ELSA U. PARDEE FOUNDATION

The Purpose of the Foundation

The Elsa U. Pardee Foundation was established in 1944 under the terms of the will of Mrs. Elsa U. Pardee, whose life was taken by cancer on October 2, 1944. Mrs. Pardee provided a $1 million trust fund "for the promotion of the control and cure of cancer." She directed that this bequest be used to support research in the field of cancer and to provide for others the advantages of new knowledge and techniques for the treatment of this related group of disabling and frequently lethal diseases.

Since 1944, this family-run foundation has proudly given over $82 million in grants to support two key areas:

• Research programs directed toward discovering new approaches for cancer treatment and cure.
• Financial support for cancer treatment