Grants

Since 2009, the Great Prostate Cancer Challenge has made more than $150,000 in grants to local communities like Baltimore, Kansas City, Nashville and Long Island to provide for research, awareness and early detection of prostate cancer. Funding from the GPCC has helped researchers study how certain proteins interact and contribute to the progression of prostate cancer so new treatments can be developed to stop it.

Free Testing

Through ZERO's Drive Against Prostate Cancer program and local screening programs hosted by large urology group practice partners, the Great Prostate Cancer Challenge has provided free testing for more than 2,500 men – a majority in underserved African American communities who are two and half times more likely to die from prostate cancer – since 2009. An estimated 11 percent of those tested had a high PSA, meaning as many as 275 lives have been saved through early detection.

Advocacy

The Great Prostate Cancer Challenge works in tandem with The Summit to End Prostate Cancer to generate needed resources to send activists to Capitol Hill to advocate for increases in prostate cancer research funding from the federal government. Since 1996, ZERO – The Project to End Prostate Cancer has worked to increase federal research dollars from $85 Million to nearly $500 Million. In 2011, the GPCC will provide scholarships for 100 advocates to come to Washington, DC.

Where the Money Goes

Nearly two-thirds of funds raised by the Great Prostate Cancer Challenge stay within the community and are used toward ending prostate cancer by providing education, free testing and research. A portion of the proceeds helps our national mission to increase federal funding for research and to provide education to millions or men and families across America. Each year, every dollar dedicated to the national mission is leveraged into at least $200 for life-saving research.