Projects and Partners
The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation is dedicated to curing Spinal Cord Injury by funding innovative research, and improving the quality of life for people living with paralysis through grants, information and advocacy.
The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation supports research on a variety of fronts. Its largest, most comprehensive research initiative is the Individual Grants Program. Winners of these two-year grants comprise a multi-disciplinary cadre of researchers dedicated to solving the complex medical problems that result from Spinal Cord Injuries, in both the acute and chronic stages. In addition, scientists and clinicians increasingly are turning their attention to biomedical devices and new forms of rehabilitation that already are restoring some measure of independence to people with severe Spinal Cord Injuries. Since 1982, the Reeve Foundation has awarded more than $77 million to 650 new and veteran researchers around the world. www.christopherreeve.org
The William J. Clinton Foundation focuses on worldwide issues that demand urgent action, solutions, and measurable results — global climate change, HIV/AIDS in the developing world, childhood obesity and economic opportunity in the United States, and economic development in Africa and Latin America. The mission of the William J. Clinton Foundation is to strengthen the capacity of people in the United States and throughout the world to meet the challenges of global interdependence. www.clintonfoundation.org
Partners In Health (PIH) is a non-profit health care organization that works to bring modern medical care to poor communities in nine countries around the world. The work of PIH has three goals: to care for their patients, to alleviate the root causes of disease in their communities, and to share lessons learned around the world. It’s model is simple: clinical and community barriers to care are removed as diagnosis and treatment are declared a public good and made available free of charge to patients living in poverty.
Based in Boston, Massachusetts, PIH employs more than 11,000 people worldwide, including doctors, nurses and community health workers. The vast majority of PIH staff are local nationals based in the communities they serve. PIH works in Haiti, Rawanda, Peru, Russia, Malawi, USA, and Lesotho. www.pih.org