$1.7M in expenses

The organization directly supported research as follows: (1) 320,447 to duke university (2) 123,750 to the university of california (3) 114,500 to lurie children's hospital (4) 105,000 george washington university medical faculty association (5) 80,768 to the seattle children's hospital (6) 63,061.98 to the children's arthritis & rheumatology ressearch alliance (7) 49,883 to the nationwide children's hospital (8) 37,842 to the university of bath, united kingdom (9) 37,500 to baylor college of medicine (10) 37,298 to hospital for sick children, toronto, canada (11) 32,500 to medical college of wisconsin (12) 22,500 to university college, london, united kingdom (13) 10,000 to congress prague, lithuania (14) 10,000 to montefiore, and (15) 5,000 to regents of the university of minnesota.

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The annual national family conference & walk strong to cure JM event was held in various locations across the united states. Families attended including grandparents, parents, children, teens, young adults. Medical professionals also participated in a medical conference to share the latest advancements in JM research and treatments. Families capped the weekend with attendance at the walk strong to cure JM events.

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The organization is committed to increasing awareness and education of this rare, incurable autoimmune disease as well as providing a support community for impacted families. These efforts are accomplished through a variety of methods such as: attendance at medical conferences representing cure JM foundation and its work/activities; distribution of printed information cards, brochures and educational books to impacted families and the medical community; distribution of welcome kits to newly diagnosed families; newsletters; educational events and gatherings; family support; survey and metric tools; maintenance of a patient registry and message board and updates/maintenance of the organization' s website.