Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (JDRF) is an international organization dedicated to type 1 diabetes research and is the largest charitable donor to this cause. The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation funds diabetes research pertaining to a cure, treatment, and prevention of type 1 diabetes for all individuals regardless of age. Founded in 1970, the JDRF has donated over one billion dollars to research with over 80% of all expenditures spent directly on research.

A significant amount of work done by Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International is advocacy campaigns. Their five core issues are: Special Diabetes Program (SDP), Artificial Pancreas Project (APP), stem cell for research, state issues, and other federal issues. The SDP is a special program created by congress to make funds available for American Indian and Alaskan Indian type 1 diabetes research. The APP was begun by JDRF in 2005 to speed the development of an artificial pancreas …