THE NATIONAL ADRENAL DISEASES FOUNDATION INC
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
The National Adrenal Diseases Foundation (NADF) offers vital support to patients and caregivers impacted by adrenal disease, which are considered rare disorders. Given the limited awareness among both patients and medical professionals regarding the diagnosis and treatment of these diseases, NADF plays a crucial role by providing valuable information and outreach efforts. By actively supporting research, NADF strives to advance medical understanding and ultimately improve the lives of individuals affected by these conditions.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Support Group Leader Network
The National Adrenal Diseases Foundation recruits and trains volunteers to become support group leaders across the US. Support group leaders facilitate meetings and events with adrenal disease patients and their families to help them cope with their condition, provide valuable information and help them through a new diagnosis.
Research Support
Support clinical and scientific research excellence to foster improvement in treatments and to find cures for adrenal diseases.
Establish partnerships with medical researchers, pharmaceutical companies, and academic institutions to actively support the development of new treatment options for adrenal diseases, such as auto-injectors, modified release hydrocortisone, cortisol pumps, and other innovations. Define their needs for advancing new drugs/devices.
Advocate for increased government and private funding for research and development of new treatments through direct engagement with policymakers.
Provide grants to research institution to study adrenal insufficiency to gain better understanding of the condition and its treatment.
Facilitate patient participation in clinical trials and research studies related to adrenal diseases by collaborating with research institutions.
Where we work
Affiliations & memberships
National Organization for Rare Disorders - Member 2005
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of support groups offered
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Age groups, Health, Family relationships
Related Program
Support Group Leader Network
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
NADF VISION
A world without suffering or death from adrenal disease.
OUR MISSION
Advancing education, support, and research to improve the lives those affected by adrenal disease.
NADF GOALS
Maintain role as an advocacy resource for those with adrenal insufficiency.
Support educational programs to improve prevention and treatment of adrenal crisis.
Support research leading to finding cures.
Advocate for patient-centered focus in adrenal care.
Support the development of tools to improve the diagnosis and care of adrenal disease patients.
Actively participate with the medical community in meetings and conferences to bring awareness of patient needs not met.
Ongoing, sustainable treasury/accounting practices that ensure accuracy and compliance (payroll, taxes, banking process, etc.)
Increase diversity and inclusivity across all arms and activities of the organization.
Continue to Increase membership.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
NADF STRATEGY
Educate and Support Patients and Families
Partner with the adrenal disease community to provide clinically accurate and user-friendly adrenal disease education, advocacy and support.
Support Research
Support clinical and scientific research excellence to foster improvement in treatments and to find cures for adrenal disease.
Partner with External Stakeholders
Partner with key stakeholders to ensure the medical needs of the adrenal disease community are met.
Educate the Medical Community
Offer tools to support better identification and treatment of adrenal disease to prevent unnecessary death.
Ensure NADF Operational Excellence
Ensure the fiscal and operational sustainability of the organization.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
NADF's website www.nadf.us provides the education, tools and resources needed for patients with adrenal diseases.
Social Media presence on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok increased our reach to help those with adrenal disease, sharing important information, research and resources.
Run a volunteer Support Group Leader Network across the United States, facilitating meetings and events for members, friends and families with adrenal diseases.
Manage and moderate our own virtual support group forum, through NADF/Inspire platform.
Provide direct access to medical advisors who specialize in adrenal diseases for adults and children.
Issue a Quarterly Newsletter, specifically written to update the adrenal disease community with education, research, support and a medical Q&A
Manage a patient advocacy service - allows patients, their family or friends to write to us to help newly diagnosed patients and those who just have a question about their condition.
Conduct surveys of patients.
Support research studies, including patient registry for patients with adrenal insufficiency (My AI), Cortisol Study, DNA study.
Partner with medical professionals to help improve awareness, ultimately saving lives.
Collaborate with other organizations.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Created a new NADF website www.nadf.us; providing the education, tools and resources needed for patients with adrenal diseases;
Increased the level of Social Media presence on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram to reach those with adrenal disease, sharing important information and resources ;
Growing the Support Group Leader network across the United States, increasing our ability to connect with patients and their families, helping them cope with their condition;
Improving participation of our own virtual support group forum, through NADF/Inspire platform;
Created a strong Board of Directors and leadership team, with direct access to Medical advisors who specialize in adrenal diseases for adults and children;
Enhanced NADF's Quarterly Newsletter, specifically written to update the adrenal disease community with education, research, support and a medical Q&A;
Created an excellent patient support program, handled within 24 hours by an NADF expert, with direct access to our medical experts;
Conducting meaningful research studies, including a research focused patient registry that will collect information about people with various forms of adrenal insufficiency.
Increased the level of outreach to adrenal medical professionals via conferences and partnership programs with endocrinology associations.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
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Operations
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THE NATIONAL ADRENAL DISEASES FOUNDATION INC
Board of directorsas of 11/26/2023
Ms Kalina Warren
The National Adrenal Diseases Foundation
Term: 2025 - 2012
Ms Erin Foley
The National Adrenal Disease Foundation
Term: 2020 - 2025
Liz Rodrigues
The National Adrenal Diseases Foundation
Elizabeth Regan
The National Adrenal Diseases Foundation
Holly Jagger
The National Adrenal Diseases Foundation
Gavin Christensen
The National Adrenal Diseases Foundation
Elizabeth Farrell
The National Adrenal Diseases Foundation
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Not applicable -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.