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Autism Intervention and Treatment Research -- Organization for Autism Research - Arlington

Autism Intervention and Treatment Research -- Organization for Autism Research

Autism occurs in 1:36 births in the U.S.! We help autistic persons and their families by providing research-based answers to autism's daily challenges like making friends, navigating school and the job market, and keeping autistic kids safe and thriving.
Brain Injury Association of America - Fairfax

Brain Injury Association of America

Brain injury happens anytime, to anyone, anywhere. We provide help, hope, healing for millions of Americans who live with often misdiagnosed and misunderstood brain injury.
Sjogren's Foundation Inc. - Reston

Sjogren's Foundation Inc.

Sjogren's is the 2nd most prevalent systemic autoimmune disease. Along with symptoms of dryness, patients experience fatigue, chronic pain, organ involvement, neuropathies, and a higher risk of lymphoma. Help us fund research and ultimately a cure.
Thyroid Association, American - Alexandria

Thyroid Association, American

ATA is the leading professional medical association devoted to thyroid health, research, & education. ATA's mission is Transforming thyroid care through clinical excellence, education, scientific discovery, & advocacy.
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Aging Research, American Federation for (AFAR)

Aging Research, American Federation for (AFAR)

The American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) supports science that is helping us live healthier as we grow older. AFAR scientists work to preserve our vitality and lessen the impact of diseases as we age, such as dementia, cancer, and heart disease.
Alzheimer's Foundation of America

Alzheimer's Foundation of America

AFA is a support resource for people living with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, their families, and caregivers. We provide help and hope through our Helpline, support groups, educational programs, raising awareness, and funding research.
Alzheimer's Research and Prevention Foundation

Alzheimer's Research and Prevention Foundation

6.7 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's and this number will skyrocket without new treatment and research on prevention. Help prevent Alzheimer's disease, find a cure, and ensure optimum brain function throughout our lives.
Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Fisher Center

Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Fisher Center

Help fund research into the causes of Alzheimer's disease, improve the care of people living with it and eventually discover a cure. By donating to a highly rated non-profit, you're potentially changing the lives of millions of Americans.
American Association of Kidney Patients, Inc.

American Association of Kidney Patients, Inc.

AAKP fights for early detection; increased kidney transplantation / pre-emptive transplantation; full patient choice/either in-center or home dialysis; protection of the of the patient/physician relationship; promotion of research and innovation.
Anxiety and Depression Association of America

Anxiety and Depression Association of America

Anxiety disorders, depression, thoughts of suicide , OCD, PTSD, and bipolar disorder are real, serious, and treatable mental health conditions. ADAA champions research for a cure and offers free educational resources to millions of children and adults.
Arthritis National Research Foundation

Arthritis National Research Foundation

Over 53 million people suffer from arthritis and autoimmune diseases. Join ANRF in the battle for a cure and be the catalyst for change. Your support fuels critical research and brings us closer to a future free from pain.
Autism Research - The Autism Society of America Foundation for

Autism Research - The Autism Society of America Foundation for

The needs of the Autism community are constantly evolving and affect millions of families. To best embrace those with Autism, we encourage everyone to create connections through the Autism Society. The first step is acceptance.
Autism Research Institute

Autism Research Institute

For more than 50 years, ARI has been at the forefront of modern autism research. ARI works to pioneer efforts in biological research, educational outreach, and networking across organizations worldwide.
Autoimmune Association

Autoimmune Association

Leading the fight against autoimmunity through advocacy, awareness, education and research for 100+ autoimmune diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, Graves', celiac, hashimoto's, psoriasis, Sjogren's, scleroderma and Crohn's disease.
Beyond Celiac

Beyond Celiac

Celiac disease can lead to cancer, malnourishment, infertility, osteoporosis, and other life-threatening diseases. Up to 83% of sufferers are undiagnosed. Beyond Celiac accelerates research for treatments for a cure for celiac beyond the gluten-free diet.
Black AIDS Institute

Black AIDS Institute

We have the tools to end the AIDS epidemic. Join the campaign to end AIDS today. Treatment, education, and prevention is the answer!
Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network

Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network

Advancing collaborative and cutting-edge research, providing patient information and support, and raising awareness. We are a community of patients, caregivers, survivors, advocates and research professionals united in support of those lives impacted!
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation

1 in 4 people live with mental illness. We're committed to alleviating the suffering caused by anxiety, autism, ADHD, depression, schizophrenia, bipolar, OCD, PTSD and more by funding scientific research that will enable people to live full lives.
Brain Aneurysm Foundation

Brain Aneurysm Foundation

1 in 50 people has an unruptured brain aneurysm. Every 18 minutes a brain aneurysm ruptures. We fund medical research and provide critical awareness of the symptoms and risk factors to prevent ruptures and subsequent death and disability.
Breast Cancer African American, Sisters Network Inc.

Breast Cancer African American, Sisters Network Inc.

Sisters Network Inc is committed to saving Black women's lives through breast cancer awareness, education and early detection. We provide emotional support, financial assistance, and provide free mammograms/ultrasounds to uninsured women nationwide.
Can Do Multiple Sclerosis

Can Do Multiple Sclerosis

Focus on what you Can Do! We transform lives of those with an MS diagnosis by delivering positive health & wellness education programs on exercise, nutrition, symptom management, and motivation. We help families with MS be more than a disease & thrive.
Celiac Disease Foundation

Celiac Disease Foundation

Celiac disease is one of the world's most common genetic autoimmune diseases, affecting 3 million Americans. Left untreated it can cause devastating health conditions including cancer. Help us accelerate diagnosis, treatments, and ultimately a cure.
Cure Alzheimer's Fund

Cure Alzheimer's Fund

Funding ground-breaking research focused on preventing, slowing or reversing Alzheimer's. 100% of general donations go to support our research program.
Cure SMA

Cure SMA

Leading the way to a world without spinal muscular atrophy, the number one genetic cause of death for infants. We fund and direct comprehensive research that drives breakthroughs in treatment and care. We provide families the support they need for today.
Dystonia Medical Research Foundation

Dystonia Medical Research Foundation

Medical research for treatments and cure, promoting awareness, education, supporting needs and wellbeing of affected individuals and families with Dystonia movement neurological disorders.
Health & Medical Research Charities of America

Health & Medical Research Charities of America

Cancer, Autism, Diabetes, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's. Health is life's most precious ingredient. Help support wellness in America with one gift to charities providing research, screening, and diagnosis, treatment and prevention, and patient comfort.
Hearing Health Foundation

Hearing Health Foundation

Hearing Health Foundation's mission is to prevent and cure hearing loss and tinnitus through groundbreaking research and to promote hearing health.
Hearing Loss Association of America Inc

Hearing Loss Association of America Inc

HLAA's work to improving the lives of people with hearing loss and elevating the importance of hearing health and accessible communication through national legislation, public policy, and our support network of chapters and state organizations.
Heart Disease Aid and Research Fund

Heart Disease Aid and Research Fund

Awards grants to hospitals that do research and treat heart disease patients. Ships medical supplies, equipment and humanitarian aid to hospitals. Provides heart disease educational material to patients and families. Curing begins with a caring heart!
Hospice Foundation of America Inc

Hospice Foundation of America Inc

HFA improves end-of-life care through national research and education, offering the public free individual consultation about end-of-life care and grief. We work to uphold the founding principles of hospice care: compassion, dignity, and patient autonomy.
Hydrocephalus Association

Hydrocephalus Association

Hydrocephalus is a devastating brain condition affecting people of all ages that frequently goes undiagnosed in seniors. Help us fund medical research, provide support and hope, and ensure that all who suffer from this illness are aware of new treatments.
International Myeloma Foundation

International Myeloma Foundation

IMF improves the lives of multiple myeloma cancer patients & works toward prevention & a cure thru our 4 founding principles: Research, Education, Support, & Advocacy. Funding collaborative research, grants to prevent disease, & InfoLine support services.
International Rett Syndrome Foundation

International Rett Syndrome Foundation

Rett syndrome (RTT) is a rare, severe, neurological disorder affecting a child's ability to speak, walk, eat, and breathe. IRSF funds research to develop treatments and cures for RTT while providing education, and resources, to affected families.
La Jolla Institute for Immunology

La Jolla Institute for Immunology

Focused on improving human health worldwide with globally top ranked immunologists pioneering research to combat diseases including: cancers, infectious diseases like COVID-19, and autoimmune and inflammatory diseases like heart disease.
Liver and Bile Duct Disease Research and Education Foundation

Liver and Bile Duct Disease Research and Education Foundation

We provide education and support to primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) patients, families and caregivers. This disease damages bile ducts and the liver. Help us in the fight to increase the quality of patient's lives and to support research for a cure!
Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation Inc

Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation Inc

The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (Meso Foundation) is the only US-nonprofit dedicated to eradicating mesothelioma by funding peer-reviewed research, providing treatment support and education to patients and their families, and advocacy.
Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation

Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation

As a patient-founded organization, the MMRF stands together with those battling multiple myeloma while standing apart with our innovative approach to speed the discovery of a cure - for every patient.
Multiple Sclerosis Foundation Inc

Multiple Sclerosis Foundation Inc

The Multiple Sclerosis Foundation provides programs and support services to those persons affected by MS that help them maintain their health, safety, self-sufficiency, and personal well-being, including a helpline and several assistance grants.
National Stuttering Association

National Stuttering Association

If you stutter, you are not alone! We bring support, hope & empowerment to children & adults who stutter, their families, and professionals through speech research, support groups, public education and advocacy.
Organ Donor Network

Organ Donor Network

Cure diabetes in our lifetime! Insulin is not the answer. We fund cutting-edge, scientific research into islet cell, pancreas, kidney transplant techniques, and drugs necessary to prevent organ rejections and encourage organ donation to save lives.
Paralyzed Veterans Of America Spinal Cord Research Foundation

Paralyzed Veterans Of America Spinal Cord Research Foundation

From transplanting cells & regenerating damaged nerve fibers to designing adaptive canoe seats, the PVA supports innovative research & fellowships that improve the lives of veterans & those affected by spinal cord injury & disease.
Parkinson's and Brain Research Foundation

Parkinson's and Brain Research Foundation

Less Expenses. More Research. More Results. 98 cents of every dollar spent goes to research. 44 million live with Parkinsons and Alzheimers and related dementia. 21st Century cutting edge research can cure Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. Join us now!
PKD Foundation

PKD Foundation

The PKD Foundation is the only organization in the U.S. solely dedicated to finding treatments and a cure for polycystic kidney disease (PKD). We fund research, education, advocacy, support, and awareness on a national and local level.
Planned Parenthood Federation of America

Planned Parenthood Federation of America

Ensure access to affordable sexual and reproductive health care, including abortion; defend reproductive rights; and promote sex education programming and resources that empower all people to make informed choices about sexuality, health and relationships.
Pulmonary Hypertension Association Inc

Pulmonary Hypertension Association Inc

The leading voluntary health organization serving millions living with this chronic and often misdiagnosed lung and heart disease. Our mission is to extend and improve the lives of those affected by PH; our vision is a world without PH, empowered by hope.
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association RSDSA

Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association RSDSA

Providing support, education, and hope to everyone affected by the pain, isolation and disability caused by CRPS/RSD. We fund research to develop better treatments and to find a cure.
RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association

RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association

RESOLVE addresses the issue of infertility by providing education, free support groups, a toll-free support HelpLine, connections to unbiased resources, and advocates for access to all family building options and financial obstacles to building a family.
Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation Inc

Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation Inc

Restless Leg Syndrome is not a rare disease. It can be painful, disrupting sleep and reducing the quality of life. We provide education and support to millions with RLS and fund research toward a cure for this debilitating neurological disease.
Scleroderma Research Foundation

Scleroderma Research Foundation

Our singular focus is finding a cure for scleroderma. The SRF funds and facilitates the most promising scientific research that will result in improved therapies - and ultimately a cure - for this life-threatening and debilitating disease.
Skin Cancer Foundation

Skin Cancer Foundation

Skin cancer is the world's most common cancer. Your donation provides free skin cancer screenings for the public, education and resources for skin cancer patients and caregivers, and helps us reach more people to ultimately save lives.
Spondylitis Association of America

Spondylitis Association of America

Spondiylitis: A crippling form of spinal arthritis that primarily strikes youth. We provide medical research initiatives, educational outreach programs, treatment advances, and the ongoing search for a cure.
Suicidology, American Association of

Suicidology, American Association of

Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death among young people. We need to know the warning signs - depression, anxiety, hopelessness, substance abuse, rage, isolation. Through public education and information, we can help prevent this needless tragedy.
Triage Cancer

Triage Cancer

Triage Cancer is a national, nonprofit organization that provides free education on the legal and practical issues that may impact individuals diagnosed with cancer and their caregivers, through events, materials, and resources.
Vegetarian Resource Group

Vegetarian Resource Group

We're improving human health, saving animals, and reducing environmental destruction by helping health professionals, schools, restaurants, foodservices, and businesses meet the needs of vegetarians and vegans. Scholarships, internship work training.
Wellness, Sleep and Circadian Network, Inc.

Wellness, Sleep and Circadian Network, Inc.

SleepHealth.org, also known as the American Sleep Apnea Association (ASAA), champions sleep as the foundation of health, empowering individuals to sleep better while supporting those facing sleep disorders, to foster better well-being and quality of life.

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