Susan G. Komen for the Cure® North Jersey Affiliate is, and has always been, committed to providing education, screening and treatment for underserved and uninsured women—women in our neediest communities who cannot afford to pay for these life-saving services.  We address barriers to health care, and our programs serve to increase access to screening and education initiatives. 

During our almost fifteen year history, the North Jersey Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure has granted over $13.5 million in community grants to local non-profit organizations in the nine North Jersey counties we serve.  In the past year alone, we funded over $1.1 million in grants—grants that helped provide over 5,600 screening mammograms and over 1,600 diagnostic treatments and services for women who couldn’t afford to pay for these services.  For a full list of our grant programs for fiscal year 2011-2012, click here. 

Planned Parenthood of Greater Northern Jersey is a current grantee of the Affiliate. They were awarded $20,196 in April 2011 to be used for education programs on breast health, prevention strategies and treatment options—not for screenings or treatment—in community settings in Sussex and Warren Counties. This funding for the current year has not been halted.

The North Jersey Affiliate has always exhibited the highest level of transparency and integrity in our grant-making process to ensure the best stewardship of funds raised and donated by our constituents.  In North Jersey, our contractual agreements with grantees have always stipulated that organizations need to be non-profit organizations, focused on breast health and able to receive federal and state funding.  Our requirements also preclude grants to any organization that is under investigation by local, state or federal authorities.  Planned Parenthood is currently under federal investigation, and therefore is not eligible to apply for future funding from Susan G. Komen for the Cure until such time as the investigation is resolved. Click here for further information about grant guidelines from Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

We want you to know that our commitment to the women, men and families of North Jersey is stronger than ever. We will continue to provide education, screening and treatment services to those who need our help, and be a resource for support to anyone, and everyone, who has been touched by breast cancer.  But it is only through the enormous passion for our cause demonstrated by people like you—our friends, our volunteers, our generous supporters—that we can remain steadfast in our mission to end breast cancer forever.  It is because of you, that we are able to make a difference. With your continued support, we can keep on making a difference. To the thousands of women in our communities who take advantage of the services our grantees provide, and to the future generations of women who, we hope, will live in a world without breast cancer.

With grateful appreciation,

Lisa Gallipoli
Executive Director