American Cancer Society

This week: Weekly Charity would like to direct your attention to … the American Cancer Society!

Founded in 1913 as the American Society for the Control of Cancer, the American Cancer Society is one of the largest, oldest volunteer health organizations.

As of March 3, 2015, 47 (1) people supported by the American Cancer Society went on to win the Nobel Prize. For instance, the discoveries of Mario R. Capecchi, Ph.D. and Oliver Smithies, Ph.D. (recipients in 2007) “have led to a technology known as gene targeting” (2).

Since the end of World War II, “society-funded researchers have contributed to nearly every major cancer research breakthrough” (1), such as helping to “establish the link between cancer and smoking” (1), “dramatically [increasing] the cure rate for childhood leukemia” (1) and much more!

As usual, Weekly Charity’s not officially partnered with the American Cancer Society, but does encourage helping them out.

Now, here’s some stats:

Charity Navigator gives the American Cancer Society: 2 out of 4 stars
American Cancer Society meets 20/20 of the BBB Wise Giving Alliance’s Standards for Charity Accountability.

Thank you for your time! Here’s a link to the American Cancer Society’s website:
http://www.cancer.org

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(1) The website, “www.cancer.org”, on the page “Our History”, last revised on March 3, 2015, retrieved from the url “http://www.cancer.org/aboutus/whoweare/our-history” on June 20, 2016.

(2) An archive of the website, “www.cancer.org”, on the page “Nobel Prize Winners”, as it appeared on Friday, February 13, 2009. This archive was accessed from the site “web.archive.org”, from the url “https://web.archive.org/…/c…/RES_7_6_Nobel_Prize_Winners.asp” on Monday, June 20, 2016.