Cancer affects millions worldwide. We focus on the front end – awareness, prevention, and earliest possible detection.
In response, we established the Eradicate Cancer Foundation to financially support initiatives aimed at a crucial, critical stage of the cancer spectrum – at the very beginning!
Advancing knowledge, education, awareness, and advocacy regarding the root causes, risk reduction, and prevention strategies for cancer.
Advancing development of handy, simple-to-use, easily accessible, readily available, inexpensive diagnostic tools for reliable early detection of cancer.
Cancer is insidious. It can attack anyone, in any part of the body, at any time – without regard for age, gender or background. The ramifications of a cancer diagnosis extend far beyond the patient. It also impacts families, friends, caregivers, survivors, and those who have lost someone they love.
Cancer is everywhere. So pervasive. It affects millions of families around the world.
Significant progress has been made globally and continues – from finding a cure to improving treatment and quality of life for those stricken by cancer. Yet, despite these advances, there is still much more to do. We want to do our part – however modest and to the extent possible – at the front-end of the cancer spectrum – on awareness/ avoidance/ prevention & earliest possible detection!
Born from multiple family cancer tragedies, we established the Eradicate Cancer Foundation. Want to address two persistent questions: Why didn’t we know more sooner? Why isn’t early detection more accessible?
Focussed on lung cancer initially, we will quickly turn our attention to other leading cancers.
I have purchased & lived in 7 different real estate properties across Canada in Gatineau, Ottawa & Vancouver over the past many years. And, I have never thought of asking some vital questions before closing the various purchase agreements. I never knew how living in any of the above condo apartments & houses could have caused and given me lung
At the Eradicate Cancer Foundation (ECF), we are scouring the landscape and seascape to find companies that meet our mission — particularly those advancing the development of practical diagnostic tools for early detection of lung cancer. This effort is being undertaken in earnest to ensure that our very first grant contributions are made wisely. In this regard, we were introduced
At the Eradicate Cancer Foundation, we want to be nimble, targeted, and results-driven in support of the above Mission. We want to expend our funding wisely for the greatest impact towards eradicating cancer.
To launch quickly and maximize the effectiveness of resources, our Eradicate Cancer Foundation operates as a Fund within the Aqueduct Foundation, one of Canada’s largest public foundations. Aqueduct Foundation disperses over $100 million annually to charities across Canada on behalf of donor-advised funds of which we are one.
You can support cancer-related initiatives financially through our Eradicate Cancer Foundation.
Your contribution helps fund vital R&D of early detection diagnostic tools and support awareness information flow & advocacy work – giving everyone better access to early discovery and better chance at early recovery with life-saving treatment.
If you are an organization focussed on cancer-related R&D or education or advocacy, you can seek funding for: