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The Avon Foundation, through the Avon Foundation Breast Care Fund (AFBCF) project, has made the largest contribution ever provided to community-based breast cancer programs in nearly every state across the US. Funding comes from the Avon Foundation Breast Cancer Crusade, and is raised through a wide variety of special events, product sales, walks, runs, concerts and other marketing initiatives worldwide. Since 1993, over $50 million has been distributed to more than 800 grants to community-based, non-profit breast health programs.
The mission of the AFBCF is to link medically underserved women to breast health education and screening services. Medically underserved women need targeted, customized approaches that enable them to obtain regular mammograms and clinical breast exams. Successful programs have:
· culturally-competent educational strategies;
· dedicated staff with specialized language and communications skills; and
· participation from members of the targeted community who can reach women where they live, work and worship. These individuals offer personalized assistance to women for whom it is often difficult to access health care.
AFBCF supports programs that:
- recruit women for both first time screening and annual screening;
- develop
partnerships between community-based outreach providers and local
medical providers; - work with health care providers to ensure proper clinical follow-up of abnormal screening results; and
- educate older
women (> 65 years old) about Medicare coverage of annual
screening mammograms and assist them in obtaining the service from providers
who accept Medicare.
In 2008, AFBCF awarded $6.0 million in grants to 143 community-based, non-profit organizations in the United States. All grant recipients were selected through a rigorous application and independent grant review process.
Since 2000, the Avon Foundation Breast Care Fund has distributed more than $42 million in grants to community-based agencies. These agencies have made a significant impact on the lives of thousands of women in need of breast cancer screening services. By the end of 2008, over 850,000 mammograms and CBEs will have been facilitated and more than 12 million people will have received education on breast cancer awareness as a result of support from the Fund. The following data summarizes the program data through 2007, and includes estimates for 2008.
| Year | # Grants | # Mams & CBEs | # Education | Grant Funds |
| 2000 | 80 | 36,119 | 300,000+ | $1.80 million |
| 2001 | 81 | 65,233 | 1,628,064 | $4.10 million |
| 2002 | 116 | 105,437 | 1,809,331 | $5.40 million |
| 2003 | 137 | 112,091 | 1,448,058 | $6.60 million |
| 2004 | 106 | 94,467 | 1,499,896 | $4.35 million |
| 2005 | 124 | 104,345 | 1,500,000+ | $4.89 million |
| 2006 | 117 | 111,801 | 1,500,000+ | $4.73 million |
| 2007 | 122 | 111,069 | 1,500,000+ | $5.00 million |
| 2008* | 143 | 120,000* | 1,500,000+ | $6.00 million |
| TOTAL | 860,562+ | 12,685,349+ | $42.87 million |
* Projected
coordinated by Cicatelli
Associates Inc., New York, NY phone (212) 594-7741
http://www.cicatelli.org
The
Avon Foundation
Breast Care Fund
2009 FUNDING
The deadline for submission of the
2009 AFBCF funding application
is 5:00 pm EST on August 22, 2008.
| Grant Reviewers for AFBCF 2009 RFA! The Avon Foundation Breast Care Fund (AFBCF) seeks qualified grant reviewers for its upcoming competitive grant application process. AFBCF is looking for qualified candidates who possess one or more of the following: ● A comprehensive knowledge of breast care, breast cancer and women’s healthcare. ● Previous experience as a grant reviewer. ● Proficiency in financial or program management for a community-based organization. ● Experience in outreach/education to older, underserved women. ●
Personal
commitment to breast cancer outreach, education and screening.
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