Nonprofit Organizations

Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation
Wynnewood, Pennsylvania

Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation is a unique foundation that has evolved from a young cancer patient’s front yard lemonade stand to a nationwide fund raising movement for childhood cancer.

Alpha-1 Association
Miami, Florida

Alpha-1 Association is the leading national membership organization dedicated to identifying individuals affected by Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency and improving the quality of their lives through support, education, advocacy and research.

American Cancer Society
Atlanta, Georgia

The American Cancer Society is the nationwide, community-based, voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and service.

American Childhood Cancer Organization
Kensington, Maryland

Supporting research and providing information, advocacy and support to children with cancer and their families since 1970, the American Childhood Cancer Organization is now pleased to partner with CaringBridge.

American Holistic Medical Association
Beachwood, Ohio

The American Holistic Medical Association is a membership-based 501(c)(3) non–profit organization headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. The AHMA was formed in 1978 by a group of courageous and visionary physicians who were committed to furthering the advancement of a “whole–person – body/mind/spirit” model of healthcare, and bringing together like–minded physicians who shared their vision.

American Liver Foundation
New York, New York

The mission of the American Liver Foundation is to facilitate, advocate and promote education, support and research for the prevention, treatment and cure of liver disease.  For more information about liver disease call 1-800-GOLIVER.

American Veterans with Brain Injuries
Pace, Florida

American Veterans with Brain Injuries (AVBI) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving veterans who have suffered a brain injury while in service to our Country. AVBI provides unique programs & services to address the specific needs of these veterans and their family caregivers.

America Supports You
Washington, DC

“America Supports You,” a nationwide program launched by the Department of Defense, recognizes citizens' support for our military men and women and communicates that support to members of our Armed Forces at home and abroad.

Aplastic Anemia & MDS International Foundation
Churchton, Maryland

The Aplastic Anemia & MDS International Foundation (AA&MDSIF) supports patients, families and caregivers coping with aplastic anemia, myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), and related bone marrow failure diseases.

Association of Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders
Bedford, Massachusetts

The Association of Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders, Inc. is one of the oldest non-profit organizations in existence with a focus on digestive motility diseases and disorders.

BMT InfoNet
Highland Park, Illinois

Since 1990 BMT InfoNet has been dedicated to providing transplant patients, survivors and their loved ones with emotional support and high quality, easy–to–understand information about bone marrow, peripheral blood stem cell and cord blood transplants, helping over 100,000 transplant patients.

Brain Injury Association of America
McLean, Virginia

The Brain Injury Association of America is the leading nationwide organization serving individuals, families and professionals who are touched by a life-altering traumatic brain injury.

Brain Injury Association of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota

The mission of the Brain Injury Association of Minnesota is to enhance the quality of life and bring the promise of a better tomorrow for all people affected by brain injury. We bring help, hope and a voice to the 100,000 Minnesotans who live with a disability due to brain injury.

Breast Cancer Network of Strength
Chicago, Illinois

Breast Cancer Network of Strength® provides immediate emotional relief to those affected by breast cancer. Their YourShoes™ 24/7 breast cancer support center is staffed entirely by breast cancer survivors who are trained peer counselors. Call 1–800–221–2141 or visit www.networkofstrength.org.

Cancer Family Network of Montana
Bozeman, Montana

Cancer Family Network of Montana provides free support, recreation, education and hope to Montana families coping with cancer. Any age diagnosed individual and their family members are welcome.

Cancer Hope Network
Chester, New Jersey

Cancer Hope Network is a non–profit organization offering free, confidential, one–on–one emotional support to adult cancer patients and their caregivers. Support is provided via telephone by over 350 trained volunteers who have been through a cancer experience and recovered.

Casey Cares Foundation
Baltimore, Maryland

The Casey Cares Foundation provides ongoing, uplifting programs to critically ill children and their families. From group parties to concerts and sporting events, we customize activities–not just once a lifetime or once a year–but many times during their illness.

Children’s Brain Tumor Foundation
New York, New York

CBTF improves treatment, quality of life and long term outlook for children with brain and spinal cord tumors through research, support, education, and advocacy.

Children’s Cancer Association
Portland, Oregon

When seriously ill children and their families need more than medicine, the Children’s Cancer Association’s innovative programs create joy one moment at a time. CCA is there with award–winning programs available at no cost to families in Oregon, SW Washington and across the nation.

Children’s Wish of Canada
Pickering, Ontario

The Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada is a national non–profit organization dedicated to fulfilling a favorite wish for children diagnosed with life–threatening illnesses. Children’s Wish has granted more than 15,000 wishes for children and their families and has never denied an eligible child.

ChildServe
Johnston, Iowa

We partner with families to help children with special health care needs live a great life.

Circle of Care
Wilton, Connecticut

Circle of Care provides immediate and ongoing peer support to families of children with cancer. Our programs are designed to provide families with everyday essentials to ease the burden of hospitalization, facilitate research and communication with family and friends, brighten a sick child’s room, and financially support the family through the difficult days following a cancer diagnosis.

Colon Cancer Alliance
Washington, DC

The Colon Cancer Alliance is the oldest and largest national patient advocacy organization dedicated to ending the suffering caused by colorectal cancer. In order to increase rates of screening and survivorship, the CCA provides patient support, public education, furthers research and conducts advocacy work across America. You, too, can join the fight.

DKMS Americas
New York, New York

The DKMS mission is to save lives by recruiting bone marrow donors for leukemia patients. More than 19,000 DKMS donors have helped save lives by donating their bone marrow. DKMS is the largest and most experienced bone marrow donor center in the world with over 2 million registered donors.

Evangelical Free Church of America
Minneapolis, Minnesota

As part of the mission to glorify God by multiplying healthy churches among all people, the EFCA is pleased to offer you this free service in partnership with CaringBridge.

Faith’s Lodge
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Faith’s Lodge is a northwoods retreat where families facing the serious illness or death of a child can find hope & strength to face the future. The Lodge was created to bring parents & families together in a tranquil setting to regroup, reflect & create memorable moments.

Fisher House Foundation
Rockville, Maryland

Supporting America’s military in their time of need, we provide “a home away from home” that enables family members to be close to a loved one at the most stressful time — during hospitalization for an illness, disease or injury.

Georgia Cancer Foundation
Dunwoody, Georgia

The Georgia Cancer Foundation provides education, early detection, and support for Georgia residents affected by all types of cancer.

Gift of Life Family House
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Gift of Life Family House, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, provides lodging and supportive services to families of adult and pediatric transplant patients who travel to Philadelphia for their life–saving transplant treatment. Its Lifeline program provides resources online for transplant patients and family members.

Gift of Life Transplant House
Rochester, Minnesota

Gift of Life Transplant House is an independent non-profit organization. Our mission is to provide solid organ and blood & marrow transplant patients and their caregivers with high–quality, affordable accommodations in a supportive, home–like environment. Patient recovery depends upon having a safe, caring, and clean environment.

Gilda’s Club New York City
New York, New York

Gilda’s Club New York City creates welcoming communities of free support for everyone living with cancer – men, women, teens and children – along with their families and friends. Our innovative program is an essential complement to medical care, providing networking and support groups, workshops, lectures and social activities, all free of charge.

Health Ministries Association

HMA encourages, supports and empowers leaders in the integration of faith and health in their local communities. Please contact us at 1-800-280-9919.

Health Ministries Network of Minnesota
Minnesota

Health Ministries Network of Minnesota is an interfaith organization committed to encouraging, supporting and developing whole–person ministries throughout Minnesota. We welcome people from adjoining states to be part of this network as affiliate members.

Hope For Two–Pregnant with Cancer
Amherst, New York

Hope for Two: The Pregnant With Cancer Network is an organization dedicated to providing women diagnosed with cancer while pregnant with information, support and hope.

Hydrocephalus Association
San Francisco, California

The Hydrocephalus Association provides support, education and advocacy for families and individuals dealing with the complexities of hydrocephalus and the professionals who help them.

Imerman Angels
Chicago, Illinois

Imerman Angels is a one-on-one cancer support service that connects a person fighting cancer with someone who’s beaten the same type of cancer.

International Parish Nurse Resource Center
St. Louis, Missouri

The International Parish Nurse Resource Center fosters physical, emotional, spiritual, and social harmony leading to healthy and healing relationships with God, family, faith communities, culture, and creation.

Kansas Parish Nurse Ministry
Kansas

Kansas Parish Nurse Ministry, Inc. is serving God through wholistic ministries. Parish nursing promotes a ministry “through education” that meets the needs of the nurse and faith community. We practice and promote a health-wellness model based on the integration of body, mind and spirit that fosters individual responsibility, enhanced self-care abilities and informed healthcare decision making.

KingsWay Christian Ministries
Port Saint John, Florida

KingsWay Christian Ministries — was created to provide service to the Christian world in several areas: Christian Teaching and Ministry, provide Christian–based marriage counseling and weddings, and to develop a Christian Conference, Teaching, and Retreat Center, including housing and a Retirement community.

The LAM Foundation
Cincinnati, Ohio

The LAM Foundation is the global leader in the fight against Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) and seeks an effective treatment and cure through advocacy and research funding.

Lung Cancer Alliance
Washington, DC

Lung Cancer Alliance—the only national non–profit organization dedicated exclusively to providing information, support, and advocacy for people living with or at risk for lung cancer—is committed to leading the movement to reverse decades of stigma and neglect by empowering patients, elevating awareness, and changing health policy.

Lupus Foundation of America
Washington, DC

The Lupus Foundation of America, Inc. (LFA) is the foremost national nonprofit voluntary health organization dedicated to finding the causes of and cure for lupus and providing support, services and hope to all people affected by lupus.

Lupus Foundation of Minnesota
Bloomington, Minnesota

For over 30 years the Lupus Foundation of Minnesota has been funding research and raising awareness to help find a cure for lupus.

The Lustgarten Foundation
Bethpage, New York

As the nation’s largest private supporter of pancreatic cancer research, The Lustgarten Foundation is dedicated to finding earlier detection methods, better treatments and a cure for this disease. The Foundation provides patients and caregivers with free, accurate, up-to-date information to help them make informed decisions about their care.

Melanoma International
Glenmoore, Pennsylvania

The mission of the Melanoma International Foundation is to ease the burden and bring hope to the journey of melanoma through the promotion of patient support, early detection education and advocacy.

Meningitis Foundation of America
Indianapolis, Indiana

The Meningitis Foundation of America (MFA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting families & sufferers of all forms of Meningitis.

Minnesota Stroke Association
Minneapolis, Minnesota

The Minnesota Stroke Association’s mission it to reduce the incidence of stroke and to restore hope to people coping with its sudden and long term effects. Stroke is the third leading cause of death in Minnesota and affects an estimated 86,400 Minnesotans that live with the effects of stroke. The Association provides information and referrals, aphasia groups, caregiver support and volunteer programs.

Mothers Against Brain Injury
St. Johns, Florida

Mothers Against Brain Injury strives to be the leading organization dedicated to providing Hope, Comfort, and Valuable Information to families experiencing a Traumatic Brain Injury with a loved one.

Mount Calvary Lutheran Church
Excelsior, Minnesota

As a community of believers our calling is to make, build up, and send out disciples of Jesus Christ.

Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America, Inc
St. Paul, Minnesota

The Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America (MGFA) is the only national volunteer health agency dedicated solely to the fight against myasthenia gravis.

National Association of Church Business Administration
Richardson, Texas

NACBA® is an interdenominational, professional, Christian organization which exists to serve the church by promoting the highest level of professional competence in individuals serving Christ through administration in local churches.

National Brain Tumor Society
Watertown, Massachusetts

National Brain Tumor Society is a nonprofit organization inspiring hope and providing leadership within the brain tumor community. We exist to find a cure and improve the quality of life for those affected by brain tumors. We fund strategic research, deliver support services, and promote collaboration.

National Children's Cancer Society
St. Louis, Missouri

The National Children’s Cancer Society’s mission is to improve the quality of life for children with cancer and their families worldwide. We serve as a financial, emotional, educational and medical resource for those in need. We ease the burdens that accompany major illness; give crucial support and comfort; and address the challenges of survivorship.

National Episcopal Health Ministries
Indianapolis, Indiana

To promote health ministry in the Episcopal Church, assisting local congregations to reclaim the Gospel mission of health and wholeness.

National Marrow Donor Program
Minneapolis, Minnesota

At the National Marrow Donor Program, we're working to provide hope and deliver a cure to all patients in need of a life-saving transplant. We do this by providing patient resources, building the national Registry of potential marrow donors and conducting medical research to improve patient outcomes.

National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Denver, Colorado

We mobilize people and resources to drive research for a cure and to address the challenges of everyone affected by MS.

National Niemann-Pick Disease Foundation
Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin

NNPDF supports research to find treatments and a cure for Niemann-Pick Disease. We also provide support services for individuals and families affected by NPD.

National Spinal Cord Injury Association
Montgomery Village, Maryland

NSCIA enables people with spinal cord injury and disease to achieve the highest possible quality of life. Free individual membership includes SCILife, SCI e-news and more.

Neurofibromatosis, Inc.
Vacaville, California

Neurofibromatosis Inc. California is a non profit organization whose mission is to create a community of support for individuals and their families affected by Neurofibromatosis.

Normandale Center for Healing & Wholeness
Edina, Minnesota

The Normandale Center for Healing & Wholeness is a faith–founded nonprofit serving older adults and their family caregivers in the west metro Twin Cities area, to support them in spirit, mind, and body through transitions in health or life.

Northwest Parish Nurse Ministries
Portland, Oregon

Northwest Parish Nurse Ministries educates, networks and nurtures faith community nurses and health ministers to advance wellness and wholeness in communities of faith and communities at large.

Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation
Gaithersburg, Maryland

OI causes brittle bones that break easily. Coughing can break ribs, falling can break a leg. Help provide support for families, research for a cure.

Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
El Segundo, California

The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is the only national organization creating hope in a comprehensive way through research, patient support, community outreach and advocacy for a cure. The organization raises money for private funding of research, and advocates for aggressive federal research funding in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic cancer.

Partnership for Parents
Watsonville, California

Partnership for Parents is the first and only bilingual web resource addressing the unique needs of parents caring for a seriously ill child. Together with families, we are advocating to ensure that seriously ill children can receive family centered compassionate care that best addresses their needs and those of their families, and that bereaved parents receive the support they need to navigate the waters of grief.

Patient Advocate Foundation
Newport News, Virginia

Patient Advocate Foundation is a national non–profit organization that seeks to safeguard patients through effective mediation assuring access to care, maintenance of employment and preservation of their financial stability relative to their diagnosis of life threatening or debilitating diseases.

Psalm 23 Ministry
Valdese, North Carolina

Psalm 23 Ministry reaches out to people who are facing life–threatening illnesses, chronic or terminal. We are concerned for caregivers and families, too. Our goal is to provide spiritual care and prayer support on a personal level through a network of churches, both locally and around the world.

Rally Foundation
Roswell, Georgia

Rally Foundation is dedicated to raising awareness and funds specifically for childhood cancer research to find better treatments and cures through nationally-coordinated grassroots fundraising initiatives.

Rein in Sarcoma
St. Paul, Minnesota

The Karen Wyckoff Rein in Sarcoma Fund provides information and support for sarcoma cancer patients in the Upper Midwest. RIS funds sarcoma research and education.

Ronald McDonald House - Mobile
Mobile, Alabama

RMH Mobile is a welcoming home that serves families of seriously ill children receiving medical treatment at area hospitals. RMH satisfies families’ needs and provides quality of life without compromising personal dignity. Our home allows staff, volunteers and Board members personal satisfaction in an atmosphere of trust, respect and the highest ethical standards.

Ronald McDonald House New York
New York, New York

Ronald McDonald House New York provides a temporary “home–away–from–home” for pediatric cancer patients and their families. The House is a supportive and caring environment which encourages and nurtures the development of child–to–child and parent–to–parent support systems. Ronald McDonald House New York is the largest facility of its type in the world.

Ronald McDonald House — Southern Arizona
Tuscon, Arizona

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern Arizona provides comfort and support to families of seriously ill children who receive medical care in Tucson, Arizona. For more information about the Ronald McDonald House in Tucson and the Ronald McDonald Family Room at UMC, or how you can help support our families, call 520-991-3235.

Ronald McDonald House Charities, Metro St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri

Ronald McDonald House Charities® of Metro St. Louis provides a “home-away-from-home” for families of seriously–ill children being treated at local hospitals and provides support to organizations that serve the needs of children. For more information, please call (314) 773–1100.

Ronald McDonald House Charities, Upper Midwest
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Ronald McDonald House Charities, Upper Midwest creates, finds and supports programs that provide a caring community for families with seriously ill children while increasing children’s access to health care services.

Ronald McDonald House Charities Wichita
Wichita, Kansas

Ronald McDonald House Charities Wichita provides and supports programs that directly improve the health and well being of children. Last year, RMHC Wichita supported over 1700 families, all because of the love and generous donations of our donors and volunteers.

Rural Parish Nurse Resource Network
Floydada, Texas

The mission of Rural Nurse Resource Inc is to provide quality, locally accessible health ministry/parish/faith community nurse training, continuing education for health ministry providers, and health & safety training for individuals and groups. Through the parish nurse community outreach program we provide consultant services and an information network for those interested in starting and growing health ministry programs.

Saint Paul’s Baptist Church
Richmond, Virginia

Empowering people to grow into the persons God created them to be by celebrating God’s goodness in worship, connecting with each other through gifts–based ministry in the name of Christ.

The Scott Hamilton CARES Initiative
Cleveland, Ohio

The 4th Angel Mentoring Program (part of the Scott Hamilton CARES Initiative) provides free, one–to–one, individual support by matching cancer patients with volunteers who are cancer survivors. 4th Angel is telephone–based so connections can be made regardless of where someone lives.

Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance
Silver Spring, Maryland

The Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance is the only national organization dedicated to finding a cure for tuberous sclerosis complex while improving the lives of those affected.

Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults
Columbia, Maryland

The Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults mission is to enhance lives by supporting, educating and connecting young adults, and their loved ones, affected by cancer.

The Wellness Community of Greater St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri

The Wellness Community of Greater St. Louis is an affiliate of Cancer Support Community, an international not-for-profit organization whose mission is to help people affected by cancer enhance their health and well being through participation in a professional program of emotional support, education and hope. All programs are completely free of charge and offered in a comfortable, home-like environment.

Well Spouse Association
Freehold, New Jersey

The Well Spouse Association (WSA) (www.wellspouse.org) is an international, not-for-profit membership organization that gives support to wives, husbands, and partners of the chronically ill and/or disabled.

Wiggle Your Toes
Bloomington, Minnesota

Wiggle Your Toes is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit foundation dedicated to helping Amputees and their families regain independence and mobility. Our services include guidance and referrals on legal, therapy, home renovation, medical equipment, transportation, prosthetics, and other services and activities.

Wooddale Church
Eden Prairie, Minnesota

Wooddale Church is a dynamic community of faith in Jesus Christ where people of many professions, experiences and religious backgrounds grow in friendship, faith and find a place to belong.

Wounded Warrior Project
Jacksonville, Florida

Wounded Warrior Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping meet the needs of severely injured service men and women.