We fund the science behind breakthroughs.
According to the Michael J. Fox Foundation, approximately 10 million people around the world are living with Parkinson's disease right now — nearly 1 million in the United States alone. And today, there is still no cure. Not yet.
The science is moving. Whether the breakthrough arrives in five years or fifteen depends, in part, on whether it gets funded. That is what your gift does.
Fuel the scienceScience fuels hope.
We fund the science behind breakthroughs.
Funds raised benefit The Michael J. Fox Foundation.
A promise, kept.
On Christmas morning 2017, our co-founder Wendy faced a truth no daughter wants to face: she could not save her mother Sue, despite extraordinary doctors, every treatment available, and decades of industry expertise brought to bear.
Unable to think of a gift that might bring her mother hope, she made a different kind of decision. Chasing a Cure Parkinson's Foundation was founded four months later. Sue passed away in December 2018. This foundation is her legacy, and the promise we make to every family still waiting.
Read the full story“My mom fought with everything she had. Her miracle
Wendy Chase, co-founder
didn't come. Let's be somebody else's.”
Funds raised benefit The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research.
No one at Chasing a Cure draws a salary, not Wendy, not Rob, not a single board member. We keep operating costs to the bare minimum a foundation legally requires: event expenses, processing fees, and the tools we need to function. Funds we raise go to MJFF through Team Fox, MJFF's grassroots fundraising program, the most rigorous Parkinson's research engine in the world.
About MJFF“Awareness is not what families are begging for at 3 a.m. in a hospital room. A cure is what families deserve. I don't want your pity. I want your partnership.”
Funds raised benefit
The Michael J. Fox Foundation.
No salaries. No paid staff. Just the science.
research doesn't stop between events.
The founders don't draw a dime.