# Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance

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## TL;DR

The US charity for ovarian and other gynaecological cancers: it funds research, runs peer mentoring and social-work support for patients, and works on policy.

## Summary

Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance describes itself as the oldest and largest ovarian and gynaecological cancer charity in the world. Its mission page states that since its founding in 1994 it has invested over $150 million in research and become the leading non-government funder of ovarian and related gynaecological cancer research. Its social-work team runs the Woman to Woman peer mentor programme, in more than 20 hospitals and online, and Survivors Teaching Students, in which survivors and caregivers speak at more than 420 medical schools. The IRS record carries its legal name, Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Inc. The IRS Business Master File lists revenue of about $20 million for the tax year ending December 2025.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-04
- Also known as: Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Inc; OCRA
- City: New York, NY, US
- Type: consortium
- Website: https://ocrahope.org

## Sources

- About OCRA: https://ocrahope.org/about/
- OCRA: mission and impact: https://ocrahope.org/about/mission-impact/
- IRS record (via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer): https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/133806788

## Connected records

- collections: [Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance (OCRA)](https://onco.cc/collections/ovarian-cancer-research-alliance/)
- cancers: [Cervical cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/cervical/), [Endometrial cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/endometrial/), [Ovarian cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/ovarian/)

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