Ulta Beauty announced last week that the company raised $5.5 million in 2018 for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) – the largest sum ever raised by the company along with associates, guests and business partners. 

With its record-breaking donation, Ulta Beauty continues to be among BCRF's largest corporate donors in 2018.

Ulta Beauty's associates, guests and business partners raised the funds during the company's successful 'Gorgeous Way to Give' program.  The campaign included numerous fundraising efforts including the sales of Ulta Beauty's BCRF collection, the annual 'Cut for a Cause' in-store national fundraising event locations, the company's annual charity Golf Outing and Day of Beauty, personal donations and more.

Mary Dillon, chief executive officer of Ulta Beauty, comments, "One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer.  As a company with 40,000 associates – 92 percent of whom are women – we care deeply about this issue and are committed to continuing our role in the fight against breast cancer."

Ulta Beauty has served as one of BCRF's top three corporate partners and currently funds 19 breast cancer researchers aimed at eradicating breast cancer in our lifetime. BCRF is the largest private funder of breast cancer research worldwide, fueling the work of more than 300 investigators across 14 countries. 

Myra Biblowit, president and CEO of BCRF, says,  "The entire Ulta Beauty family understands that the line between beauty and health is a straight line, and they have rallied around this cause magnificently."

Since 2009, Ulta Beauty has raised more than $27.5 million for BCRF and funded more than 550,000 hours of lifesaving research. BCRF-funded researchers have been behind every breakthrough in breast cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment and survivorship for the last two decades.