JDRF is the world’s largest private funder of type 1 diabetes (T1D) research. JDRF’s mission is to improve lives today and tomorrow by accelerating life-changing breakthroughs to cure, prevent, and treat T1D and its complications. Founded more than 50 years ago by parents seeking to help their children impacted by the disease, JDRF has invested more than $2 billion in research to find cures for T1D, while improving lives today through advocacy and community engagement.