$100M Campaign to Accelerate
A bold new fundraising campaign to get us closer to cures
Monsters are Real
In 2021, to launch our $100M Campaign to Accelerate, JDRF created a daring Campaign featuring a monster that was representative of living life with type 1 diabetes (T1D). A real-life monster for the 300,000 Canadians living with this disease, this monster doesn’t hide under your bed or lurk in the closet. This monster grabs hold of you, and doesn’t let go, and it always will be there until we find a cure.
It is an eye-catching and thought-provoking Campaign to help propel forward our innovative plan to transform our approach to T1D research, redesigning it for speed and maximizing our impact. It will move us beyond insulin and accelerate towards cures.
The discovery of insulin 100 years ago helped to tame the T1D monster, but now is the time to defeat it, once and for all.
Our Six-Pillar Approach
We started with a vision. How do we have the most impact for Canadians living with T1D? Our six fundraising priorities provide a framework for attacking T1D from every angle.
These include:
Global Research
Investing in breakthrough T1D research aligned with our global strategy.
$26,000,000
T1D Fund
Using venture philanthropy to increase commercial investment in T1D cure products.
$10,000,000
JDRF-CIHR Partnership to Defeat Diabetes
Advancing Canadian T1D research and ensuring it remains a priority.
$50,000,000
Access for All
Increasing access to and affordability of life-saving T1D technology for all Canadians.
$2,000,000
JDRF Centre of Excellence at UBC
Establishing a Centre of Excellence in T1D cure research.
$10,000,000
Mental Health
To fund research that focuses on psychosocial aspects of T1D and healthcare professional training.
$2,000,000
With the support of our Campaign senior leaders, over 70-member strong volunteer cabinet, generous donors, corporate support and individual contributions, we incredibly achieved almost half our goal ($48 million) in the first year and a half of this Campaign. This Campaign has been a coming together of the donor and volunteer community the likes of which we have never seen before.
To say this will be life-changing for the T1D community is not an overstatement. We are so grateful to our incredible Campaign volunteers and donors. We are confident that we will achieve our $100 million target earlier than five years.
