More Bad News for Komen: Vice President Biden Will Skip D.C. Event

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12. It's not just the political thing

The "scandal" shined a spotlight on their practices as a charity for cancer, and a LOT of people are not happy with the numbers. Racing for a cure meant, in a lot of people's minds, directly supporting research into a cure, and they were very surprised to learn how small a portion of the budget goes towards research, and more surprised to learn that in recent years they've cut the funding percentage for research grants in half, even when the organization had explosively higher revenues. Especially troubling with the increasing cuts to all research funding by congress.

If one wants to donate to breast cancer research specifically, BCRF is extremely effective in supporting research, over 90% of funds raised go to support research, the're an amazing little charity that directly supports the search for a cure.

At this point, I doubt that there's anyone who DOESN'T know about breast cancer and the ubiquitous pink ribbon, so carpet-bomb style awareness campaigns aren't as necessary.