Current Grant Recipients

Which agency programs have we funded?

Bates County Memorial Hospital (2006 - 2009) 
 Black Health Care Coalition (1998-2001, 2003, 2005-2011)
Cabot Westside Health Center (2002-2011)
Cancer Action (1997, 1999-2011)
Coalition of Hispanic Women Against Cancer (2004-2011)
Health Care Access Clinic (2001, 2002, 2007, 2008)
Kansas City Baptist Temple (2010-2011)
Kansas City Free Health Clinic (1997-2001, 2003 - 2009, 2011)
Kansas Department of Health and Environment (2009-2011)
Lesbian Cancer Project (2003 - 2011)
Liberty Hospital Foundation (2000)
Mattie Rhodes Center (2006)
Menorah Medical Center (2001)
Missouri Department of Health and Human Services (2010)
North Kansas City Hospital (2007)
Northland Health Care Access (2011)
Pass it On! (2008)
Providence Medical Center (2006 - 2008)
Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center (1997-2003, 2005-2011)
Shawnee Mission Medical Center (2005, 2007)
Sheffield Family Life Center (2011)
Social Welfare Board (2004, 2006 - 2011)
Swope Health Services (2001-2011)
Saint Luke's Northland Hospital (2006 - 2011)
Saint Vincent Clinic (2002)
Saint Luke's Cancer Institute (1999-2001, 2003 - 2011)
The University of Kansas Hospital (1995-2001, 2005)
Truman Medical Centers (1995-2011)
Unified Government of Wyandotte County (2003, 2006-2011)
Women's Employment Network (2003, 2004)
Young Survival Coaltion (2003)
YWCA of Greater Kansas City (2010-2011)
YWCA St. Joseph (1998, 1999, 2001-2011) 

For detailed program descriptions for each of our 2011 -2012 community grantees, please click here.

 Black Health Care Coalition
Program Name: Beauty Shop Talk
Amount: $15,404.00
Contact: 816-444-9600

The Black Health Care Coalition will educate 380 African American women on breast health and breast self awareness by engaging beauticians and nail technicians who will then educate their clients at beauty salons. 

 Cancer Action, Inc.
Program Name: Breast Cancer Patient Services
Amount: $75,000.00
Contact: 913-321-8880 (Kansas City, KS office), 913-642-8885 (Overland Park office), 816-350-8881 (Independence office)

Cancer Action offers support, education, empowerment, hope and comfort to thousands of clients each year who are facing a cancer diagnosis.  The Breast Cancer Patient Services grant will provide many vital services and emotional support to over 900 women facing the challenge of breast cancer.  

Coalition of Hispanic Women Against Cancer
Program Name: Lay Health Educators Addressing Breast Health Disparities Program 
Amount: $46,976.00
Contact: 913-831-2200

The Coalition of Hispanic Women Against Cancer is educating community leaders to provide breast health outreach the under- and uninsured in the Latino community.

 Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Program Name: Early Detection Works Program
Amount: $34,346.00
Contact: 1-877-277-1368

The State of Kansas Early Detection Works Program provides breast and cervical cancer screening and diagnostic services to (primarily) uninsured women who meet age and income guidelines.  Funding from the Greater Kansas City Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure will provide mammograms for 220 women age 40-49, provide breast health education, and expand the partnership between EDW and the Kansas City Affiliate in the Northeast region of the state.  

   Northland Health Care Access
Program Name: Northland CARE/Metro CARE Breast Care for the Uninsured
Amount: $30,704.00
Contact: 816-880-6700

Northland CARE links uninsured women from the Northland to free breast screenings and care. Approximately 300 referrals for uninsured women are made annually to screening, follow-up diagnostic services, and treatment. 

  Saint Luke’s Cancer Institute
Program Name: Direct Patient Care
Amount: $218,175.00
Contact: 816-932-2000

Saint Luke’s Cancer Institute receives funding from Susan G. Komen for the Cure Greater Kansas City to continue mobile mammography services for the underserved.  Saint Luke’s Cancer Institute is proud and privileged to operate the only mobile mammography program offered in greater Kansas City.  Saint Luke’s will serve 1,500 women through this program.
Grantees recruiting women to the Saint Luke’s transportable mammography unit are:

Black Health Care Coalition
Amount: $6,600.00
Mobile Mammography Outings: 11

Cabot Westside Health Clinic
Amount: $4,800.00
Mobile Mammography Outings: 8

Coalition of Hispanic Women Against Cancer
Amount: $4,200.00
Mobile Mammography Outings: 7

Kansas City Baptist Temple
Amount: $1,800.00
Mobile Mammography Outings: 3

Kansas City Free Health Clinic
Amount: $3,600.00
Mobile Mammography Outings: 6

Lesbian Cancer Project at MCC Spirit of Hope Church
Amount: $600.00
Mobile Mammography Outings: 1

Saint Luke's Northland Hospital
Amount: $3,000.00
Mobile Mammograpy Outings: 5 

Sheffield Family Life Center
Amount: $600.00
Mobile Mammograpy Outings: 1


 Saint Luke’s Cancer Institute
Program Name: Mobile Clerical Support
Amount: $38,413.00
Contact: 816-932-2000

Saint Luke’s Cancer Institute’s Center for Breast Care receives funding to support a full time clerical position for the Mobile Mammography Program through the generous support of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation Greater Kansas City Affiliate.  The Mobile Information Specialist enables the Mobile Mammography Program to expand satellite mammography and breast health education services to uninsured and underinsured women in the greater Kansas City area.

 Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center
Program Name:  Breast Cancer Prevention for Women
Amount: $51,311.15
Contact: 816-474-4920

The Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center is a not for profit organization that serves the needs of the medically indigent, poor, and underserved within the Kansas City metropolitan area.  The Health Center’s breast cancer prevention program for women provides outreach, educational awareness, mammography screenings, and clinical breast examinations.

 Social Welfare Board
Program Name:  Breast Cancer Prevention: Friend to Friend Style
Amount: $120,414.65
Contact: 816-233-5188

Since 2002 Susan G. Komen has granted funds to the Social Welfare Board to provide education and clinical breast exams to the uninsured, indigent women of Buchanan County. This year the SWB received Komen funds to help offset the cost of providing clinical breast exams to at least 475 uninsured women and screening mammograms to at least 255 women.

 Swope Health Services
Program Name:  Mammograms
Amount: $86,101.35
Contact: 816-922-3100

The purpose of this program is to provide free breast health screening options for uninsured and underinsured women in our community.  Swope Health Services will continue to address cultural and language barriers, especially for African-American and Hispanic/Latina women.  This grant will provide 375 screening mammograms, 25 unilateral diagnostic mammograms, 30 clinical breast exams, and 15 ultrasounds.

 Truman Medical Centers
Program Name:  Patient Navigator
Amount: $52,676.00
Contact: 816-404-4052

TMC’s Patient Navigator program targets women who are diagnosed with breast cancer who live in the urban core of Kansas City.  The Patient Navigator guides cancer patients from diagnosis through surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, and recovery.  The Navigator enables clinical staff to enter the patient’s world on “a bridge of empathy”.  At least 56 newly-diagnosed breast cancer patients will be navigated through this program.

 Unified Government Public Health Department of Wyandotte County
Program Name:  Screening Mammography Services for Qualified Women
Amount: $61,166.00
Contact: 913-205-0030

Funding provided through this grant opportunity of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Greater Kansas City Affiliate will allow women access to preventative screening mammograms and breast health education that otherwise would not be available to them. 

 YWCA of Greater Kansas City 
Program Name:  Health Bridge/Healthy Relationships
Amount: $22,522.88
Contact: 913-371-1105

The YWCA of Greater Kansas City serves area schools and community locations with three health programs, Girl Power, Health Bridge, and Healthy Relationships. This grant will provide breast health and breast cancer awareness to 500 female students.

 YWCA of St. Joseph 
Program Name:  ENCORE Plus
Amount: $38,517.00
Contact: 816-232-4481

This project in Buchanan County will focus on educating underserved women in the community.  Through outreach efforts that include the Neighborhood Outreach Project, Latina Outreach and special events such as health fairs including the Binational Health Fair, “information days” at various businesses and other outreach efforts; the YWCA will educate women using the breast self awareness approach.