Donate to Support Complementary and Integrative Medicine
Autoimmune Diseases
Grant Fund Donations
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Support real people in need
Together we can bridge the funding gap
DONATE TO THE AUTOIMMUNE GRANT FUND
Your Donation enables autoimmune patients to receive the CAM treatments needed to fight this debilitating disease.
Autoimmune
50 Million Americans fight chronic and possibly life-threatening autoimmune diseases. AD is a leading cause of death for girls and women. Your financial assistance enables these patients to receive treatments.
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Where the Money Goes
All donations are for patient alternative medical health care.
Americans spent $30.2 billion–$28.3 billion for adults and $1.9 billion for children—out-of-pocket on complementary health approaches, according to a nationwide survey.
Reference NIH |
https://nccih.nih.gov/news/press/cost-spending-06222016
1. Autoimmunity disproportionately affects women; ratios vary by disease, but overall, almost 80 percent of people with autoimmune disorders are females. In 2008 the statistics of people seeking out and using complementary alternative medicine (CAM) is 38% adults and 12% children in United States alone. This number is rising as there is more research available on the benefits of CAM.
2. According to CNN one-half of all medical schools now offer courses in holistic health care. Almost one-third of American medical schools-among them Harvard, Yale, John’s Hopkins, and Georgetown Universities-now offer coursework in holistic methods”
3. They spent more on visits to complementary practitioners than on natural product supplements or self-care purchases, and the mean annual out-of-pocket expenditure for practitioner visits was $433
Resources | National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) statistics.| NIH | gaiagoddessnutrition
If there are not enough patients within a category, eFund will disburse funds to other campaigns in need.
Frequently Asked Questions
eFundYourHealth differs from other crowdfunding sites in that we also have a parallel process which allows corporate and individual donors to contribute to a Grant Fund pool designed to assist individuals in meeting their financial needs for their treatment and care. As a Donor, you donate to the Grant Fund(s) of your choice. Grant Funds are broken out by disease category. For example, you may want to donate money to help all cancer patients, or more specifically those with breast cancer or someone inflicted with Crohn's disease, etc.
You designate which disease category you want the money to be used for. eFundYourhealth then distributes that money by allocating the funds already raised by each person who starts a campaign at eFundYourhealth. Patients start a crowdfunding campaign on eFundYourHealth, and at the end of the campaign, they will receive a supplement of the money they raised in their campaign currently $250. We will advertise the amount we are matching on the top front banner of the website. As a Grant Funds Donor for a disease category, you receive a tax deduction, but you will not be able to select a specific patient that receives financial assistance. However, you are still free to donate directly to any patient campaign which would not be tax-deductible.
Simply choose Grant Fund by clicking the ‘Give Now’ button. You can enter the amount of your donation, then proceed to the checkout page.
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Yes, we do accept donations from outside the USA. eFundYourHealth is a non-profit, 501(c)(3), incorporated in the USA. Our USA Tax ID # is 43-3705168. When you donate to a Matching Fund, you will receive an automatic receipt from the transaction as proof of your donation for tax purposes. As each individual’s situation is different, be sure to verify the donation as tax deductible with your tax advisor and/or country of origin.
Yes. eFundYourHealth uses 5% of the Grant Fund donation to help cover some of the organization’s operational expenses. There are additional credit card fees (up to 2.5%). Grant Fund donors have the option to increase their donation to cover these fees as well.
eFundYourHealth sends a debit card to the Patient. This debit card can only be used for complementary, alternative, or integrative care. Every transaction contains a category code. Our debit cards are set to only approve codes within these approved medical needs. Read more here.
Yes! Please let us know how you would like to donate. We can receive checks and direct bank transfers.
Patients can create a campaign twice per year.