Karen Graham made a solemn promise to her dying son Billy.  She promised him after he was diagnosed with malignant melanoma that they were going to "beat this deadly disease".  Billy Graham died at age 22, but his mother continues to fight to keep her pledge.  She founded the William S. Graham Foundation for Melanoma Research.  The Billy Foundation is a 501C3 incorporated, non-profit foundation, dedicated to supporting melanoma research.  The key objectives of the foundation are early detection and prevention of this most dangerous form of skin cancer through funding of melanoma research programs and creation of public awareness programs.

Karen Graham and the volunteers of the Billy Foundation have worked tirelessly 

to create an organization capable of contributing significantly 

to the prevention and eventual cure for melanoma.