The Diabetes Research Institute Foundation (DRIF) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation, and acts as the fundraising branch of the Diabetes Research Institute. The Diabetes Research Institute is the only U.S. national research organization solely dedicated to cure-based type 1 diabetes research. The Diabetes Research Foundation was founded in 1971 by a group of parents of children with diabetes in order to fund research being conducted at the University of Miami. The DRIF is headquartered in Florida with offices in New York, Long Island, and Washington D.C.

Diabetes Research Institute Foundation – Funding Sources

The Diabetes Research Institute Foundation has a twenty-year ongoing relationship with America’s Union Movement’s (ALF-CIO) Building and Construction Trades Department (BCTD). The BCTD has continued to fund and build the Diabetes Research Institute Facility, raising millions of dollars through direct contribution and the Project Type Zero campaign for individual fundraising by union members. Individual donors, …