GIVING STRENGTH INC
EIN 88-0835023 · Nerve, Muscle & Bone Diseases Research (H50)
What they do
GIVING STRENGTH is A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED to FUNDING RESEARCH GRANTS WHILE INCREASING AWARENESS of SELENON-RELATED MYOPATHY. OUR DEDICATED TEAM, COMPOSED of VOLUNTEERS, RESEARCH ASSISTANTS, and COLLABORATORS is UNWAVERING IN ITS MISSION to ADVANCE RESEARCH EFFORTS TOWARD THE DEVELOPMENT of VIABLE and SAFE TREATMENTS for SELENON-RM. CURRENTLY, GIVING STRENGTH is PROUD to SUPPORT GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH AT THE BEGGS LABORATORY AT BOSTON CHILDRENS HOSPITAL, UNIVERSITY of PARIS, and ISTITUTO DI RICERCHE FARMACOLOGICHE MARIO NEGRI, ALL of WHICH ARE MAKING SIGNIFICANT STRIDES IN THE FIELD. THROUGH THESE INVALUABLE PARTNERSHIPS, OUR ORGANIZATION STRIVES to DEEPEN THE UNDERSTANDING of SELENON-RELATED MYOPATHY and CONTRIBUTE to THE CREATION of INNOVATIVE THERAPEUTIC SOLUTIONS, ULTIMATELY SEEKING to IMPROVE THE QUALITY of LIFE for THOSE AFFECTED BY THIS DISORDER.
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Leadership and board
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CINDY CHILDSDIRECTOR
DEBORAH VAN COUTRENSECRETARY
JAMIE KEMPERDIRECTOR
LINDSAY CURLEYPRESIDENT
MADELINE HOLLANDERDIRECTOR
RONALD CURLEYCHAIRMAN
SAMUEL PARKERDIRECTOR
TERRI CURLEYTREASURER
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2022
- Location
- 11024 CHARLES WAY, FULTON, MD 20759
- County
- Howard
- In care of
- RONALD CURLEY
- Primary officer
- RONALD CURLEY, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- LSWG PA
- NTEE classification
- Nerve, Muscle & Bone Diseases Research (H50)
- IRS tax category
- Nerve, Muscle & Bone Diseases Research