Rutledge Cancer Foundation was founded in 2011, after 15 year old Carley Rutledge was diagnosed with stage IV Ewing sarcoma, an aggressive bone cancer. When friends and family learned that there had been little change in treatment options and survival rates in over 30 years, they decided to take action.

Mission: RCF works to ease the impact of cancer on the lives of teens and young adults, raise survival rates and find a cure for sarcomas and other solid tumor cancers. We fund patient programs that address unmet emotional and physical needs. We work as a catalyst to increase awareness and early detection. We support research for less toxic, personalized cancer therapies.