Agency Details:

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

Driven by the needs of people with diabetes, the mission of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research.
We work to accomplish this by finding and funding the best and most relevant research to help achieve a cure for this devastating disease through:
Restoration of normal blood sugar levels
Avoidance and reversal of complications
Prevention of diabetes and its recurrence

Description:
JDRF is a leader in setting the agenda for diabetes research worldwide, and is the largest charitable funder and advocate of type1 research.

More than 85 percent of JDRF's expenditures directly support research and research-related education.

JDRF has received top rankings from the American Institiute of Philanthropy and other independent sources that rate charitable giving.

History:
JDRF was founded in 1970 by parents of children with Type 1 diabetes.

Contact people:

Shelley Crossley, Volunteer Coordinator, (phone), (email) Jim Slaughter, Executive Director, (phone), (email)

Address:

3450 W. Central Ave. Suite 256 Toledo, OH 43606 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.jdrf.org/northwestohio

Last updated on June 4, 2009