Organizational Accomplishments

For the 11th year in a row, we received Charity Navigator’s four-star rating for sound fiscal management and commitment to accountability and transparency.

Investing in Research

Invested $6.8 million in research, a 21 percent increase over our FY 2014 investment
Awarded 13 grants, bringing the total number of grants awarded to date to 123
Completed an evaluation of our grants program (grants awarded 2003-2013) and found that for every dollar awarded by our organization, our grantees have secured an average of $8.28 in subsequent funding

Supporting Patients With Vital Services

Launched the Know Your Tumor^SM personalized medicine service and are growing patient enrollment
Increased the total number of clinical trial searches by 17 percent
Launched the online Clinical Trial Finder tool to give patients and healthcare professionals convenient access to clinical trial information

Gaining Congressional Support

Hosted our second-largest National Pancreatic Cancer Advocacy Day ever, with nearly 600 participants hailing from every state and 365 meetings held with members of Congress
Helped ensure the passage by the House of Representatives of H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act, intended to provide an additional $8.75 billion over 5 years to the National Institutes of Health (which provides about 80 percent of the funding for pancreatic cancer research through the National Cancer Institute)
Ensured that pancreatic cancer was included in both the House and Senate committee mark-ups of the Department of Defense appropriations bill
Co-hosted a successful congressional briefing with the Congressional Caucus on the Deadliest Cancers

Raising Awareness

Launched our new Wage Hope brand and organizational logo
Co-chaired and helped launch the first-ever World Pancreatic Cancer Day to raise awareness globally for the disease