Our Impact
We’re confronting lung cancer on every front, every day, for everyone.
Our impact includes:
uses of our free support services across 43 states and 148 countries.
early detection rate within our Centers of Excellence versus the 18% national average across all US medical facilities.
satisfaction from people using our professionally staffed Lung Cancer HelpLine.
saw or heard our public service ad featuring Tony Goldwyn.
individuals enrolled nationwide in our research studies.
900,000+ Veterans at higher risk for the disease supported by our formal agreement with the Department of Veterans Affairs that provides education, technical assistance, and access to care.
in federal research funding secured to date through our advocacy efforts and directed to the lung cancer research community.
historic legislative efforts, the Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Act and the Women and Lung Cancer Research and Preventive Services Act, to bring national attention and priority funding to lung cancer.
consecutive years receiving the highest Charity Navigator rating and among 10% of most effective charities in the nation.
peer-reviewed publications and scientific abstracts in 2025 alone.
Our history of achievements
For more than 3 decades, GO2 for Lung Cancer has served as the change agent for our community by challenging the status quo and disrupting norms that had stifled progress. We launched system change and will not stop until we have transformed survival.
Reports & financials
Established in 1995, GO2 for Lung Cancer was the first organization dedicated to transforming lung cancer survival. Using a comprehensive approach, our mission is to relentlessly confront lung cancer on every front, every day, for everyone. Our vision is a world without lung cancer.
With so many lives at stake, we take our responsibility to effectively use and maximize your donations seriously. You can give with confidence as we have received Charity Navigator’s highest rating for the past 9 years, the highest level of recognition offered by GuideStar, meet all of the requirements of the National Health Council Standards of Excellence Certification Program®, and are an approved charity in the world’s largest and most successful workplace charity campaign, the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC #84118).
We are committed to consistently meeting the highest standards of transparency and accountability to demonstrate to you, our donors, that we are effectively and efficiently using your donations. Read more about how we put your gifts to work to work to transform survival:
2025 GO2 for Lung Cancer Impact Report
2024 GO2 for Lung Cancer Impact Report
2024 GO2 for Lung Cancer Audit Report
2024 GO2 for Lung Cancer 990
2023 GO2 for Lung Cancer Impact Report
2023 GO2 for Lung Cancer Audit Report
2023 GO2 for Lung Cancer 990
2022 GO2 for Lung Cancer Impact Report
2022 GO2 for Lung Cancer Audit Report
2022 GO2 for Lung Cancer 990