The Foundation was formed in October 1988, by the Fifth District Order of AHEPA and is a joint effort with the Daughters of Penelope to raise funds from its members and the general public for research grants.
The Foundation has a fiduciary responsibility to raise and maintain funds to ensure that funds will be available to provide cancer research grants.
The mission of the Foundation is to facilitate fundraising and to award grants to scientists and medical research institutions whose primary goal is to find a cure for cancer. The Fifth District AHEPA Cancer Research Foundation, Inc. is tax-exempt under 501 ( c ) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Contributions are deductible under the 170 (a) (2). We may accept employer matching grant donations.
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