About Us

Support a cause that matters most to you. When you give to the University of Illinois Cancer Center, you can direct your gift to specific programs, research, or community priorities.

Unrestricted Fund: Support our most urgent needs and emerging opportunities in cancer research, care, and education.

Cancer Center Research Fund: Fuel interdisciplinary, collaborative research across:

• Brain Cancer
• Breast Cancer
• Lung Cancer
• Melanoma
• Graft-Versus-Host Disease
• Experimental Therapeutics
• Cancer Health Equity

Clinical Trials Fund: Enable access to cutting-edge treatments by expanding patient participation in investigator-initiated clinical trials.

Community Engagement and Health Equity Fund: Help us decrease cancer burden and expand access to education, screening, and survivorship care throughout the community.

Endowment and Named Funds Create a lasting impact by supporting specialized initiatives:

• Gary D. Kruh Fund: Care for uninsured breast cancer patients
• Angeliki Vallianatos Fund: Acute myeloid leukemia research
• Carl H. and Billie M. Frese Fund: Cancer research support
• Frank J. Jirka Jr. Fund: Prevention, diagnosis, and treatment research
• Richard B. Warnecke Fellowship Fund: Train post-graduate researchers in cancer health disparities

Choose the fund that aligns with your values and help us advance cancer equity and innovation.

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