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Translating research questions into real-world answers.
Cancer research saves lives—but only when discoveries move beyond the lab.
Hope Foundation exists to bridge that gap. Founded by doctors, scientists, and advocates of the SWOG Cancer Research Network, we channel support directly to the people and studies shaping tomorrow’s treatments.
Founded in Texas by physicians leading SWOG Cancer Research Network
Offer cutting-edge training for early career researchers through a multi-day workshop
Fellowship Program Launch
The First Large, Competitive Grants
Launch SEED Fund for Smaller Grant Awards
Offer Our First VA-focused Grant Awards
Celebrate 10 years of the Coltman Fellowship Program
Persist in Offering Grants and Fellowships During the COVID-19 Pandemic
30 Years of Supporting SWOG and Advancing Cancer Care
SWOG Cancer Research Network Celebrates 70 Years
A partnership that powers progress
SWOG is one of the nation’s largest cancer research networks, leading clinical trials that define how cancer is treated.
The Hope Foundation is the only organization dedicated to supporting that work—providing flexible, donor-funded resources that keep innovation moving when federal grants fall short.
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Behind every breakthrough is a network of support.
Our administrative network includes SWOG’s Operations Office that employs data managers, protocol coordinators, quality assurance and training staff who facilitate the Group’s work.
Our LLC, SWOG Clinical Trials Partnerships, coordinates investigator-initiated SWOG clinical trials through industry and institutional partnerships. We support SWOG’s initiatives across disease areas, such as translational medicine – basic science and genetic research that has the potential to critically impact clinical practice.
How we make progress possible
The Hope Foundation for Cancer Research partners with SWOG Cancer Research Network to provide more than $3 million annually in support of oncology research in lung, breast, gastrointestinal, and genitourinary cancers, as well as melanoma, myeloma, leukemia, lymphoma, and rare diseases. We fund critical, need-based research grants, fellowships, training events, physician education, and patient advocacy.
Donate to ResearchAreas of focus
Lung Cancer
20 active studies open to enrollment or gathering long-term follow up data.
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8 active studies open to enrollment or gathering long-term follow up data.
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9 active studies open to enrollment or gathering long-term follow up data.
Learn MoreGenitourinary Cancer
9 active studies open to enrollment or gathering long-term follow up data.
Learn MoreMelanoma
6 active studies open to enrollment or gathering long-term follow up data.
Learn MoreMyeloma
7 active studies open to enrollment or gathering long-term follow up data.
Learn MoreLeukemia
8 active studies open to enrollment or gathering long-term follow up data.
Learn MoreLymphoma
7 active studies open to enrollment or gathering long-term follow up data.
Learn MoreDecades of discovery, millions of lives touched
What began in 1993 as a small nonprofit supporting the SWOG Cancer Research Network has become a national force in advancing care.
Through Hope-supported studies, new drugs have been approved, unnecessary treatments eliminated, and access to lifesaving research expanded to patients everywhere.
100+
Changes in standards of care
14
Cancer drug approvals
245,000
Patients enrolled
3M+
Years of human life saved
15-Year Results from SWOG’s S0016 Study Suggest Follicular Lymphoma Is Curable
2026
SWOG Cancer Research Network Celebrates 70 Years
2026
New Immunotherapy Combination Standard for Hodgkin Lymphoma
2024
Practice-Influential Trials Reach 82 and 14 Drug Approvals
2024
30 Years of Supporting SWOG and Advancing Cancer Care
2023
Improved Survival in Prostate Cancer
2023
Expanded Access to Clinical Trials Across 700+ Hospitals
2022
Improvement in Metastatic Prostate Cancer Survival
2022
Your support fuels every breakthrough
When you give to The Hope Foundation, you’re not donating to an abstract cause—you’re directly funding the studies, people, and ideas extending and improving lives every day. Your contribution helps:
Launch innovative clinical trials.
SWOG conducts studies that other groups won’t, or can’t. SWOG’s vast network stretches coast to coast and to 7 other countries. Its study teams investigate the greatest needs for patients today, not for profits down the road.
Train the next generation of cancer researchers.
SWOG’s 20,000+ members have access to training, fellowships, travel support, and competitive grant awards through our programs. We care about supporting investigators now, and keeping them active in research tomorrow.
Make cutting-edge care accessible to all.
SWOG trials reach patients from rural Hawaii to metro Detroit and points between and beyond. We fund work to ensure the best and latest care is made available to patients where they live and when they need it most.