Stand Up To Cancer

Stand Up To Cancer
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Name	Stand Up To Cancer
Formation	2008
Type	Nonprofit organization
Headquarters	United States
Area served	International
Focus	Cancer research funding

Stand Up To Cancer

Stand Up To Cancer is a philanthropic initiative that raises funds to accelerate cancer research and promote collaboration among scientists, medical centers, corporations, foundations, and media organizations. Founded in 2008, the initiative convenes multidisciplinary teams and mobilizes public and private partners to support translational research, clinical trials, and public awareness campaigns. Its activities intersect with major institutions, corporations, celebrities, and media outlets to drive rapid progress against multiple cancer types.

History

The initiative launched amid engagement from entertainment and philanthropy sectors including Broadcasting, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures Entertainment, NBCUniversal, CBS Corporation, The Walt Disney Company, Viacom, Ellen DeGeneres Show, Oprah Winfrey Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, David Letterman, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Conan O'Brien, Jay Leno, Matt Lauer, Katie Couric, Anderson Cooper, Rachel Maddow, Brian Williams, Charlie Rose, Diane Sawyer, George Stephanopoulos, Barbara Walters, Robin Roberts, Regis Philbin, Ryan Seacrest, Kelly Ripa, and Dr. Oz. Early gatherings included leaders from American Cancer Society, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Yale School of Medicine, UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Mount Sinai Health System, Cleveland Clinic, University of California, San Francisco, and Duke University School of Medicine. Major philanthropic donors and foundations such as the Rockefeller Foundation, Ford Foundation, Gates Foundation, Walmart Foundation, Ford Motor Company Fund, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Koch Industries, Annenberg Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, McCormick Foundation, Walton Family Foundation, JPMorgan Chase Foundation, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Citi Foundation contributed to early momentum.

Mission and Programs

The stated mission emphasizes accelerating the pace of translational research through team science across institutions such as National Comprehensive Cancer Network, American Society of Clinical Oncology, European Society for Medical Oncology, Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Cancer Research UK, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Susan G. Komen Foundation, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Make-A-Wish Foundation, American Association for Cancer Research, European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer, College of American Pathologists, PathologyOutlines, Association of American Medical Colleges, Wellcome Trust, Institut Gustave Roussy, Karolinska Institutet, and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ). Programs include funding multidisciplinary Dream Teams, Catalyst Awards, and Translational Research grants that link laboratories at Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Scripps Research Institute, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, University of Michigan Medical School, Emory University School of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Stony Brook Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, and Rutgers Biomedical Health Sciences.

Fundraising and Events

Fundraising has leveraged telecasts, cross-network broadcasts, benefit galas, telethons, and corporate partnerships involving American Idol, Dancing with the Stars, X Factor, Britain's Got Talent, The Oscars, Grammy Awards, Emmy Awards, Golden Globe Awards, Tony Awards, Met Gala, SAG Awards, Cannes Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Glastonbury Festival, Lollapalooza, SXSW, O2 Arena, Madison Square Garden, Staples Center, Wembley Stadium, Royal Albert Hall, Carnegie Hall, Radio City Music Hall, Barclays Center, MGM Grand Garden Arena, The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, and charity runs like the TCS New York City Marathon, Boston Marathon, London Marathon, Paris Marathon, Tokyo Marathon, Chicago Marathon, Marine Corps Marathon, Berlin Marathon, Marine Corps Marathon (repeat) and cycling events such as Tour de France, RAGBRAI, L'Etape du Tour, and corporate matches from Nike Foundation, Adidas, Under Armour, AmazonSmile, Target Foundation, Starbucks Foundation, PepsiCo Foundation, Coca-Cola Foundation, Microsoft Philanthropies, Google.org, Apple Inc., and Facebook (Meta Platforms). Celebrity ambassadors and honorees have included Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Beyoncé Knowles, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Madonna (entertainer), Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Denzel Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Morgan Freeman, Harrison Ford, Glenn Close, Nicole Kidman, Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman (duplicate).

Research Funding and Grants

Grantmaking focuses on targeted investments in precision medicine, immunotherapy, genomics, and biomarker-driven trials involving partners like Illumina, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Roche, Novartis, Pfizer, Merck & Co., Bristol-Myers Squibb, AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly and Company, Johnson & Johnson, Amgen, Gilead Sciences, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Biogen, Celgene Corporation, AbbVie, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Sanofi, GlaxoSmithKline, Bayer AG, CSL Limited, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Seagen Inc., Moderna, Inc., BioNTech, Illumina (duplicate) to support clinical trials at centers such as Royal Marsden Hospital, Guy's Hospital, King's College London, Imperial College London, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Barts Health NHS Trust, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency, and Alberta Health Services. Funding mechanisms include peer-reviewed panels drawing from National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine (US) / National Academy of Medicine, Royal Society, Academy of Medical Sciences (United Kingdom), European Molecular Biology Organization, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (duplicate), and specialist groups like American Board of Internal Medicine, College of American Surgeons, American Society of Hematology, American Society of Clinical Oncology (duplicate), European LeukemiaNet, and Cancer Genome Atlas.

Partnerships and Collaborations

The initiative organizes consortia with academic medical centers, biotech companies, advocacy groups, and media partners including NBC Universal (duplicate), ABC (American Broadcasting Company), CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System), Fox Broadcasting Company, HBO, Showtime (TV network), MTV, VH1, BET, A&E Networks, Discovery Channel, National Geographic (American TV channel), History Channel, PBS, ITV (TV network), Channel 4, BBC, Sky Group, Canal+, Televisa, Tencent Video, Baidu, Alibaba Group, Weibo, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn, Snapchat, Pinterest, Reddit, Quora, Wikipedia, Encyclopædia Britannica, National Institutes of Health (duplicate), and international funders like Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Australian Research Council, European Commission, Horizon 2020, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, Wellcome Trust (duplicate), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (duplicate).

Public Impact and Media Campaigns

Public campaigns employ public service announcements, documentary features, primetime specials, and social media drives with influencers and celebrities from YouTube Creators, Vine (service), Twitch (service), Instagram Influencers, TikTok Creators, Oprah Winfrey (duplicate), Ellen DeGeneres (duplicate), Ellen DeGeneres Show (duplicate), Jimmy Fallon (duplicate), Stephen Colbert (duplicate), Jon Stewart (duplicate), Bill Nye, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Atul Gawande, Sanjay Gupta, Anthony Fauci, Francis Collins, Eric Topol, Paul Farmer, Harold Varmus, Elizabeth Blackburn, Shinya Yamanaka, James Watson, Francis Crick, Katalin Karikó, Drew Weissman, Jennifer Doudna, Emmanuelle Charpentier, Craig Venter, George Church, Stuart Orkin, Eli Wallach, Sidney Farber, Rosalind Franklin, Barbara McClintock, Paul Nurse, Sydney Brenner, Shirley Tilghman, Ada Yonath, Tu Youyou to raise awareness about clinical trial enrollment, precision oncology, survivorship care, and disparities. Educational initiatives have been amplified by collaborations with outlets such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, The Guardian, The Times (London), Le Monde, Der Spiegel, El País, Corriere della Sera, Asahi Shimbun, Yomiuri Shimbun, Sina Weibo (duplicate), NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation), CBC/Radio-Canada, ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), Al Jazeera, Reuters, Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, Bloomberg News, Financial Times, Nature (journal), Science (journal), Cell (journal), The Lancet, JAMA (journal), New England Journal of Medicine, PNAS, BMJ (journal), Cancer Cell, Clinical Cancer Research, and patient advocacy networks including Breastcancer.org, Cancer.net, Macmillan Cancer Support, Cancer Council Australia, Oncology Nursing Society, European Cancer Patient Coalition, Lymphoma Canada, Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance, Prostate Cancer Foundation, Colorectal Cancer Alliance, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (duplicate), and Prostate Cancer UK.

Category:Cancer charities