CURE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION INC

What CURE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION INC does

Cure Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. (CBCF) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit charitable foundation founded in 2007 and headquartered at 1122 Clifton Avenue, Clifton, New Jersey. The foundation's stated mission is to fund bold, paradigm-shifting breast cancer research under the scientific direction of Dr. Larry Norton, Senior Vice President of the Office of the President and Medical Director of the Evelyn H. Lauder Breast Center at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, alongside a global network of collaborators. The organization operates with a lean 1–10 person staff and has no technology products or services; its surface area is fundraising, event execution (Hope Hustle 5K, Pink is the New Green Golf Classic), corporate partnership programs, and channel-based giving including Amazon Smile, Shop for a Cure (shopcbcf.com), and employer matching gifts.

Name

CURE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION INC

Legal name

Cure Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc.

Website

https://curebreastcancerfoundation.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Cure Breast Cancer Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, founded in 2007 and based in Clifton, New Jersey, that raises funds from individual donors, corporate partners, and events to support breast cancer research directed by Dr. Larry Norton at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Health Research Funding

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Voluntary Health Organizations (813212)

akta.pro primary industry

Health & Medical Research Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Disease-Specific Research & Support (e.g., Cancer, Diabetes, ALS) (BPAGACAA)

Keywords

• Breast cancer research funding
• Nonprofit charitable foundation
• Cancer research donations
• Community fundraising events
• Scientific research grants

Headquarters

HQ city

Clifton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Others, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Cure Breast Cancer Foundation is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit charitable foundation that raises funds to support groundbreaking breast cancer research directed by Dr. Larry Norton at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. The foundation organizes community fundraising events such as the Hope Hustle 5K and the Pink is the New Green Golf Classic, engages corporate partners and individual donors, and channels contributions into bold, paradigm-shifting research initiatives.

Product overview

Cure Breast Cancer Foundation is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit charitable foundation that raises funds to support groundbreaking breast cancer research under the direction of Dr. Larry Norton at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. The organization operates as a charitable foundation rather than a product-based company, focusing on fundraising, organizing community events (Hope Hustle 5K, Pink is the New Green Golf Classic), corporate partnerships, volunteer programs, and distributing donations to research initiatives. It does not offer technology products or services in the traditional sense.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Online Donation Program Direct monetary giving channel through the foundation's website, allowing individual donors and supporters to fund groundbreaking breast cancer research under the direction of Dr. Larry Norton at Memorial Sloan Kettering.
• Hope Hustle 5K Community Fundraising Event Community-based 5K run/walk event organized by CBCF to raise funds for breast cancer research and engage individual supporters and local participants.
• Pink is the New Green Golf Classic Annual golf tournament fundraising event organized by CBCF to engage corporate sponsors and individual donors to raise funds for breast cancer research.
• Shop for a Cure Marketplace Online shopping portal (shopcbcf.com) that directs a portion of every purchase to the foundation, allowing shoppers to support breast cancer research through everyday purchases.
• AmazonSmile Donation Program Cause-marketing program through AmazonSmile that directs a portion of eligible Amazon purchases to Cure Breast Cancer Foundation at no extra cost to the shopper.
• Corporate Matching Gift Program Workplace giving program that lets donors double their contributions by submitting employer matching gift forms alongside their donation to CBCF.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over $13 million raised since 2007 for breast cancer research

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Susan G. Komen Foundation: Susan G. Komen is the largest and most recognized breast cancer nonprofit, funding research, community outreach, and advocacy. It is a broad incumbent in the same disease category and competes with CBCF for donor mindshare and corporate partnerships.
• American Cancer Society: The American Cancer Society is the largest broad cancer nonprofit, funding research, patient support, and advocacy. It competes with CBCF for donations and corporate partners in the same disease category but operates at massive scale with a much wider mission.

Direct peers

• V Foundation for Cancer Research: The V Foundation is a cancer research grantmaking nonprofit funding translational and clinical research across multiple cancer types. It is highly comparable to CBCF as a disease-research grantmaker driven by donations and signature fundraising events.
• Stand Up To Cancer: Stand Up To Cancer funds collaborative, high-risk cancer research through donations and media-driven fundraising. It overlaps with CBCF in funding bold, transformative oncology science and competing for the same donor audience.
• Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF): The Breast Cancer Research Foundation is a direct peer — a nonprofit that raises donations and grants them to fund breast cancer research worldwide. It operates at a substantially larger scale but with an analogous mission, donor base, and grantmaking model to CBCF.
• National Breast Cancer Foundation: The National Breast Cancer Foundation provides early detection services, education, and patient support, and funds research. It directly overlaps with CBCF in breast cancer fundraising and donor engagement, though with a wider program mix.

Emerging players

• Living Beyond Breast Cancer: Living Beyond Breast Cancer focuses on education, support, and resources for breast cancer patients and survivors. It is an emerging peer with partial overlap — sharing CBCF's breast cancer focus and donor audience but emphasizing support over research.

Others

• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: Memorial Sloan Kettering is CBCF's primary research partner — the institution where Dr. Norton leads all funded science. It is not a competitor but rather the execution venue for CBCF's grants, making it ecosystem-adjacent and material to CBCF's impact.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/CureBreastCancerFoundation
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/curebreastcancerfoundation/?viewAsMember=true
• Instagraminstagram.com/curebreastcancerfoundation

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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