About Movember Foundation
To change the face of men’s health by preventing premature death and improving the health of men and boys through funding research, programs and advocacy focused on mental health and suicide prevention, prostate cancer and testicular cancer.
Focus Areas
Men's mental healthSuicide preventionProstate cancerTesticular cancerResearch funding and evaluationHealth equity
Who They Fund
men with prostate cancer / prostate cancer patientsresearchers and clinical registries (prostate cancer)veteransfirst responderslaw enforcement officersyoung men (targeted by youth mental health programs)
About Movember Foundation
Movember Foundation’s grantmaking is built around men’s health research and program delivery, with repeated support for prostate cancer studies, mental health programs, and suicide prevention. A clear pattern in the recent grants is sustained backing for prostate cancer research at the Prostate Cancer Foundation, which received $1,142,705 in 2023 and $1,000,000 in 2024, followed by another $250,000 in 2025. The foundation also supports research infrastructure and coordination: The Prostate Cancer Clinical Trials Consortium – Prostate Cancer Foundation received $205,430 in 2023 for leadership of the Ironman Prostate Cancer Registry, and Pcctc received $175,610 in 2025 for prostate cancer research studies. Beyond research, Movember funds community and clinical programs tied to men’s mental health, including the Making Connections for Mental Health Program at United Women of East Africa and Kokua Kalihi Valley, which appear multiple times across the recent grants list. The foundation’s public summary centers on preventing premature death and improving the health of men and boys through funding research, programs, and advocacy focused on mental health, suicide prevention, prostate cancer, and testicular cancer.
What Movember Foundation Funds
Prostate cancer is a major theme in Movember Foundation’s recent giving. The largest grants in the list went to the Prostate Cancer Foundation for prostate cancer research studies, including $1,142,705 in 2023 and $1,000,000 in 2024. They also supported university-based research, including $757,977 to Regents University of California Los Angeles in 2024 for prostate cancer research studies and $454,421 to the University of Washington in 2024 for the same purpose. Mental health funding appears in program form as well. United Women of East Africa received $218,499 in 2025 for the Making Connections for Mental Health Program, while Kokua Kalihi Valley received $184,500 in 2024 for that same program. The foundation also backed evaluation work, paying $172,136 to University of California San Francisco in 2024 for evaluation services for the program. A third strand is registry and infrastructure support, including $96,998 to The Regents of the University of California in 2023 for the True North Global Prostate Cancer Registry.
How Movember Foundation Gives
Movember Foundation’s typical grants cluster around a median of $65,615, with a lower quartile of $30,169 and an upper quartile of $165,608. The recent grants list shows repeat support across years rather than one-off awards, especially for prostate cancer research and mental health programming. That pattern includes multi-year funding to the same institutions and programs, alongside project-specific awards for evaluation, registry leadership, and program delivery. The foundation is a public charity and a regular funder. Some of its program streams accept unsolicited applications, including Community and Program Delivery Grants, Movember Research Grants, and Movember Global Action Plan Grants.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2.1M
Total Assets
$38.6M
Total Revenue
$16.5M
Total Expenses
$15.5M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $30K and $166K, with a median of $66K.
25th Percentile
$30K
Median
$66K
75th Percentile
$166K
Geographic Reach
National15 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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