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- EIN 20-0371876
- info@texas4000.org
- (737) 300-2318
- 1111 W. 24th Street Suite 200 Austin TX 78705 USA
- www.texas4000.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Cancer, Children & Youth, Youth Development
Mission: Texas 4000 for Cancer is the world's longest annual Charity bike ride! Our mission is to fight cancer by sharing Hope, Knowledge and Charity across North America through a 4,500 mile bicycle ride from Austin, Texas to Anchorage, Alaska.
Programs: Grantmaking - texas 4000's commitment is to support the fight against cancer and lead the charge in overcoming cancer. Our goal is to ensure our fundraising dollars are donated to the most effective initiatives towards fighting cancer, and we have donated more than $1. 9 million dollars over the past ten years to this effort. Our donations have provided valuable funds to: an md anderson distinguished professorship endowment, md anderson children's cancer hospital, md anderson young adult and pediatric clinical trials, the american cancer society hope lodge at md anderson, livestrong navigation services, university of texas biomedical engineering research department and brent's place.
events - each year, texas 4000 hosts several events to engage the community in the fight against cancer - predominantely the atlas ride and tribute gala. The atlas ride is first day of the texas 4000 team's ride to anchorage where more than 500 cyclists from the community join the texas 4000 team. In addition to starting the team's 70-day journey, atlas represents an opportunity to begin conveying the education mission of cancer preventation to hundreds of people, as well as fundraising. The tribute gala is an annual fundraising event held to celebrate the riders, home from their journey, to honor them for the their accomplishments and welcome the next year's team. The event empowers the community to join the texas 4000 fight against cancer.