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Why Give?

No other prostate cancer charity spends more on its programs. ZERO's mission to end prostate cancer is unparalleled as more than 82 cents on every dollar goes to programs and services.

Your gift is making a difference in the fight to end prostate cancer in your own community and across the country.

Every dollar you give to ZERO - The Project to End Prostate Cancer goes toward our efforts to provide comprehensive treatment information to patients, educate those at risk and conduct more screenings than ever before. In addition, your support helps us in our fight to increase research funds from the federal government to find new treatments and fund research to discover a better test for the disease.

Your contributions provide comprehensive treatment information to patients and education and free screenings to those at risk. They also fund new research to discover a better test for the disease and bolster our efforts to increase research funds from the federal government to find new treatments.

We are extremely careful how we spend the dollars you entrust to ZERO. As part of that responsibility, we consistently aim to increase efficiencies by reducing administrative and fundraising costs. Further, like any good portfolio, ZERO - The Project to End Prostate Cancer is diversified in its funding streams, garnering contributions from corporate partners, individuals, foundations and cause-marketing initiatives.