Organization's Website Mission: The LUNGevity Foundation is the only organization in the United States dedicated exclusively to funding lung cancer research. The Foundation's goal is to save the lives of the 170,000 Americans newly diagnosed with lung cancer each year, 85% of whom will die within five years without the development of new diagnostic and treatment methods. Partnering with the foremost physicians and research scientists in the world, the LUNGevity Foundation funds innovative research designed to treat and cure lung cancer, the nation's leading cancer killer.