Movember is an annual November campaign in which participants, known as Mo Bros, grow moustaches to raise awareness and funds for men's health issues, particularly prostate cancer, testicular cancer and mental health and suicide prevention. The concept originated in Adelaide, South Australia in 1999, and the modern charitable movement was established in 2004 in Melbourne by Adam Garone, Travis Garone, Luke Slattery and Justin Coghlin, who inspired 26 friends to grow moustaches for 30 days. Starting with 500 participants who raised 40,000 US dollars in 2005, the campaign expanded internationally from 2007 and the Movember Foundation, headquartered in Melbourne with offices in Los Angeles, London and Toronto, has since raised more than 837 million US dollars and funded over 1,200 projects in more than 20 countries, with a stated mission to change the face of men's health.
Facts
Program StatusActive; recognized in 2012 as one of the world's top 100 NGOs 1 Sponsoring BodyAdam Garone, Travis Garone, Luke Slattery and Justin Coughlin 1 Target PopulationMen, with a focus on prostate cancer, testicular cancer and mental health 1 Health GoalChange the face of men's health 1 Geographic Scope Measured ResultsSince inception, the Movember Foundation has raised 837 million dollars and funded over 1,200 projects in more than 20 countries 1 Program status (class) Classification
Program KindHealth Education Program 1 Connections
Delivers Practice
Entity-backed identity for the program-kind enum value this public health program already carries, resolved to a health practice by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The program-kind fact itself stays on the program unchanged.
Sources
1. Movember (Wikipedia)
History section, 2004 founding sentence
In 2004, an unrelated group in Melbourne organised an event where 30 men would grow a moustache for 30 days in order to raise awareness for prostate cancer and depression in men.
History section, founders sentence
The movement was born when Adam Garone, Travis Garone, Luke Slattery, and Justin (JC) Coughlin inspired 26 other friends with a desire to 'bring back' the trend of growing moustaches.
Introduction, mission phrase
change the face of men's health
Introduction, impact sentence
Since inception, the Movember Foundation has raised $837 million and funded over 1,200 projects in more than 20 countries.
History section, recognition sentence
In 2012, the Global Journal listed Movember as one of the world's top 100 NGOs
- Wikipedia 'Movember': present-tense description of current annual event; checked 2026-09-27.
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