Our Mission
& Impact
For 25 years, the mission of the Harold & Carole Pump Foundation has been clear: raise funds, build awareness, and fight cancer. By bringing together community leaders, sports figures, healthcare professionals, donors, and families touched by the disease, the Foundation has delivered critical financial support for innovative treatments, patient-centered programs, and the advanced medical technologies that give people a real shot at surviving.
Fighting Cancer
People Reached in 2025
In Annual Grants
Raised & Invested
That mission hasn't changed. It's grown.
Today, the Harold & Carole Pump Foundation is dedicated to raising funds for organizations in need, strengthening communities, and improving the lives of everyone we serve — not just those facing cancer, but the communities that surround them. Because the fight doesn’t end at the hospital door. It lives in neighborhoods, families, and the organizations working every day to make life better for the people who need it most.
Celebrity Testimonials
Denzel Washington
“Most importantly, if you’re honoring us, you’re honoring all those people whose lives have been touched by this beast, and who every day fight that battle. And with the help of these two slightly overweight red-headed freckle-faced Jewish boys, they’ll win the battle.”
Earvin “Magic” Johnson
“It feels great to be here! The Pump Brothers are doing an outstanding job. Any time you are able to touch somebody’s life and help their lives be better- you’ve got to really respect the Pump Brothers for what they are doing in honor of their father and also helping people with the money they are raising for cancer tonight. It really is outstanding.”
Bob Knight
"I was so pleased to lend my support to Dana and David Pump and the Harold Pump Foundation in helping them raise funds to fight Cancer. What they are doing with the Foundation is quite unique and special.”
Pat Riley
“I think everybody knows what they’ve done with the Harold Pump Foundation. I’m familiar with how much they care and how concerned they are trying to find a cure for cancer. It’s a testimony to who they are ad what they stand for. They really are significant individuals. I’m proud to be here.”
Sugar Ray Leonard
“They’re so amazing and so commendable for the charity they’re doing for cancer. My mom is a cancer survivor. My dad has cancer now. So this is very dear to me. So I’m here to support”
Ronnie Lott
“One thing corporate America understands is that link to the community where they can lend their support to a great cause.”
John Wooden
“When you help others, you create magic. Some people just talk about it, but David and Dana Pump, through the Harold Pump Foundation, do something about it. What is our life about, if not to help reduce the pain and suffering of others? This Foundation has raised over $1,300,000 in its 6 years of existence; I would say they have created a lot of magic in many cancer patients’ lives.”
Ozzie Smith
“David and Dana Pump… when they call, people come running and this is a start-studded event!”
Mike Krzyzewski
“Basically tonight is not just about raising money….I want what Jimmy (Valvano) wanted and what they (the Pumps) want. I want your mind and your soul. I want your heart. I want your effort, and I want to bring money too, but don’t just give money, be a part of this.”
Billy Packer
“One of the things I think most corporate executives try to do is to get associated with events that have some legs. This event is about having a good time, rubbing elbows with people from college and professional sports and supporting a very good cause.”