donations

See Also: Which ME/CFS charity would you donate to right now for biomedical research? And: What are the best UK charities for ME? Following my receipt of a 50 USD charity gift card in a giveaway which only works with US Charities, I am left wondering what charity to spend it on. In the list of...

I’ve noticed some (especially US based) charities have fundraising times when they say your donations will be matched (2x, 3x etc.) such as the OMF and MEAction. I wonder a couple things about this: 1) Who is matching these donations? 2) If it says “matching upto 50k” and only 10k is donated...

My birthday is coming up and I'm wondering what you lot think the best charity would be to ask my loved ones to donate to - the ME association? Preferably one that funds biomed research.

I'm currently supporting Invest In ME on Amazon Smile. Do you think this is the best ME research charity to support, or is there a better one I should switch to? ME Research UK is the only other option I think, as OMF doesn't seem to be available for me as a UK Smile member. For those who...

This thread has been split from https://www.s4me.info/threads/jk-rowling-donates-£15-3m-to-edinburgh-ms-research-centre.11260/ And as I've said in another thread, since 2004, the MEA has been run by a small and relatively unchanging Board of Trustees who determine its policies and have...

Why do you +/or your family donate and/or fundraise for research? I thought it might be useful to have a thread where people could post on this issue. Edited to add: if you plan to leave a bequest, that counts also.

It'd be great if ME/CFS research funds could be set up in more countries, either as part of existing groups, stand-alone or affiliates of other charities As I have argued before, research progress is most likely if all of the following are contributing significant funds to research: (i)...

Interesting link from Twitter -

http://investinme.org/IIMER-Newslet-181201.shtml

I didn’t know where to post this I just did a bit of easy research on charity incomes via http://beta.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/ It allows you to type in charities to see their most recent annual income. Most illnesses have one or two main charities so I don’t include all the...

https://www.facebook.com/SolveMECFSInitiative/posts/10155834589507108:0 https://www.facebook.com/SolveMECFSInitiative/posts/10155834589507108:0

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" A charity has been forced to cut its services for hundreds of young people - many of whom are housebound. ME North East says it has been unable to find the cash it needs and is desperately seeking new funding so it can continue to offer support to help youngsters stay in education, fight...