Current Grant Recipients

These projects have been selected by our independent Grant Review Panel as those that will have the greatest impact in serving uninsured or underinsured women in our service area. Please note that Susan G. Komen for the Cure® is not a direct service provider.

The Fiscal Year 2012 Grantees are:

1. Deaconess Family Medicine Residency– “Neighbor to Neighbor” - $71,574.20 - In this project, the Deaconess Family Medicine Residency will collaborate with four Evansville neighborhood associations – Chain, Star, Jacobsville, and Lamasco – to provide education and breast cancer screening for low-income women. Contact: 812-450-7242

2. Dubois-Pike-Warrick Economic Opportunity Committee, Inc. – “Tri-Cap Breast Cancer Program” - $95,589.00 - Tri-Cap, a private, not-for-profit agency serving low-income families in  southwestern Indiana, will provide an organized patient navigator service to assist women who are newly or recently diagnosed with breast cancer.  The program includes case management services, educational information, and payment treatment services for clients who are either underinsured or uninsured in the Affiliate area. Contact: 812-428-2632

3. Ferrell Hospital- "ACE”-$3,909.08 - This program will provide screening and education to women in Southeastern Illinois. Contact: 618-926-9647

4. The Foundation for Health– “Mammograms for Life” - $52,658.55 - This program will provide educational information and screening mammograms to medically underserved women who reside in Daviess, Hancock and McLean Counties in Kentucky. Contact: 270-688-2350

5. Good Samaritan Hospital –“Illiana Breast Health and Education-A Community Partnership”- $48,552.27 - This project will focus on providing screening mammograms, diagnostic follow-up, and breast health education to medically underserved women for Knox and surrounding counties.  A special focus includes a Grass Roots Outreach and on-site breast health education for women in this rural low-income area. Contact: 812-885-36274

6. Indiana Women In Need – “Survivor Support Program” - $7,500.00 - This program will assist women with professional non-medical services while they are in treatment for breast cancer.  Services include but are not limited to: babysitting, house cleaning, groceries and transportation.  Counties served by this grant are Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh and Warrick in Indiana. Contact: 317-475-0565

7. Methodist Hospital – “Mammograms for Western Kentucky” - $25,042.28 -This program will provide screening and diagnostic services to women who reside in Henderson, Union and Webster Counties in Kentucky. Contact: 270-831-7836

8. Perry County Memorial Hospital, Tell City, IN – “Our Turn: A Breast Health Program for Women” - $31,000.00 - This program serves under and uninsured women living and/or working in the rural areas of Perry County and Spencer County in Indiana, and Hancock County in Kentucky. Screening mammograms and educational programs will be provided, as well as diagnostic services. Contact: 812-547-0392

9. Richland Memorial Hospital – “Breast Health Awareness Programs” - $18,179.79 - This program will provide breast health education and encouragement to women to have annual clinical breast exams and mammograms.  It will also provide screening for underinsured women and uninsured women who do not qualify for other programs.  Additionally a mentor program will be used to match newly diagnosed women with those who have completed treatment for assistance.  Counties served are Richland and Edwards, Illinois. Contact: 618-395-6012

10. St. Mary’s Foundation – “Sharing the Vision: Early Detection of Breast Cancer” - $99,908.86 - The “Sharing the Vision” grant will provide mammogram screenings, diagnosis, education and support services to women in six southwestern Indiana counties. The grant will also provide funding for a patient navigator to coordinate educational programs and outreach activities, diagnostic and support services for newly diagnosed patients. Contact: 812-485-5731

11. TOUCH, Inc. – “TOUCH Breast Cancer Patients” - $7,500.00 - The goal of this program is to provide non-medical financial support for breast cancer patients in Vanderburgh and Warrick Counties in Indiana.  Services covered include but are not limited to: housing, groceries, insurance and transportation. Contact: 812-477-2550

Community Pink Ribbon Grants
The Community Pink Ribbon Grant will provide for screening mammograms and breast health education in the smaller or far-reaching communities of our 28-county service area.
Center for Women's Health, Trover Health System, Madisonville, KY – $6,216.40 Contact: 270-326-3900
Crittenden Health System - $2,545.25 Contact: 270-965-1069
Daviess Community Hospital – $3,830.50 Contact: 812-254-8851
Fairfield Memorial Hospital - $6,291.60 Contact: 618-847-8297
Guadalupe Center, Huntingburg, IN – $3,830.50 Contact: 812-683-5212
Hamilton Memorial Hospital - $6,291.60 Contact: 618-243-2361
Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center – $6,338.80 Contact: 812-482-0546

Want to see every grant we ever gave? Here is a 13 year history of our grantees.