The Avon Foundation for Women has announced fourth-quarter grants totaling more than $10 million to seventy-one breast cancer organizations and twenty-seven domestic violence organizations in the United States.

Continuing its funding for scientific research on the causes, prevention, and detection of breast cancer, the foundation awarded nearly $1.7 million in support of new preventive strategies and treatments. Recipients include Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina; Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City; and Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Through its Avon Safety Net initiative, the foundation awarded more than $2.4 million to improve access to health care for uninsured, at-risk, low-income, and minority populations and for outreach efforts focused on nutrition, education, and screening. Recipients include CancerCare in New York City; Emory University's Winship Cancer Institute and Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta; God's Love We Deliver in New York City; Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco, New York; and St. John's Riverside Hospital in Yonkers, New York.

And through its Speak Out Against Domestic Violence initiative, the foundation awarded nearly $3.4 million in support of domestic violence organizations working to boost domestic violence awareness, education, and prevention programs and/or provide direct services for victims and their families. Recipients include Break the Cycle in Los Angeles; Futures Without Violence in San Francisco; the National Council on Family Violence in Austin, Texas; and Vital Voices in Washington, D.C.

The foundation also awarded three grants to create a Breakthrough Bystander Behavior Training Program to promote effective and safe bystander support and dialogue about domestic violence among men and women, teens and young adults, and children. Recipients include Jewish Women International in Washington, D.C.; the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in New York City; and the Ohio Domestic Violence Network in Columbus, Ohio.