute – Oregon
Raleigh, NC | Helene Foundation
Tinley Park, IL | The Cancer Support Center
Tulsa, OK | American Cancer Society
Tulsa, OK | Assistance in Health Care, Inc.
Tulsa, OK | The Stonebrook Project, Inc.
Twin Cities, MN | Angel Foundation
Twin Cities, MN | Jack’s Caregiver Coalition
Twin Cities, MN | Minnesota Department of Health – Sage Scopes
Cost of Cancer
Mini-grants to support patients with non-medical expenses as they live through colorectal cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Allentown, PA
Boston, MA
Charlotte, NC
Houston, TX
Oklahoma City, OK
Orange County, CA
Philadelphia, PA
Portland, OR
Raleigh, NC
San Antonio, TX
Seattle
Tucson, AZ
Twin Cities, MN
Awareness & Education Initiatives
Making colon, colorectal, and colonoscopy part of the everyday language by putting the signs and symptoms of colorectal cancer in front of all people, meeting them where they are – driving in car, watching television, walking down the street.
* Physician Education Initiative
Allentown, PA | Public Awareness Radio & Billboard campaign
Anderson, IN | Public Awareness Billboard campaign
Baton Rouge, LA | Public Awareness TV campaign
Beaver, PA | Beaver County Cancer and Heart Association
Boston, MA | Public Awareness reaching New England baseball and football fans
Boston, MA | Cancer Support Community-MA South Shore
Boston, MA | Public Awareness Print, Streaming, TV, Radio and Out of Home Messages
Charlotte, NC | Public Awareness TV campaign
Chicago, IL | The Blue Hat Foundation
Colchester, VT | Public Awareness print campaign
Green Bay, WI | Public Awareness Billboard campaign
Houston, TX | Giant colon educational tool
Houston, TX | MD Anderson
Houston, TX | Public Awareness Billboard
Houston, TX | Suger Land Skeeters Awareness Campaign
Indianapolis, IN | Public Awareness TV & Radio campaign
Kansas City, KS | Public Awareness Billboard campaign
Kansas City, KS | Public Awareness reaching Kansas City baseball and football fans
Milwaukee, WI | Medical College of Wisconsin *
National | We Have Cancer Podcast
National | The Colon Club
New Hampshire | Public Awareness TV and Streaming campaign
New York, NY | Colon Cancer Foundation *
Oklahoma City, OK | Public Awareness Billboard campaign
Orlando, FL | Center for Change
Orlando, FL | Public Awareness Print campaign
Raleigh, NC | Public Awareness Billboard campaign
Raleigh, NC | South Eastern States Colorectal Cancer Consortium *
Rochester, MN | Minnesota Cancer Alliance Cancer Summit
San Antonio, TX | Brent Lewis Bridges Foundation
Tulsa, OK | Public Awareness TV and Radio campaign
Twin Cities, MN | Public Awareness Print Campaign
Twin Cities, MN | TreeLine Genetics
Wichita, KS | Public Awareness TV and Billboard campaign