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This year's granting cycle offers education grants for Florida organizations: up to $7,500.00 for projects in a single county and up to $15,000.00 for projects provided in multiple counties that focus on education in one-on-one, small group settings or virtual technology to reach as many people as possible. Grants are available for projects that take place over a 12-month period.

The FBCF requires each grantee to conduct a minimum of two educational sessions during the grant period and we encourage each grantee to provide or connect with a partner(s) organization(s) to deliver education specific to a variety of support resources as defined below.

Support Resources

  • Mammograms and other screening services
  • Diagnostic testing
  • Medical treatments
  • Financial assistance
  • Emotional support for patients, their families, caregivers, and survivors
  • Transportation services
  • Home care services
  • Child care services
  • Nutritional guidance
  • Complementary therapies (e.g. yoga, acupuncture, massage, etc.)
  • Prostheses, wigs, lymphedema sleeve, etc.
  • Breast cancer navigation services

 

2025 Priority Areas:   

(Must choose at least one priority area)

  1. Educate women and men in the areas where they need to become proactive advocates for their own breast health through one on one, small group or virtual technology Educational Workshops (i.e. pre-diagnosis, urgency after diagnosis, types of chemo, types of surgery, etc.)
  2. Provide education to breast cancer survivors, their families, and advocates on life after or with cancer, including the “transition phase” from active treatment to survivorship.
  3. Provide education on breast health to young women and men with a focus on middle school, high school, and college ages.
  4. Create and provide a method of education on late stage breast cancer diagnosis that will help reduce the percentage of these diagnoses in the areas that exceed the state of Florida average.

 

Eligibility

Only Florida-based non-profit community-based organizations that are tax-exempt under Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3), Florida governmental entities, Florida-based tax-exempt educational institutions, and Indian tribes within the State of Florida, are eligible to apply for funding. Organizations registered as 501(c)(3) entities outside of Florida are eligible to apply if a physical presence is maintained within the state of Florida that is open and fully operating for 12 months a year.  All activities funded through this competition must occur in Florida.  All work must occur, and all funds must be spent in Florida at the applicant organization and any collaborating entities within Florida.  Applications must be submitted in English.   

 

IMPORTANT NOTE:

Funding is not available for screening, diagnostics, treatment programs, one-time events, conferences, symposiums, seminars, webinars, and participation as an exhibitor or attendance at health fairs.  All requests for education funding should be directed to the Florida Breast Cancer Foundation Education Committee. 

 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2025 EDUCATION GRANT RECIPIENTS

  

  • Florida Hospital Waterman Foundation d/b/a AdventHealth Waterman Foundation
    Breast Cancer Education Videos for Spanish Speaking Women
  • H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Inc.      
    Moffitt Breast Health Education and Outreach Program            
  • Family Health Centers of Southwest Florida, Inc .
    Women SHINE  
  • Sharsheret        
    Sharsheret On Campus in Florida
  • Sistaah Talk Inc.             
    My Sistaah's Keeper     
  • Mount Sinai Medical Center      
    Breast Density Awareness Initiative
  • Sisters Network Northeast Florida, Inc. 
    Empowering Young Black Women To Take Charge of Their Breast Health Through Education
  • Community Health Center of West Palm Beach 
    Community Health Worker/Patient Navigator
  • Haitian American Nurses Association of Florida, Inc.
    Educate Haitian Women and Men to Become Proactive Advocates for their Own Breast Health
  • Florida Proton Therapy Institute, Inc.    
    Survivorship Educational Series, Living Beyond Cancer: A Day of Hope and Healing
  • Libby's Legacy Breast Cancer Foundation           
    Seed to Survivorship - From Prevention to Life after Breast Cancer   
  • Glimmer of Hope Foundation, Inc.         
    SHOW YOU CARE, BE AWARE     
  • Florida Department of Health in Florida Keys   
    Educating Florida Keys Residents through Comprehensive Breast Health Education
  • Rural Women's Health Project, Inc.       
    Creando Nuestra Salud 

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE 2025 EDUCATION GRANTS

 

 

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