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We live our mission in everything we do, constantly asking ourselves if we are making a difference and supporting long-lasting impact through the initiatives we support.

Brand photography for The Sontag Foundation and the Arthritis National Research Foundation
Arthritis National Research Foundation - Sontag Foundation Fellow Award

In 2012, The Sontag Foundation donated $1 million to the Arthritis National Research Foundation (ANRF) to fund the Sontag Foundation Fellow research award in perpetuity.

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ASCO Conquer Cancer - Sontag Foundation Young Investigator Award

$50,000 grants awarded to investigators showing an interest in brain tumor research.

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Sontag Entrepreneurship Competition
Sontag
Entrepreneurship
Competition

Endowed in 2011, by a major gift from Rick Sontag, University of Nevada, Reno alumnus.

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The Rick & Susan Sontag Center for Collaborative Creativity (the Hive)
The Rick & Susan Sontag Center for Collaborative Creativity (the Hive)

The Hive at Claremont Colleges helps students increase their creative capacity to solve real-world problems.

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Brand photography for The Brain Tumor Funders’ Collaborative
Brain Tumor Funders’ Collaborative

The Sontag Foundation is one of the founding funding partners of this collaborative partnership.

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The Sontag Foundation NE Florida Patient Assistance Fund
NE Florida Patient Assistance Fund

Since 2009, the Foundation has provided over $300,000 to address the non-medical financial needs of families and individuals in NE Florida living with a brain tumor diagnosis. This includes a $20,000 grant in 2020 to BEAM of Jacksonville Beach, Florida for emergency patient assistance.

Historic Funding Initiatives

NE Florida Closed Grant Portfolio
NE Florida Oral Health Initiative

Beginning in 2015, The Sontag Foundation provided over $3.1 million to address access to comprehensive oral health care for uninsured, underinsured, and indigent residents of NE Florida. During the five years of the program, thousands of individuals received comprehensive dental care through this innovative service model.

COVID-19 Emergency Patient Assistance Fund

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Sontag Foundation established a $200,000 Patient Assistance Fund to provide emergency financial aid to brain tumor patients and their caregivers experiencing financial hardships. 370 patients from throughout the United States received $500 grants. "These funds were a life raft in a horrible storm. Thank you so much for your generous support. We are humbled by your work." A.F. (grant recipient).