McGrath Foundation

The McGrath Foundation is a cancer care charity in Australia, which raises money to place McGrath Cancer Care Nurses in communities across Australia. The charity was founded by Australian cricket player Glenn McGrath and his English-born wife, Jane McGrath, in 2005, following Jane's initial diagnosis and recovery from breast cancer. Jane died on 22 June 2008 at the age of 42.

The McGrath Foundation was created after Jane McGrath was diagnosed with breast cancer, and the mission of the foundation was based on her experiences with her nurses at that time.

Since 2005, the McGrath Foundation has placed 302 McGrath Cancer Cancer Nurses in communities across Australia, and has supported over 161,000 families.

The majority of all McGrath Breast Care Nurses are in rural and regional areas. People experiencing breast cancer can directly contact their nearest McGrath Breast Care Nurse, whose support is then provided completely free of charge. The McGrath Foundation needs to raise approximately $420,000 to place each McGrath Breast Care Nurse in the community for a three-year period.

In 2008, the Australian Government pledged $12.6 million to the McGrath Foundation to fund McGrath Breast Care Nurses in 44 communities through to June 2013. This commitment was furthered in 2013 with the announcement of a $18.5 million grant to continue funding 44 existing McGrath Breast Care Nurses in communities nationally as well as the placement of up to an additional 10 full-time equivalent McGrath Breast Care Nurse positions. This was extended for a further four years, in November 2016, confirming the positions of 57 Government-funded McGrath Breast Care Nurses until 2021.^{[citation needed]}

Due to a live baiting scandal, in 2015 the McGrath Foundation suspended its relationship with Greyhound Racing Victoria. It had previously received $400,000 through the ‘‘go the pink dog’’ campaign.

Jane McGrath's daughter Holly, who was six when her mother died, works as a clinical trial administrative officer at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Victoria.

The first goal of the McGrath Foundation is to place specialist McGrath Breast Care Nurses wherever they are needed in Australia.