Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
| Founded | 1946 as Damon Runyon Cancer Memorial Fund |
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| Founder | Walter Winchell |
| Focus | "We fund high-risk, high-reward cancer research. We identify and enable young scientists who are brilliant, brave and bold enough to go where others haven't." |
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Area served | United States |
| Method | Cancer research |
Key people | Yung S. Lie, PhD, president and chief executive officer |
| Revenue | $15,978,604 |
| Employees | 16 |
| Website | damonrunyon.org |
The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation (Damon Runyon) is an American not-for-profit cancer research organization focused on "discovering the talent to discover the cure". The organization states that its goals are to: "identify the best and brightest early career scientists in cancer research, accelerate the translation of scientific discoveries into new diagnostic tools and treatments, and to enable risk-taking on bold new ideas".
The organization was founded in 1946 by media personality Walter Winchell in New York City, New York, under the name Damon Runyon Cancer Memorial Fund in memory of his colleague and friend Damon Runyon, a newspaperman and author.