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Jane McGrath and her Australian fast bowler husband Glenn set up the charity in 2005. Since her death in 2008, the annual SCG Pink Test and Jane McGrath Day, falling on day three, have raised more than $22 million for the foundation.

Tracy Bevan, who helped the McGraths set up the foundation, said her best friend Jane could “never have imagined” the charity expanding to the point where it could help people with all types of cancer – not just breast cancer.

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“What’s been achieved over the last 20 years has been incredible, now it’s really exciting to see where we go in the next decade or two,” Bevan said.

Chief nurse Kerry Patford said the charity would work with other cancer groups to ensure services did not overlap.

“It’s not about us providing care rather than someone else,” she said. “It’s doing it all together and making sure that we are uniting to provide comprehensive cancer care with the resources that are out there.”

Health Minister Mark Butler told reporters at last year’s Pink Test that investing taxpayer funds into the McGrath Foundation made sense because the services it provides would be “almost impossible” for anyone else to replicate.

The charity received more than $18 million in government grants in the last financial year, $12.6 million from donations, $10.3 million from fundraising and $4.2 million from corporate sponsors.

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