# Pan-Mass Challenge

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## TL;DR

The bike ride Billy Starr founded in 1980 after his mother died of melanoma; it has raised $1.125 billion for Dana-Farber and passes on every rider-raised dollar.

## Summary

The Pan-Mass Challenge is an annual two-day bike ride across Massachusetts. Its founder Billy Starr organised the first ride in 1980 with 36 riders and 10 volunteers; it now involves more than 6,800 riders and 3,500 volunteers. The PMC states that since 1980 it has raised $1.125 billion for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, that 100 percent of all rider-raised funds go directly to cancer research and treatment at Dana-Farber and the Jimmy Fund, and that it provides 67 percent of the Jimmy Fund's annual revenue. It is the largest athletic fundraiser for a single institution in the United States.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-09-10
- Also known as: PMC
- City: Needham, MA, US
- Type: consortium
- Website: https://www.pmc.org

## Sources

- About the PMC: https://www.pmc.org/about

## Connected records

- institutions: [Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center](https://onco.cc/institutions/dana-farber/), [The Jimmy Fund](https://onco.cc/institutions/jimmy-fund/)
- people: [Billy Starr](https://onco.cc/people/billy-starr/)
- bottlenecks: [Funding follows fashion, not burden](https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-funding-allocation/)

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