Put your gift exactly where it belongs: the cure.
Frequently Asked Questions
Your donation to The Crushing T1 Foundation helps fund the most promising trials and functional cures working to end Type 1 Diabetes.
What your gift does
It funds the science that's closest to a cure—the late-stage trials and functional cures already giving people their lives back.
It moves at the speed of urgency. We focus on identifying and supporting the most promising cure-focused research as quickly and thoughtfully as possible.
It's a vote for "now" instead of "someday." Every dollar tells the science world: keep going, we've got you.
Why give to us
We were founded by parents who live this every day. We don't see a cause—we see our kids. That's why we built this foundation around one rule: our mission never loses sight of advancing a cure.
When you give here, you're not funding an organization.
You're funding an ending.
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Yes—The Crushing T1 Foundation is laser focused on pushing the most promising research forward. Your gift goes to the most promising trials and functional cures working to end Type 1 Diabetes.
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Crushing T1, Inc. is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to advancing the most promising cure research, and supporting the community until a cure for Type 1 diabetes is a reality.
We are currently in the process of applying to the Internal Revenue Service for recognition as a tax-exempt public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
We gratefully welcome donations to help us begin fulfilling our mission. If our application is approved, our federal tax-exempt status is generally expected to be effective retroactively to our date of incorporation, as permitted by IRS regulations. However, until the IRS issues its determination letter, we cannot guarantee that contributions are tax-deductible. Donors should consult their own tax advisor regarding the deductibility of any contribution.
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Absolutely—and it's the most powerful thing you can do. Monthly gifts give researchers something this disease never gave us: certainty. Steady, reliable funding keeps the most promising work moving forward without interruption.
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Crushing T1 is a nonprofit corporation formed to advance research, education, and other charitable and scientific activities directed toward the prevention, treatment, and cure of Type 1 diabetes.
Contributions support Crushing T1’s charitable programs and operations. As part of its mission, Crushing T1 may provide grants, enter into research collaborations, or make mission-related or program-related investments—including equity investments—in nonprofit or for-profit organizations developing technologies, therapies, or other solutions for Type 1 diabetes.
Any ownership interest acquired with charitable funds will be owned solely by Crushing T1. Donors do not receive any ownership interest, repayment right, profit participation, or other financial return. All dividends, distributions, sale proceeds, and other investment returns received by Crushing T1 will remain assets of Crushing T1 and will be used exclusively in furtherance of its charitable purposes.
Unless Crushing T1 expressly accepts a contribution subject to a written restriction, contributions are unrestricted and may be used by Crushing T1, in its discretion, for charitable programs, research support, mission-related investments, administrative expenses, fundraising expenses, reserves, or other activities consistent with its charitable purposes.
Investments in research and early-stage companies involve substantial risk, including the possible loss of the entire investment. Crushing T1 does not guarantee that any supported research, company, technology, or treatment will succeed, produce a financial return, receive regulatory approval, or result in a cure or treatment for Type 1 diabetes.
Contributions to Crushing T1 are charitable gifts and are not investments in Crushing T1 or in any organization supported by Crushing T1. This website does not offer or solicit the purchase of any security. Donors will not receive stock, membership interests, tokens, repayment rights, revenue shares, distributions, or any other economic interest in Crushing T1 or any company in which Crushing T1 invests.
Crushing T1’s Board of Directors retains exclusive legal control and discretion over all contributed funds and all grant-making and investment decisions.