MICHAEL MOSIER DEFEAT DIPG FOUNDATION

Michael Mosier Defeat DIPG Foundation (the Foundation) engages in activities that will support and promote finding effective treatments, and ultimately a cure, for diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) brain tumors and other cancers.

The Foundation's primary focus is funding cancer research. The Foundation will seek to increase funding for research, clinical studies, and other programs designed to find effective treatments, and ultimately a cure, for DIPG and other cancers.

The Foundation will also raise awareness of DIPG brain tumors and other cancers, and be a resource for families confronting DIPG and other cancers by providing clear and understandable information on the disease, including the nature of the disease and available treatments and studies, through the website and other means.

The Foundation has shown significant growth since its establishment in 2015, including the expansion to multiple states across the country. The Foundation has demonstrated substantial fundraising capacity.

Impotantly, the Foundation established a Scientific Advisory Council comprised of leading experts on childhood brain cancer. The Council reviews grant applications and makes recommendations to ensure that the Michael Mosier Defeat DIPG Foundation uses its resources to fund the most promising DIPG research projects.

In December 2017, the Foundation, in partnership with another nonprofit organization (The ChadTough Foundation), committed to funding $1 million in DIPG-specific research projects over the next two years. The Foundation expects another announcement of significant research funding by the end of 2018.

The Foundation has had influence and impact in the childhood brain cancer community, even in just a few years. Our efforts have assisted in elevating the awareness of the most fatal childhood brain cancer through grassroots campaigns and effective social media strategies.

Aside from general fundraising activities and events, we have had success in other specific ways.

For example, on Giving Tuesday, which is recognized as a "day of giving," we created fundraising campaigns that raised over $100,000 on the single day in both 2016 and 2017.

In addition, as an example of effective outreach efforts to build awareness of this disease, we highlight the DIPG Across the Map Campaign. We have organized volunteers across the country (individuals, families, and other foundations), and we succeeded in establishing May 17th as DIPG Awareness Day in over 20 states in 2017. We expect even more states to recognize this date in 2018.