United Brain Association, Inc.

The United Brain Association, Inc. (UBA) is raising monies to support education and research into treatments and cures for the over 600 brain and mental health-related issues and disorders facing each of us today, and our children tomorrow.

The United Brain Association aims to accomplish the following goals:

• Generate crowd-sourced funding to support Education, via our online Brain Resources, on 600 brain and mental health-related issues and disorders.
• Generate crowd-sourced funding to support research into treatments and cures for the above-referenced brain and mental health disorders.
• Generate Major Gifts and Grants in support of UBA’s education and research programs.
• Build an inclusive online community comprised of the recently diagnosed and those well on their journey along the road of a brain and/or mental health diagnosis. This community relies on the Brain Stories shared on the UBA website and social media platforms.
• Engage our online community with outreach programs to combat modern-day addictions including vaping, opioids, and stimulants
• Provide caregiver tips and information for those caring for loved ones affected by brain and mental health-related issues

The United Brain Association (UBA) employs the following strategies to support education and research into over 600 brain and mental health-related issues and disorders:

• UBA engages with the public via our website and social media platforms to provide detailed and relatable content for those who need answers. Through this personal engagement, we garner financial support (donations) to further our programs.
• UBA has built and supports a state-of-the-art website hosting the following information for those in need of answers and support:
• Brain Resources: detailed information on 340 (as of Feb 2023) of the 600 brain and mental health-related issues and disorders - ranging from the definition, diagnosis, treatments, and caregiving, to the underlying science of the disorder, to research currently in the recruiting phase.
• Brain Stories: engaging personal stories of our community members as they describe their journey along their brain and mental health diagnosis.
• Blogs: A wide range of current topics are presented on brain and mental health-related issues and disorders.
• Community Outreach: Our staff hosts fundraisers and classroom presentations where current brain and mental health-related topics are presented to our public.
• Social media advertising and messaging – via our Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and TikTok platforms, UBA promotes and advertises our resources and obtains donations supporting our education and research programs.

The United Brain Association, Inc. (UBA) currently has the following capabilities and technical staff to support fundraising for education and research into brain and mental health-related issues and disorders:

• Website: unitedbrainassociation.org with supports the following:
o Accomplishments – projects funded to date
o Brain Resources – 340 of the 600 know brain and mental health issues and disorders
o Brain Stories – 25 personal stories from our community
o Memorials – Donations in memory of a loved one to support research
o Fundraisers: Public and Virtual Events, Personal Honorees
• Social Media Posts and Ads: Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, Twitter, YouTube, and TikTok
• Psychiatric resident on UBA retainer
• Social Media Influencer with over 1 million followers
• Highly accomplished public relations firm

To date, The United Brain Association, Inc. (UBA) has accomplished the following significant milestones:
• Published (340) of (600) brain and mental health-related resources
• Published (25) Brain Stories from members of our community about their brain and mental health journeys
• Published more than (500) Blogs, Post, and Videos on brain and mental health-related topics
• Funded more than $80,000 in research projects in the areas of Depression, Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia, Parkinson's Disease, Alcoholism, and PTSD

UBA has also reached over 3 million users across (273) countries, and traffic is continuing to grow. Our following on Facebook has grown to over 7,500 people with over 65,000 site visits per month and continues to trend upward. Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and TikTok activity is also increasing steadily.

UBA has launched several new advertising campaigns this year and has begun utilizing social media influencing to expand our reach to younger demographics and across several social platforms. We have established ourselves as a bonified resource for brain and mental health-related issues and disorders, and our yearly donations continue to increase exponentially.

UBA will continue to build upon our Brain Resources, Brain Stories, Blogs, Memorials, and our social presence in a continual effort to raise funds in support of education and research.