Cancer Care Grants

PARTNERING IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER

The NVIDIA Foundation’s Compute the Cure Cancer Care grant program awards four $50,000 grants annually to support the work of cancer-focused nonprofit organizations working in
six areas:

Each year, we solicit proposals from nonprofits around the world. An employee review committee assesses these applications and selects a small group of finalists. All employees then have the opportunity to vote for their favorite to help us determine the four recipients.

Sustainability Foundation Cancer Care Grant Six Areas

2018

Jacobs Heart Children's Support Cancer Foundation

American-Italian Cancer Foundation (U.S.)
Mobile breast cancer screening events in New York City, providing no-cost mammograms for medically underserved women.

ASHIC Foundation (Bangladesh)
Mobile clinic, providing transportation services and palliative care to children in rural villages.

First Descents (U.S.)
Free outdoor adventure programs and an ongoing community for young adults impacted by cancer.

Pink Ribbon Girls (U.S.)
Support for women suffering from breast and other reproductive cancers and their families.

Learn more about 2018 programs.

FUNDED INITIATIVES

2017

Jacob’s Heart Children’s Cancer Support Services (U.S.)
Emotional support and counseling for children with cancer and their families in high-need rural areas of Central California.

Kids & Art Foundation (U.S.)
Free art workshops — run by professional artist volunteers — for patients, siblings, and caregivers in the pediatric oncology waiting areas at two children’s hospitals in the San Francisco Bay Area.

LV Prasad Eye Institute
(India)
No-cost radiation therapy and prostheses to treat underserved patients with eye cancer.

VT Seva (India)
Cancer awareness and screening camps in remote, low-income areas across India and Nepal.

Learn more about 2017 programs.

2016

American-Italian Cancer Foundation (U.S.)
Mobile breast cancer screening events in New York City, providing no-cost mammograms for medically underserved women.

Children’s Cancer Research Fund (U.S.)
Music-therapy program to ease pain, nausea, anxiety, and other treatment-related symptoms among pediatric cancer patients at the University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital.

Pain Relief and Palliative Care Society (India)
Pain relief and end-of-life care program aimed at poor adults and children across two states in India.

Worldwide Breast Cancer (Global)
Global #KnowYourLemons breast cancer prevention campaign to increase awareness and reduce cultural taboos and fear.

Learn more about 2016 programs.

2015

Alafia (Togo)
Breast cancer prevention program benefiting thousands of teachers, students, and community members.

IMPACT (India)
Eight-bed intensive care unit and onsite blood lab at a pediatric oncology hospital.

Jacob’s Heart Children’s Cancer Support Services (U.S.)
Bicultural, no-cost service to meet the needs of the most vulnerable families of children with cancer.

Stupid Cancer (U.S.)
Launch of a mobile app that offers a support network for patients, survivors, and caregivers across the United States.

Learn more about 2015 programs.

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