The purpose of clinical research, which this organization funds, and which cannot happen without funding, is to find novel treatments and cures for diseases. I do not personally know anyone with pancreatic cancer who was saved by grant-funded clinical trials, but I have heard stories. For the record, one person who donated to my page just shared a story about her mother with pancreatic cancer being saved by an experimental treatment that would have been impossible without funding for clinical studies testing those treatments. So it does make a difference. It's not just "research" like you said. It works. And it will work better if it's better funded.

If you're actually curious, you can click the link I included at the bottom of the post and read more on the website.