UPSTAGE LUNG CANCER INC

•Dedication to impacting lung cancer by creating awareness and educating the public, reducing the stigma and shame, and raising research funds for early detection. We are unique in using musical and musical theater events to accomplish our mission.
•A vision to advocate for early detection in lung cancer. Our goal is to help increase lung cancer detection and diagnosis rates by 50% by 2025.
•Development of educational materials to raise awareness and encourage involvement and activism
• Fortification of partnerships with other major lung cancer organizations

•To date, we have funded almost $3 million in lung cancer research via grants, sponsorships, donations, benefit concerts, and other means
•We continue to partner with LUNGevity Foundation, Addario Lung Cancer Medical Institute, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to collaborate on the most cutting-edge early detection research
•Our bi-annual concerts include efforts to increase education and awareness as well as reduce stigma and raise funds to support new lung cancer research. They always include presentations from survivors, patient advocates, doctors, and/or scientists on the cutting edge of lung cancer studies.
outstanding early detection research
•Active social media presence and updated website that is soon to include a blog generated by ULC volunteers and board members

•12 years as an established lung cancer patient advocate nonprofit who organizes and produces benefit concerts, in which we have a returning company of professional celebrities and performers dedicated to the success of this project
•Well known and collaborative within a network of 24 Lung Cancer organizations (LUNGcan)
•We have consistent track record of gaining grants from major coroporations including major pharma companies
•Dedicated group of volunteers and board members

- In 2014, we have received funding from: Lily Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Genentech, Google, BioMedical Modeling, and Analogic. This includes a review process to receive the funding.
- ULC is receiving human resources from LUNGevity in the following areas: social media, fundraising, social media and outreach
- Two major lung organizations (LUNGevity and Aderio Lung Cancer Foundation) are partnering in our two major events.
- In the last three years, ULC has awarded a two year,$600K grant to Rebecca Heist at Mass General Hospital looking for new targets for innovative targeted therapies; a one year, $200K grant to Feng Jiang, MD, PhD, University of Maryland, Baltimore for developing a method of early detection using saliva; and an $8K grant to ALCMI Young Lung Cancer Genome project.