Lucy’s Foundation Research Policy
The Lucy B Drewes Rare Cancer Foundation is a non-profit voluntary organization dedicated to create awareness and fund research for rare cancer. Because Rare Cancer affects a small number of people there is little political or commercial support to perform research or develop new medications to treat rare type cancers. At Lucy’s Foundation we want to change that. We want to make sure that established and young research scientists have the opportunity to get a good start or have the ability for additional funding to develop new products to diagnose or treat rare cancers.

Lucy’s Rare Cancer Research Funding
Donations contributed to Lucy’s Foundation may be distributed to a General research fund or a Specific rare cancer fund. General research funding will be directed to scientists studying new treatments or diagnostic tests for rare type cancers and additional funding restricted to a Specific type of rare cancer will also be considered and distributed. Specific rare cancer funding will be directed to a dedicated rare type cancer fund. Both efforts will require a minimum of forty thousand dollars to fund each grant. When this goal is achieved Lucy’s Foundation will begin the process of issuing a request for research proposals. Specific donations will be held in a dedicated rare cancer account directed for one specific form of rare cancer you chose until the required amount of forty thousand dollars or more is reached. If this amount has not been reached after 5 years we will distribute the funding to a general research fund that is related. After the goal is reached and additional donations have been created we may be asked for additional funds for ongoing research or start a new research proposal for specific and general grants. After our initial funding, research scientists can use the data they collected and apply for a larch multiyear government grant or they may attract a commercial sponsor who could request FDA approval to manufacture the product or treatment.

Costs For Lucy’s Foundation
At Lucy’s Foundation ninety percent of all funds donated are used for grants issued for rare cancer research. Five percent covers administrative expenses and five percent to help with volunteer fundraising events.