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Nonprofit Organization Management
My father passed away from Pancreatic Cancer and our family decided to found a non-profit organization to raise money in his name to fight this disease. The mission statement of the foundation is: The mission of the Robert J. Nessen Pancreatic Cancer Foundation is to advance scientific and medical research related to the causes of pancreatic cancer by funding research in three specific areas of focus: The genetic causes of Pancreatic Cancer The development of early detection techniques Familial pancreatic cancer studies