Charity Navigator - Rating for Parkinson's Foundation (2024)

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About the Parkinson's Foundation

Since 1957, the Parkinson's Foundation has invested more than $400 million in Parkinson's research and clinical care. Connect with us on Parkinson.org, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or call (800) 4PD-INFO (473-4636).

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This charity's score is 99%, earning it a Four-Star rating.

Funds raised through Moving Day support the Parkinson's Foundation mission by: Delivering quality care to nearly 200,000 people living with Parkinson's. Funding cutting-edge research to improve treatments and advance toward a cure. Providing free resources for people living with Parkinson's and their families.

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This charity's score is 93%, earning it a Four-Star rating.

Stem cell therapies. These aim to use healthy, living cells to replace or repair the damage in the brains of people with Parkinson's. Gene therapies. These use the power of genetics to reprogramme cells and change their behaviour to help them stay healthy and work better for longer.

These factors include stress, anxiety, depression, poor sleep, dehydration, poor nutrition, low blood. pressure, intercurrent infections or medical illnesses, geography, altitude, and weather. Many of these issues can be successfully treated by your doctor, so be sure to discuss your changing PD symptoms with him/her.

Johns Hopkins' Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center is a Parkinson's Foundation Research Center of Excellence, leading the way in research and new treatments that provide hope.

Cure Parkinson's is investigating how this and other key biochemical pathways and events contribute to the progression of Parkinson's. Thanks to our supporters, we're funding research into the most promising therapeutic areas.

Thank you for donating to the Parkinson's Foundation a qualified 501(c)(3) tax‐exempt organization. Your donation is tax‐ deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.

John L. Lehr leads the Parkinson's Foundation as president and chief executive officer.

Who runs the Michael J. Fox foundation? ›

Deborah W.

Brooks is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Co-Founder of The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF). Ms. Brooks launched MJFF with Michael J.

Instead of the heel landing on the floor first, the feet may land straight down. Rather than a smooth motion, a person may experience more of a shuffle when they walk, affecting balance and increasing the risk of falls. Some people may call this type of walk a “Parkinsonian gait.”

The Parkinson's Foundation has been rated a four-star charity by Charity Navigator for exceeding industry standards with our exceptional performance and accountability.

Brooks, co-founder & CEO, (2) $480,000 paid to Todd Sherer, EVP, Research Strategy, and (3) $200,000 paid to Sohini Chowdhury, Deputy CEO. Their reported total compensation in 2021 is $989,290, $936,301, and $551,284, respectively.

Fox takes the drug Sinemet (levodopa-carbidopa). It controls some of the milder symptoms, including, "the constant rigidity of his hips, tremors in one or both hands, and a 'tapping' feeling in his feet." Mr. Fox reportedly has also had brain surgery (on the thalamus) to try to relieve his tremors.

The Michael J. Fox Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, tax-exempt organization designated by the Internal Revenue Code.

Parkinson's disease isn't fatal, but the symptoms and effects are often contributing factors to death. The average life expectancy for Parkinson's disease in 1967 was a little under 10 years. Since then, the average life expectancy has increased by about 55%, rising to more than 14.5 years.