The Pan-Mass Challenge has announced a record $64 million gift to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and its Jimmy Fund in support of adult and pediatric cancer research and patient care.

PMC, an annual two-day cycling event presented by the Red Sox Foundation, has raised more than $114 million since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. While the 2020 event had to be canceled, PMC raised $50 million through its summer-long Reimagined campaign, and this past August, more than six thousand riders hailing from forty-seven states and eleven countries came together to cycle up to 211 miles across Massachusetts.

"The PMC community knows 'there's a lot riding on us' and certainly rose to the occasion with this year's record-breaking gift," said PMC founder and executive director Billy Starr, who also is a Dana-Farber trustee. "To not only drastically exceed our fundraising goal, but to top our pre-pandemic fundraising record is an incredible feat. The $64 million our community raised this year — in addition to the $50 million our riders raised virtually in 2020 — makes an unparalleled impact on the fight against cancer at Dana-Farber."

"I am in awe of the steadfast commitment by PMC riders, volunteers, sponsors and donors to our shared mission to defy cancer. PMC has once again exceeded expectations, raising a record amount to continue as our largest single contributor," said Dana-Farber president and CEO Laurie H. Glimcher. "This unmatched and generous gift, raised during an ongoing pandemic that has presented unique challenges to the cancer community as a whole, will provide integral funding for the innovation that takes place with our patient care and the cutting-edge research conducted at Dana-Farber."