Swim Across America Inc., (SAA) is a nonprofit dedicated to raising money and awareness for cancer research, prevention, and treatment.

[2] In the summer of 1984, childhood friends and recent college graduates Jeff Keith,[3] Matt Vossler, and Hugh Curran ran across the USA beginning in Boston and finishing spring of 1985 in Los Angeles.

“SAA funding has played a major role in clinically developing the four FDA approved immunotherapy medicines ipilimumab (YERVOY), nivolumab (OPDIVO), pembrolizumab (KEYTRUDA) and atezolizumab (TECENTRIQ).” - Dr. Jedd Wolchok, Chief Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering.

Swim Across America will feature 21 open water charity swims in 2020 in the following markets: San Francisco, Larchmont (NY), Glen Cove (NY), Fairfield County (CT), Seattle, Chicago, Baltimore, Rhode Island, Dallas, Tampa, Boston, Nantucket, Atlanta, Charlotte, St. Louis, Denver, Charleston-Kiawah (SC), Houston, Los Angeles and Detroit.

Participants pay a tax-deductible registration fee that can range from $50 to $100 and then agree to meet a fundraising minimum by soliciting donations from their family, friends, and employers.

[8] SAA has attracted the involvement of many Olympic swimmers including Michael Phelps, Nathan Adrian, Missy Franklin, Elizabeth Beisel, Jenny Thompson, Ryan Lochte, Craig Beardsley, Rowdy Gaines, Steve Lundquist, Kristy Kowal, Heather Petri, Jill Sterkel, Summer Sanders, Christine Magnuson, Cullen Jones, Janel Jorgensen McArdle, Brooke Bennett, Theresa Andrews, Jeff Rouse, Ryan Berube and countless others.