About Us

The San Francisco Bay Area Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® is dedicated to combating breast cancer at every front. Up to 75 percent of the Affiliate’s net income goes toward funding grants to local hospitals, clinics and community organizations that provide breast health education and breast cancer screening and treatment programs for medically underserved women. The remaining net income (a minimum of 25 percent) supports the national Komen Grants Program, which funds groundbreaking breast cancer research, meritorious awards and educational and scientific programs around the world.

The Komen San Francisco's service area covers in the nine Bay Area counties of Sonoma, Napa, West Solano, Marin, San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, and Santa Clara. Thanks to the thousands of people who participate in the Komen San Francisco Race for the Cure® and other Affiliate events each year, dedicated corporate partners and generous donors, Komen San Francisco is playing a vital role in fighting breast cancer in our community

Vision, Promise and Core Values

Vision A World Without Breast Cancer

Promise The Susan G. Komen for the Cure promise: to save lives and end breast cancer forever by empowering people, ensuring quality care for all and energizing science to find the cures.

Core Values

Inclusion to embrace the uniqueness of every individual
Stewardship to be accountable for our performance, individually and collectively
Honesty to foster a community of trust and integrity
Openness to seek out new ideas and new ways of thinking
Passion to demonstrate personal commitment to our Promise
Empowerment to entrust others and hold yourself accountable 

Leading the Global Movement to End Breast Cancer Forever

Our Story
Born in a promise between two sisters – Nancy Brinker to her sister, Susan G. Komen, who died from breast cancer at the age of 36 – Susan G. Komen for the Cure® is the world’s largest and most progressive grassroots network fighting to end breast cancer forever.
Our Promise
The Susan G. Komen for the Cure® promise: to save lives and end breast cancer forever by empowering people, ensuring quality care for all and energizing science to find the cures.
Our Passion
Because 10 million women around the world could die from breast cancer in the next 25 years without the cure, Susan G. Komen for the Cure® is fighting every minute of every day to save every life.
Our People
The more than 100,000 survivors and activists of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® are the face and voice of the global breast cancer movement – local activists and global citizens who mobilize millions through events like the Komen Race for the Cure Series, the world’s largest and most successful education and fundraising event for breast cancer.
Our Work
With nearly $1 billion invested to date, Susan G. Komen for the Cure® is the world’s largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to curing breast cancer at every stage – from the causes, to the cures, to the pain and anxiety of every moment in between.
Our Success
Susan G. Komen for the Cure® has played a critical role in every major advance in the fight against breast cancer over the past 25 years – transforming how the world talks about and treats this disease and helping to turn millions of breast cancer patients into breast cancer survivors. 
Our Pledge
To fulfill our promise to end breast cancer forever, Susan G. Komen for the Cure® will invest more than $1 billion over the next decade on breast health care and treatment, especially for underserved women, and on research to discover the causes of breast cancer and, ultimately, its cures.