The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Foundation enhances the efforts and expands the reach of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, the state agency dedicated to forging breakthroughs in cancer prevention and cures for all Texans, by:
- Improving the health of all Texans by working with business and community leaders to create and promote cancer prevention programs;
- Bringing more resources to Texas for cancer efforts by leveraging relationships with Federal agencies and private foundations;
- Supplementing CPRIT’s efforts to attract and employ high caliber executives to effectively distribute $300 million in grants annually;
- Convening an annual scientific exchange of innovative and game-changing ideas in cancer research and prevention;
- Ensuring public awareness for all Texans regarding CPRIT’s investments in research and prevention; and
- Supporting an unprecedented collaborative initiative among researchers, hospitals and academia committed to improving cancer care for Texans by rapidly translating scientific advances from the laboratory to the patient through statewide clinical trials.
The Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, therefore investments are tax deductible as a charitable contribution.
About the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas
Working with the best minds, CPRIT Invests Texans’ money to beat cancer.
In November 2007, Texas voters approved a constitutional amendment directing the State of Texas to establish the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas and to issue $3 billion in general obligation bonds over ten years to fund grants and investments for cancer research and prevention. The Institute is the state agency established to create and expedite innovation in the area of cancer research and to enhance the potential for a medical or scientific breakthrough in the prevention of cancer and cures for cancer. The Institute will attract, create, and expand research capabilities of public and private institutions of higher education and other public and private entities to promote a substantial increase in cancer research and in the creation of high-quality new jobs in this state by implementing the Texas Cancer Plan.
