Patient participation support
$250,000Cover signup help, reminders, member support, and participation records so joining and follow-up stay reliable.
Donate
Fund patient-led mitochondrial disease work.
Donations and sponsorships help MDA cover the fixed costs that keep the public front door open: hosting, review time, reporting, moderation, and community support. Giving supports the mission. It does not buy private patient data, direct member access, or investment-like returns. Commercial collaboration requests belong on the Partner With Us page. The goal is to fund repeatable work first so the site stays lean, steady, and affordable to run.
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Foundations, pharma teams, and other collaborators should use Partner With Us for governed partnership review. Use Donate when you want to support the mission directly.
MDA is the public trust front door. Mito Map is where detailed health data, consent controls, and personal follow-up stay private.
Research program support
$150,000Pay for data checks, secure Mito Map summary sync, and public reporting that stays lean and easy to read.
Patient advisory support
$50,000Pay for listening sessions, accessibility review, plain-language review, and advisor time so feedback stays useful.
Research opportunity support
$300,000Cover sponsor coordination, study setup, opportunity cards, consent review, and returned findings without avoidable overhead.
Ways to give
Match the support model to the work.
Individual giving
One-time support for patient education, community resources, and mission delivery.
Recurring support
Monthly support that helps cover fixed costs like hosting, review time, and public updates so steady work can continue.
Program sponsorship
Support a disease program, event, or public resource with clear recognition rules and no patient access.
Grant or foundation support
Fund research participation, public reporting, or operating capacity without patient-level access.
Sponsorship can support public-facing and operational work, but it does not buy identifiable patient data, raw records, direct cohort access, or investment-like returns. Commercial requests belong on the partner page. Predictable support helps MDA keep growth measured while revenue is still below the full cost of the mission.
Funding priorities
What support pays for.
Trust infrastructure
Transparency pages, consent education, privacy review, and governance operations that avoid future risk.
Patient value
Better onboarding, plain-language resources, patient stories, and support for profile completion that reduces drop-off.
Research support
Program metrics, cohort summaries, opportunity setup, and plain-language findings that can be reused safely.
Community
Events, patient advisory participation, accessibility work, and advocacy coordination that keep engagement efficient.
Support should first lower friction, cover fixed costs, protect trust, and keep the public site understandable. It should make steady work easier to sustain before it adds new overhead or bigger promises.
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