Why support the ICR Global Foundation?
Our supporters are astute donors who care passionately about cancer. They realize that research is the key to transforming cancer from a life-threatening disease to a chronic illness.
The World Health Organization’s World Cancer Report 2008 affirms this approach.
"Prevention research is of overwhelming importance…to cancer control, covering the spectrum from translating cutting-edge scientific discovery into new approaches to cancer treatment to translating knowledge of cancer risk factors into changes in population behavior."
Our funding principles: Excellence, Education and Efficiency
The WHO’s report is a direct call to action. The ICR Global Foundation enables donors to maximize the impact of their cancer research donations by focusing on research institutions that exhibit
Excellence – leading the world in lifesaving research across key disciplines, exhibited by a track record of achievement and exceptional peer reviews
Education – an academic ethos in which scientists develop the next generation of top researchers and focus on patient results over profitability
Efficiency – allocating at least 90% of revenues directly to cancer research, with results outweighing spending relative to other institutions
