Falling Into Hope: HDBuzz Fundraising Campaign 2025
We’re “Falling Into Hope”! Our goal: raise $30,000 by Oct 28 to keep HDBuzz independent and growing. Help us deliver trusted, unbiased HD research updates in this pivotal year, and beyond.
This Fall, HDBuzz is proud to launch our “Falling Into Hope” fundraising campaign. Our goal is simple but ambitious: raise $30,000 in the next 8 weeks, by October 28.
2025 will be a landmark year in HD research. We’re closer than ever to disease-modifying therapies, and clear, unbiased reporting has never been more essential.
Why Independence Matters
We’re thrilled to share that HDBuzz is now an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in the US! This milestone marks our transition out of the fiscal sponsorship of the Hereditary Disease Foundation, who generously supported us for the past year. We’re deeply grateful for their role in helping us get here.
Now, as we step fully into independence, we need your support to keep HDBuzz strong and sustainable. Unlike many organizations in the HD landscape, we make a deliberate choice not to accept funding from pharmaceutical companies. That independence means you can trust us to remain unbiased, especially as we get closer to having disease-modifying drugs.
2025 will be a landmark year in HD research. We’re closer than ever to disease-modifying therapies, and clear, unbiased reporting has never been more essential.
What Your Donations Support
Every dollar raised through Falling Into Hope directly supports:
- Transitioning to independence as a stand-alone non-profit
- Maintaining unbiased reporting on HD science and clinical trials
- Expanding global access, including automated translations into 10 languages by the end of the year
- Training the next generation through the HDBuzz Prize writing competition
- Reaching more families with the help of our new social media manager and updated website
Your donations don’t just keep the lights on. They ensure that HD families everywhere can rely on accurate, accessible science communication at this critical moment in history.
A Trusted Global Resource
This year, we’ve built capacity in big ways: a new advisory board of leaders in HD research (Dr. Hugh Rickards, Dr. Vanessa Wheeler, Dr. Ray Truant, Dr. A. Jenny Morton), a WordPress upgrade behind the scenes, and expanded outreach through social media.
We’re also proud to showcase the 2025 HDBuzz Prize winners, early-career scientists who will publish their articles this month! Their work is a glimpse of the future — not just of HD science, but of science communication.
Unlike many organizations in the HD landscape, we make a deliberate choice not to accept funding from pharmaceutical companies. That independence means you can trust us to remain unbiased, especially as we get closer to having disease-modifying drugs.
Join Us: Fall Into Hope
The next 8 weeks will determine how boldly HDBuzz can grow in 2025 and beyond. Our mission is clear. We want to keep science communication accessible, unbiased, and global, no matter what breakthroughs come next.
But we can’t do it without you. Help us raise $30,000 by October 28. Your gift makes the difference between simply reporting on progress and ensuring every HD family, everywhere, has the knowledge they need to face the future with the knowledge they’ll need as we advance toward disease-modifying therapies.
Summary
- HDBuzz has launched “Falling Into Hope”, an 8 week campaign to raise $30,000 by Oct 28.
- Donations support our transition to independence and our mission to stay unbiased.
- We never take pharma money. Our independence ensures trust, especially as we approach the era of disease-modifying drugs.
- Funds fuel translations into 10 languages, social media outreach, and the future HDBuzz Prize writing competitions.
- Your donation today keeps HD families everywhere informed with clear, unbiased science at this historic moment.
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