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12/20/2025
🖊️ We’d be honored to share your story. NBTS invites anyone affected by a brain tumor to tell us about your experience, in writing or by video.
Sharing your story helps raise awareness about the unique challenges faced by patients with brain tumors — and by their care partners and loved ones. And reading or watching your story can also help others feel less alone.
⏰2025 is almost over — do you have unallocated money left in your Donor Advised Fund (DAF)? If so, there are still twelve days left to DAF with NBTS. Here’s how:
1. Log in to your DAF portal.
2. Recommend a grant to the National Brain Tumor Society.
3. Know that your gift will be put to work to fuel the urgently needed breakthroughs ahead!
12/19/2025
Make an impact all year long by becoming a monthly donor!
A recurring gift is a budget-friendly way to give more over time — opting to give monthly will fuel more research, support more patients, and drive even more progress.
As a special thank you, anyone who sets up a monthly gift of $25 or more will receive an NBTS umbrella as a token of our gratitude.
Join us in creating steady, meaningful change.
12/18/2025
🎤 Happy Almost-Birthday, David Cook! Warmest thanks to you & for everything you do for NBTS and the whole brain tumor community.
I am so thrilled to continue my relationship with NBTS and the Race for Hope DC by launching our 2026 team today! The work they do to help get us closer to a cure for brain tumors and brain cancer is imperative, and your donation is a huge part of that work. I can’t think of a better birthday gift than that. Please join me in supporting their work and mission!
Bridging the gap between scientific discovery at academic-based institutions and commercial product development, the Brain Tumor Investment Fund (BTIF)® — NBTS’s venture philanthropy arm — invests in emerging and innovative biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and medical device companies to incentivize their progress in developing promising new treatment opportunities and better quality of life for patients with brain tumors.
At the The Society for Neuro-Oncology 30th anniversary annual meeting, NBTS president and CEO David Arons sat down with Dr. Rachna Malani to talk about how we’re working to advance effective treatments and advocating for patients and caregivers.
After losing her husband Jim to glioblastoma, Tracy made a promise: she would not sit on the sidelines.
💙🧠Alongside her sons, she partners with the National Brain Tumor Society to raise funds and awareness in many ways: in addition to hosting JIMBO’s Birthday Bash, she advocates for the BRAIN Act and participates in the Georgia Brain Tumor Walk & Race.
Tracy supports the National Brain Tumor Society because, in her words, “we are overdue for more. And together, we can and we will make a difference.”
💙🧠Give today to help make that difference: Braintumor.org/Impact
Right now, your gift will have double the impact thanks to a generous match from the Maben-Davis Family Foundation.
12/16/2025
Janet’s brother Michael was diagnosed with brain cancer last December, and she knows firsthand how much families need support and research.
She supports the National Brain Tumor Society because, in her words, “we have to find a cure for brain cancer so there aren’t families like mine going through this.”
You can join Janet in making a difference.
Give a gift today to help drive life-changing research and support the brain tumor community: BrainTumor.org/Impact
12/15/2025
When Mike experienced a seizure, it led to the discovery of glioblastoma, turning life upside down for both him and his wife, Rachel. The uncertainty was overwhelming, and the test results only raised more questions.
In the search for answers, Rachel found the National Brain Tumor Society — she shared that connecting with an NBTS patient navigator, Katherine, provided the first sense of clarity and hope they’d felt in weeks. Katherine walked Rachel through every line of Mike’s lab results, offered questions to ask his care team, and connected them with additional specialists.
In addition to driving the research to find a cure for brain tumors, NBTS provides critical support and personalized navigation that families like Mike and Rachel rely on.
Will you make a gift to support our work today? Any amount makes a difference: BrainTumor.org/Impact
Through December 21 only, your gift will be matched, dollar for dollar (up to $100,000), thanks to the Maben-Davis Family Foundation’s generosity.
12/14/2025
Sandy and Mark Kramer fundraise for NBTS in memory of their son, Mark Kramer, Jr. — and with an unshakeable belief in the breakthroughs ahead.
In Sandy’s words, “We’ll never find that cure without everyone coming together to support the research, the breakthroughs, and the hope this organization brings. Hope is what we all need, and hope is what will lead us forward.”
Make a gift to fuel our mission today at BrainTumor.org/Impact
Right now, all gifts will be doubled (up to $100,000) thanks to a generous match from the Maben-Davis Family Foundation.
12/14/2025
Join us on Sunday, December 21st, at 7 p.m. ET for our monthly Brain Tumor Support Conversation.
Anyone who has been affected by a is encouraged to speak in this welcoming space.
Our NBTS team is working relentlessly to accelerate breakthroughs for patients with a brain tumor — the work is far from over, but thanks to supporters like you, we’re funding groundbreaking research, supporting & uniting the brain tumor community, and driving advocacy nationwide.
Make a gift today and see your impact doubled, thanks to the generosity of the Maben-Davis Family Foundation: BrainTumor.org/Impact
Through December 21 only, all gifts will be matched, dollar for dollar, up to $100,000.
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We believe we can move the needle faster and drive more new discoveries by influencing and funding research, and actually bringing together policy makers, researchers, clinicians doctors and industry organizations to collaborate and share information in order to find better treatments and a cure for brain tumors. We are the only brain tumor organization that has an active public policy agenda, and we directly advocate to policymakers to give brain tumor patients a voice in Washington, D.C.
We are intimately connected with top brain tumor researchers, academics and clinicians. Some of the top brain tumor experts are scientific advisors on our programs, and we hire PhDs to help create informative content and translate new research developments into language that brain tumor patients and their families can understand and act on.
We don’t just write blank checks. We drive a thoughtful research agenda and hold our researchers’ feet to the fire by monitoring their progress and having them report on findings to the community to justify funding.
We support more than 23 signature, regional walks, races and rides and many other community and scientific events, so our mission is strong.
OUR IMPACT
Money raised by the generous donations of our supporters has specifically funded groundbreaking discoveries and programs including:
Funding and leading research initiatives with the foremost brain tumor experts in the world,
Treatment discovery and development initiatives,
Clinical trials with leading biopharmaceuticals companies to increase drug development and create new options for treatment,
Critical platforms and processes for sharing cutting-edge medical and research information,
Advocacy and public policy initiatives to influence government legislation, regulations, and policy,
And finally, investing in our talented, unique and influential staff in order to drive these research and public policy advancements.
WHY INVEST IN THE NATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR SOCIETY
It takes the combined knowledge, expertise and dedication of many individuals and organizations to fight brain tumors and develop new treatments. This includes academic researchers, clinicians (neuro-oncologists, neuro-radiologists, neurosurgeons, etc.), biopharmaceutical companies, patients, survivors, caregivers, philanthropists, policy makers and regulators. When you give to one medical institution, you are helping just that one organization’s efforts. But, when you give to NBTS, you are investing in the combined power of the entire brain tumor community. Funding will go to many organizations and research efforts, giving brain tumor patients the best chance for better treatments.
This multi-pronged, community-based approach will help find treatments faster while promoting better information sharing and collaboration between experts around the world to find a cure for brain tumors. Only NBTS can convene these various forces through our programs and mission agenda in order to create rapid progress toward a cure.
