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.  Contact information for the 2011-2012 is provided below each grantee.  Grantees welcome calls requesting services.

List of 2011-2012 Community Grant Recipients

The Central New Mexico Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® has announced the 2011-2012 Grant Award recipients!  We are thrilled to be able to extend grants to these excellent organizations who are dedicated to having a world without breast cancer. Since 1999, the Komen Central New Mexico Affiliate has invested more than $1.3 million to bring breast education, screening and treatment to uninsured, underinsured and underserved women and men of New Mexico.  Through the Affiliate’s year-round fund raising efforts, along with our dedicated volunteers, the Komen Central New Mexico Race for the Cure® participants, sponsors and friends, we are making a difference to end breast cancer forever. 

Anita Salas Memorial Fund -- $25,000 to provide last-resort financial assistance to low-income, uninsured and underinsured residents in the Central New Mexico Service area who cannot pay for breast cancer care services.  These include breast cancer treatment services, diagnostic services, financial assistance for transportation, lodging during treatment, insurance premium assistance and prescriptions.

Diane DaCamara
5301 Central NE #800
Albuquerque, NM 87108-1513 
505-841-5896 
505-222-8602 fax 
diane.piccione-dacamara@state.nm.us

Christus St. Vincent Hospital Foundation -- $25,000 for the St. Vincent Breast Cancer Care fund to cover the costs of mammograms and other diagnostic services that would be provided in Santa Fe County to women from northern New Mexico who do not have health insurance and whose annual income is 250-350% of the Federal Poverty Level or whose age disqualifies them from other screening programs.

Karl Ferguson
455 St. Michael's Drive 
Santa Fe, NM 87505
505-913-5409 
505-913-5951 fax 
karl.ferguson@stvin.org

The New Mexico Departments of Health -- $25,000 to expand their breast cancer screening services through the New Mexico Breast and Cervical Cancer program.  The grant will provide funding to offer approximately 168 additional screening mammograms to eligible women.

Gena Love 
5301 Central Ave NE Suite 800
Albuquerque, NM 87104-1513 
505-841-5859 
505-222-8608 fax 
gena.love@state.nm.us

The American Cancer Society, Great Western Division -- $24,966 for the Gift Closet, which addresses the special needs of women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer by meeting some of their concerns about physical well-being and appearance.  The grant also assists underserved breast cancer patients by reducing the barriers of transportation costs to treatment and doctors' appointments by providing gas cards.

Jennifer Tyra 
10501 Montgomery Blvd NE Suite 300
Albuquerque, NM 87111 
505-262-6029 
505-266-9513 fax 
jennifer.tyra@cancer.org

New Mexico Cancer Center Foundation -- $25,000 to provide resources for low-income breast cancer patients undergoing treatment including non-medical assistance to help maintain their housing, transportation to treatment, day-care, food and utilities.  Additionally, the grant provides funds for genetic counseling to raise awareness of breast cancer.

Colleen Harris 
4901 Lang Ave NE
Albuquerque, NM 87109-4397 
505-828-3791 
505-857-8480 fax 
colleen@nmohc.com

People Living Through Cancer -- $22,500, whose Supporting Sisters project provides breast cancer survivors with access to free, professionally led emotional support services, educational materials and workshops.

Beth Brown 
3401 Candelaria Rd. NE, Suite A 
Albuquerque, NM 87107-1946
505-242-3263 
505-242-6756 fax 
execdirector@pltc.org
   

Cancer Institute Foundation -- $25,000 program will significantly improve treatment access for low-income breast cancer patients living in northern New Mexico whose breast cancer diagnosis will require radiation and/or chemotherapy treatments in Santa Fe. The Foundation provides travel, housing and meal expenses underwriting associated with treatment.

Corine Collins
PO Box 5038
Santa Fe, NM 87502-5038 
505-955-7958 
505-955-7937 fax 
corinne@cancerinstitutefoundation.org

YWCA Middle Rio Grande -- $25,000 to provide financial assistance for screening and transportation to women who must travel considerable distance to receive mammograms.  The program pays for screening and diagnostic mammograms and ultrasounds and provides personal assistance in finding convenient screening centers and follow-up medical care.

Danielle Reed 
210 Truman NE
Albuquerque, NM 87108 
505-254-9922 ext.128  
505-294-9953 fax 
dreed@ywca-nm.org

Planned Parenthood -- $13,500 to provide Breast Cancer screening for 150 women in Santa Fe, Rio Rancho and Albuquerque clinics as well as diagnostic imaging for 10 women that need additional care.

Debbie Hussey 
719 San Mateo NE
Albuquerque, NM 87108-1434 
505-265-5976 x.318 
505-266-1017 fax 
debbie.hussey@ppnewmex.org