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A Chance for Kids & Families
A Chance for Kids & Families raised $462,102 in 2025 for cancer research and patient care at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Throughout the summer, patrons who donated to the Jimmy Fund at participating Burger King®, The Paper Store®, Uncharted, and Valvoline Instant Oil ChangeSM locations received a coupon, with all proceeds supporting Dana-Farber’s lifesaving mission.
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Joel and Mary Abramson
Joel and Mary Abramson pledged $200,000 to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Program for Older Adults with Breast Cancer, led by Rachel Freedman, MD, MPH. Their support will expand this unique, individualized care model, which delivers tailored treatments and psychosocial services that elevate care and expand the access for older patients with breast cancer.
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Ang’s Warrior Walk
Since 2023, the annual Ang’s Warrior Walk has raised $100,000 for the Angela Marotta Inho Memorial Fund, which supports lung cancer research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Organized by Jennifer and Allison Inho, Founders of the Angela Marotta Inho Foundation, the event honors their mother Angela, who received care at Dana-Farber.
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Arbella Insurance Foundation
The Arbella Insurance Foundation continued its steadfast support of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute through its Strike Out Cancer Program. At the 2025 WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon, the team presented a check for $100,000, part of the more than $1.7 million the Arbella Insurance Foundation has contributed to date.
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William and Barbara Connolly
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Sara M. Tolaney, MD, MPH, received a $100,000 gift from the Connolly Family Fund, established by William and Barbara Connolly, to advance innovative breast cancer research. Their support empowers Tolaney’s team to develop novel strategies for early detection, prevention, and personalized treatment, helping to improve outcomes for patients worldwide.
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Cure Childhood Cancer
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Emily Heikamp, MD, PhD, MSc, received a $220,000 Early Investigator Award from CURE Childhood Cancer. This generous grant supports her research focused on determining whether targeting two proteins can effectively treat a specific type of acute myeloid leukemia. The grant also helps launch her career as an independent investigator.
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Dordick Trial College
Dordick Trial College, an annual legal education event held in May 2025 and organized by attorney Gary Dordick, raised more than $140,000 for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Bing Center for Waldenström’s Macroglobulinemia. The multiday program convened legal professionals for workshops and networking, with proceeds benefiting critical research and care for patients and families impacted by this…
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Mary and John Fowler
Mary and John Fowler’s initial gift establishes the John and Mary Fowler Fund for Lynch Syndrome Research, under the direction of principal investigator Matthew B. Yurgelun, MD, FASCO, CGAF. The gift will strengthen the Lynch Syndrome Center’s registry and biobank and accelerate research that will help identify personalized screening, treatment, and prevention strategies for Lynch…
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Micki and Steven Hirsch
Clinical trials are considered essential for groundbreaking research. To help advance Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s clinical trials, Micki and Steven Hirsch made a gift of $100,000 to the Hirsch Family Fund for the Office of Clinical Research. Jeffrey Meyerhardt, MD, MPH, FASCO, leads the program which has benefited from the generous support of the Hirsch fund…
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IBC Network Foundation
The IBC Network Foundation made a generous $100,000 gift to advance the inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) research of Filipa Lynce, MD, FASCO. With this, Lynce will explore the ability of T-cell receptors to predict response to immunotherapy and drive progress in the treatment of IBC, which will ultimately offer hope to patients with this rare…
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