Health & Research Cause Week

Meet the NJECC charities that address this cause:

Health and research encompasses a wide range of issues such as providing health care, conducting research to discover new treatments and cures, and advocating for regulations and policies that address healthcare challenges and needs. NJECC charities are working hard to find cures for cancer or aging illnesses, prevent the spread of diseases, deliver quality health care, and so much more.

If you care about advancing medical research and increasing access to health care services and information, show that #NewJerseyGives by making your pledge to charities working in this cause area.

The list below includes all NJECC charities who are addressing this cause. When you are ready to make a difference, click the "Donate Now" button to start the donation process and pledge your support to as many charities as you would like. During the charity search process, you can use the cause week category filter to easily find all the charities listed below.

Action for Healthy Kids
AIDS Children's Foundation
AIDS Fund
AIDS Programs of the National Minority AIDS Council
AIDS Research Foundation (amfAR)
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer
Alopecia Areata Foundation National
Alpha One Foundation
ALS Association
Alzheimer's Association
Alzheimer's Disease Research
Alzheimer's Foundation of America
Alzheimer's New Jersey
Alzheimer's Research and Prevention Foundation
Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Fisher Center
American Association for Cancer Research
American Association of Kidney Patients, Inc.
American Breast Cancer Foundation
American Cancer Society
American Diabetes Association
American Heart Association
American Institute for Cancer Research
American Liver Foundation
American Lung Association
American Parkinson Disease Association
Anxiety and Depression Association of America
Aplastic Anemia & MDS International Foundation
Apraxia Kids
Arthritis Foundation
Arthritis National Research Foundation
Autism Intervention and Treatment Research -- Organization for Autism Research
Autism Society of America
Autoimmune Association
Be The Match Foundation
Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
Brain Injury Association of America
Brain Tumor Association, American (ABTA)
Breast Cancer Action
Breast Cancer African American, Sisters Network Inc.
Breast Cancer Aid and Research Institute
Breast Cancer Coalition
Breast Cancer Research & Assistance Fund
Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Inc.
Can Do Multiple Sclerosis
Cancer Aid and Research Fund
Cancer Care, Inc.
Cancer Hope Network
Cancer Research America - NFCR
Cancer Research Fund of the Damon Runyon - Walter Winchell Foundation
Cancer Research Institute
Cancercare, Inc.
Center for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research
Cerebral Palsy Foundation
CHADD (Children & Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder)
Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation
Childhood Cancer Research for a Cure
Children of Addiction (NACoA)
Children's Cancer Aid and Research Institute
Children's Cancer Assistance Fund
Children's Hospital Foundation
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation
Children's House at the Johns Hopkins Hospital
Children's Medical Ministries
Children's Organ Transplant Association
Children's Tumor Foundation
Children's Wish Foundation International
Colorectal Cancer Alliance
Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Foundation
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation
Cure Alzheimer's Fund
CureSearch for Children's Cancer
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Deaf Children's Literacy Project
Deborah Heart & Lung Center
Diabetes Action Research and Education Foundation
Diabetes Research & Wellness Foundation
Direct Relief
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières USA
Dystonia Medical Research Foundation
Embrace Kids Foundation
Emmanuel Cancer Foundation
Epilepsy Foundation
Ezer Mizion
FamCare, Inc.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Glaucoma Research Foundation
Gluten Intolerance Group of North America
GO2 Foundation for Lung Cancer
Hearing Health Foundation
Heart Disease Aid and Research Fund
Helen Keller International
Histiocytosis Association, Inc.
Hospice Foundation for End-of-Life Care
Hospice Foundation of America
Huntington's Disease Society of America
Hydrocephalus Association
International Myeloma Foundation
International Relief Teams
JDRF International
Karen Ann Quinlan Memorial Foundation
Keep A Child Alive
Kidney Cancer Association
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Leukemia Clinical Research Foundation
Leukemia Research Foundation
Lupus Foundation of America
Lymphoma Research Foundation
Make-A-Wish Foundation of America
March of Dimes
Maryville, Inc.
Masonic Charity Foundation of New Jersey
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Mercy Ships
Mercy-USA for Aid and Development, Inc.
Multiple Sclerosis Association of America
Multiple Sclerosis Foundation
Muscular Dystrophy Association
National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc.
National Hemophilia Foundation
National Kidney Foundation (Headquarters)
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
National Psoriasis Foundation
NephCure Kidney International
NJ Center for Tourette & Associated Disorders
Operation Smile
Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
Parkinson's Foundation
Parkinson's Research - The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
Partnership for Maternal & Child Health of Northern NJ
Pearl S. Buck International, Inc.
Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation of the United States, Inc.
Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
PKD Foundation
Pulmonary Hypertension Association
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association of America
Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation
Ronald McDonald House Charities
Samaritan Healthcare & Hospice
Sarcoma Foundation of America, Inc.
SEE International
Seeing Eye, Inc.
SEVA Foundation
Shriners Hospitals for Children
Skin Cancer Foundation
Smile Train
Jude Children's Research Hospital
Stand Up To Cancer
Susan G. Komen
the V Foundation
Thyroid Association, American
TMJ Association, Ltd.
Toys For Tots Foundation
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Foundation
United Breast Cancer Foundation
United Way of Central Jersey
Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey
Water For People
ZERO - The End of Prostate Cancer