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Jack’s Corner is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life and finding a cure for children with SPG50 through the acceleration of gene therapy treatments, funding of research, and raising awareness of the disease.SPG50 is an ultra-rare neurodegenerative disease that affects children. The disease causes spasticity that starts in chldren's legs, slowly taking away their ability to walk. The spasticity then takes away their ability to use their hands, and ultimately, their mental capacity.

The Foundation's vision is: "To create a community where patients, healthcare professionals and researchers come together to conquer the complexities of Sjögren's." The Foundation's mission is to: * Support Sjögren’s patients and their loved ones through education, resources and services * Provide credible resources and education for healthcare professionals * Serve as the voice for all Sjögren’s patients through advocacy and awareness initiatives * Lead, encourage and fund innovative research projects to better understand, diagnose and treat Sjögren’s

Joshua Frase Foundation (JFF) has worked tirelessly to increase awareness for Myotubular Myopathy and other neuromuscular disorders. JFF funds cutting edge genetic research for Myotubular Myopathy (MTM) at Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard & Wake Forest Medical School of Regenerative Medicine. JFF has built a network for families and friends affected by these devastating muscle disorders, giving them hope as the foundation pushes this research forward.

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Cincinnati provides a supportive "home away from home" for families and their children who are receiving treatment at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center or other area hospital. Ronald McDonald House Charities also awards grants to local not-for-profit organizations serving children through a portion of donations received from McDonald's customers and Global Ronald McDonald House Charities' matching funds.

Given the lack of understanding of the causes of and treatments for neuropathic facial pain, FPRF is established to foster and support effective translational medical research (i.e., from fundamental discovery to clinical application). In pursuit of that Mission, FPRF is to establish a well funded translational research continuum that is dedicated to identifying the mechanisms underlying neuropathic facial pain and to developing ground-breaking therapeutic strategies that will permanently stop the pain of TN and related neuropathic pain syndromes.

Our two major programs provide hope for the future through the support of MS research into the cause, treatment and cure of the disease and hope for today through our many services that assist people with MS and their families. Since our founding in 1948, the core support of the MS Society has been from tens of thousands of dedicated individuals, companies and foundations in communities across Canada. The Society receives almost no funding from government.

Established in 2000, SIUT North America, is a charitable organization under Section 501(c)(3), is dedicated to health-related humanitarian causes, with our major focus on helping Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) Pakistan secure necessary funds for medicines, treatments and equipment so that patients are treated free of charge and without discrimination. SIUT North America also helps organizations in the U.S.A. through voluntary services and donations.

Keep Memory Alive and Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health at Cleveland Clinic Nevada, aims to find, fund, and facilitate the most effective and innovative research and caregiver programming for patients and their families.Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health offers a unique integrated care model, social services, and research. With more than 30 clinical trials in its portfolio, the center is among the country's largest Alzheimer's clinical research programs

CAMH Foundation raises awareness and funds to transform lives at Canada's leading academic hospital specializing in mental health and addiction. We help the best and brightest minds provide innovative patient care and conduct insightful research to better understand, treat and prevent mental illness and addiction. Based in Toronto and networked around the world, CAMH also educates thousands of mental health professionals each year and develops informed public policy and health prevention strategies.

Project Alive is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit Hunter Syndrome research & advocacy foundation. Our mission is to cure Hunter Syndrome / Mucopolysaccharidosis II. Project Alive funds research programs focused on Hunter Syndrome, and assists industry and academics with designing research and clinical programs to treat Hunter Syndrome. Project Alive also advocates with regulatory and legislative bodies, as well as industry, for policies supporting the most effective and efficient clinical research programs and compassionate use / expanded access protocols.

Wellspring is open to all cancer patients, their families and care givers, all of whom are known as members. Wellspring is welcoming and comfortable in nature, external to hospitals or treatment centres, and is devoid of any “institutional” feeling. Volunteers and group leaders providing programs at Wellspring deliver only cancer support services and not medical treatment or medical therapies, nor services for patients with diseases other than cancer. Wellspring receives no government funding and offers all programs and services at no charge to our members and without referral.

Has a mission that is dedicated to achieving economic and social justice for all deaf people by providing financial, educational and social opportunities to end the economic exploitation of deaf people. The foundation envisions a world free of audism where everyone experiences full humanity and celebrates sign language. To achieve the mission and vision, the foundation focuses on four goals: consulting, outreach, networking and grants. Grants are the primary goal and the heart of the foundation and funding is provided for those areas: arts, activism, education, media, and research.