Current Grant Recipients

For the period of April 1, 2013, through March 31, 2014, Komen Charlotte is awarding nearly $1.2 million for local programs that provide screening, education and treatment to women with limited resources in its 13-county service area. An independent Grant Review Panel recommended projects based on breast health needs identified in the Affiliate’s 2011 Community Profile.

CABARRUS COUNTY

Cabarrus Health Alliance provides outreach, education and screening services targeting low-income minority individuals in Cabarrus and Rowan counties.

Carolinas Medical Center-NorthEast provides mammograms, ultrasounds, biopsies, and lymphedema services to uninsured and underinsured individuals in Cabarrus, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan, and Stanly counties.

GASTON COUNTY

CaroMont Cancer Center at Gaston Memorial Hospital provides mammography, diagnostic services, support services, outreach and education for the underserved in Gaston and Lincoln counties.

IREDELL COUNTY

Chestnut Grove Community Center provides screening and diagnostic mammograms for underserved and/or disadvantaged individuals in Iredell County.  

LINCOLN COUNTY

Lincoln County Health Department provides screening and diagnostic services as well as breast health education to uninsured and underinsured individuals in Lincoln County.

MECKLENBURG COUNTY

Carolinas Rehabilitation – Main provides lymphedema treatment and compression bandages and garments for individuals who are unable to afford them in all 13 counties.

Carolinas Rehabilitation – Pineville provides compression supplies and garments for patients who do not have insurance coverage for these items in Mecklenburg, Union and York counties.

Charlotte Community Health Clinic, Inc. provides mammograms and breast health education to low-income, uninsured or underinsured individuals. 

C.w. Williams community health center, inc. provides screening, diagnostic services, outreach and education for uninsured or underinsured patients .

Girl Scouts Hornets’ Nest Council provides breast health and breast cancer awareness to girls, their families, troop leaders and mentors, with a focus on girls living in at-risk environments, rural communities and underserved or emerging populations in Anson, Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Stanly and Union counties.

Mecklenburg County Health Department provides breast health education, mammograms and diagnostic procedures to low-income minority individuals in Mecklenburg county.

Presbyterian Huntersville provides screening and education to uninsured or underinsured women, as well as diagnostic services in Iredell and Mecklenburg counties.

Presbyterian Cancer Center Main provides screening and diagnostic mammograms as well as breast health education to uninsured and underinsured individuals in all 13 counties.

Presbyterian Matthews provides screening mammograms, and diagnostics services to uninsured or underinsured individuals in the Mecklenburg and Union counties.

ROWAN COUNTY

Rowan Regional Medical Center provides education, mammograms, ultrasound, MRI, and biopsy to low-income, uninsured individuals.

STANLY COUNTY

Stanly County Health Department provides screening mammograms, diagnostic mammograms or ultrasounds, and biopsies for uninsured/underinsured residents of Stanly County.

Stanly Regional Medical Center provides education, screening and diagnostic mammograms, ultrasounds, and biopsies to underinsured/uninsured individuals in Stanly County.

Stanly Regional Medical Center: Edema Management Center provides lymphedema patients with educational resources as well as compression products that are not covered by insurance in all 13 counties

UNION COUNTY

Carolinas Medical Center -Union provides education, lymphedema management and compression garments to low-income patients in Union and Anson counties.

Union County Health Department provides screening mammograms and diagnostic services, as well as education and assistance to underinsured individuals residing in Union County.

YORK COUNTY

Best Chance network provides screening and diagnostic services to low-income individuals in York County including the Catawba Indian Nation Reservation.