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Founded in 1973, the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to educating the public and healthcare professionals about the causes, prevention, and treatment of infectious diseases across the lifespan.

The Methuselah Foundation is a non-profit medical charity dedicated to extending healthy human life through proven programs supported by people like you. The Foundation supports a variety of strategies that will accelerate progress toward a comprehensive cure for age-related disease, disability, and suffering. The ultimate goal of the Foundation is nothing less than to enable humans to live longer, better, and wiser, by defeating age-related disease and suffering. Supported through the private donations of individuals and organizations that share this common vision, the Foundation has become an agent of change, replacing resignation toward the suffering of aging with a new understanding of what is possible. By including a full range of near, mid, and long-term strategies within the scope of its vision, the Methuselah Foundation expects to return powerful and measurable results to its supporters within timeframes that are meaningful to them both as individuals and to society at large.

Founded in 2003, the AMD3 foundation promotes educational programming on hip and knee care, medical missionary efforts, and other charitable activities in patient and family centered care.

The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Foundation is a trusted source of research demonstrating how pharmacists can improve health care. For over 60 years, we have consistently proven that patient health outcomes are positively impacted by pharmacists. Our mission is to improve health by inspiring philanthropy, research and innovation that advances pharmacists’ patient care services. The APhA Foundation looks to create a new medication use system where patients, pharmacists, physicians and other health care professionals collaborate to dramatically improve the cost effectiveness and quality of patient health outcomes.

To accelerate scientific discovery by supporting, uniting, advancing and catalyzing research endeavors at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

smashSMARD is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization whose mission is to increase awareness of SMARD1 and the IGHMBP2 gene mutation in order to fund research that will lead to treatments and cures.

The Medicare Rights Center is a national, nonprofit consumer service organization that works to ensure access to affordable health care for older adults and people with disabilities through counseling and advocacy, educational programs, and public policy initiatives. 

To conduct scientific research into the cause and cure of autoimmune and non-autoimmune diseases. To instruct the public on subjects related to disease, useful to individuals and beneficial to the community.

Mission: To provide and encourage more understanding and mutual support among anyone affected with the diagnosis of Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita (AMC). To create a higher standard of AMC awareness by means of Conventions, Meetings, and Studies. Vision Statement: To provide educational material to new parents, or soon-to-be parents regarding the diagnosis of Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita (AMC). To provide a resource of information to the medical field to include but not limited to occupational therapists, physical therapists to assist them in the treatment of a child or person with the diagnosis of AMC.

To generate the resources to find a cure, to create awareness and to improve the quality of life for those affected by Charcot-Marie-Tooth.

To raise and respond to ethical issues in health and healthcare.

STAR Institute for Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) provides premier treatment, education, and research for children, adolescents, and adults with SPD. Our mission is to improve the quality of life for children, adolescents and adults with SPD, and their families by providing: - Comprehensive assessment and effective intervention for Sensory Processing Disorder - Rigorous research with our collaborating university-based research partners - Education for caregivers, pediatric professionals, and educators; and - Advocacy for official recognition of SPD worldwide.