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Open Source Software Tool Helps Governments Monitor COVID-19

April 8, 2020

To combat COVID-19’s impact on communities now, and prevent and prepare for similar outbreaks in the future, America’s Charities has partnered with Feeding America and…

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Why the COVID-19 Pandemic is Not a Surprise

April 2, 2020

To combat COVID-19’s impact on communities now, and prevent and prepare for similar outbreaks in the future, America’s Charities has partnered with Feeding America and…

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The Critical Ways America’s Charities’ Nonprofit Members are Helping Communities Respond to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Pandemic

March 18, 2020

Nonprofits are the backbone of our communities – some more visible than others in their impact and the needs they meet. While COVID-19, otherwise known…

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Give the gift of research this holiday season

December 13, 2019

At the age of 12, Eloise Gould was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma and her world turned upside down. In an instant, the Gould family became one…

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Urology Care Foundation: Educating Patients and Funding Answers for One of the Most Misunderstood Fields of Medicine

December 3, 2019

Did you know that bladder, kidney, prostate and testicular cancer are among the most common cancers in the United States? Millions of American men, women,…

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Capital Caring Health: Advanced Home Care & Hospice For All Ages at All Times

November 15, 2019

Capital Caring provides the highest quality advanced illness care with Dignity, Respect, and Compassion. One of the first and largest nonprofit hospices in the United…

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Montgomery Hospice: Gentling the Journey for Our Diverse Communities

November 15, 2019

We all want our loved ones to be comfortable as their health declines, right through to the end of life. We also want to deal…

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Why One Researcher Fights to End Alzheimer’s Disease

October 29, 2019

Image caption: Yuriko and me together for a trip to a hot spring. She did not recognize me, but could speak. Since 1985, BrightFocus Foundation’s…

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Provide “a different kind of healing” to Seriously Ill Children and Their Families

October 2, 2019

At nine years old, Jaxson was an avid fisher who loved to ride his bike. Then his world was turned upside down when he was…

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Stop Cancer Before It Starts! Your Dollars Make it Happen.

September 18, 2019

Your workplace giving donation gives us the opportunity to share important information about how to Stop Cancer Before It Starts!® with new audiences.  You also provide…

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CureSearch for Children’s Cancer Announces $1.2 Million Grant Supporting New CAR T-cell Therapy for DIPG

September 17, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Tessa Gatz tessa.gatz@curesearch.org 240-235-2204 curesearch.org   Bethesda, MD – September 17, 2019 – CureSearch for Children’s Cancer announces its 2019…

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Where the power of childhood meets the power of research

September 16, 2019

The Children’s Inn at NIH is “A Place Like Home.” The Inn provides free lodging, meals, therapeutic, educational, and recreational programming for families who come…

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