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3420 Executive Center DriveSuite 108 | Austin, TX 78731Tel 512.343.0663 | Fax [email protected] | www.jdrf.org/austin







Thank you for the opportunity to share the JDRF story with you and the opportunity to invite you to be a part of the revolutionary advancements being made today that will transform the lives of those living with type 1 diabetes tomorrow.

JDRF is the leading global organization focused on type 1 diabetes (T1D) research. Driven by passionate, grass roots volun teers connected to children, adolescents, and adults with this disease, JDRF is the largest charitable supporter of T1D research. The goal of JDRF is to improve the lives of every person affected by T1D by accelerating progress on the most promising opportunities for curing, better treating, and preventing the disease. JDRF collaborates with a wide spectrum of part ners who share this goal.

Since its founding in 1970, JDRF has awarded more than $1.6 billion to T1D research, including $116 million in FY2011. JDRF has always been dedicated to maintaining the highest levels of efficiency to ensure that our time, resources, and dollars can achieve the greatest possible impact on the lives of people with T1D. We have a solid track record of funding research efficiently and effectively and year after year commit more than 80 percent of our expenditures directly to research and research-related education.

A T R A N S F O R M A T I V E V I S I O NAs the leader of the type 1 diabetes community, JDRF unifies global efforts to cure, treat, and prevent T1D. We are committed, as we always have been, to delivering a cure for type 1 diabetes and its complications through the support of research. We are also focused on developing better treatments that transform the way people with T1D treat the disease today in order to help them live healthier lives now and in the future. Finally, JDRF focuses on prevention to keep future generations from getting T1D.

Guided by our vision of cure, treat, and prevent, JDRF-funded research encompasses T1D at every life-stage: stopping or slowing its progression in people who are newly diagnosed; reversing it in those who have lived with the disease for years; avoiding or reversing complications; and preventing the disease in people at risk and in future generations.

I N N O V A T I O N A N D C O L L A B O R A T I O NResearch funded by JDRF has led to many landmark advances in type 1 diabetes science. We aggressively translate discoveries into treatments, drugs, and therapies that help people with T1D live healthier lives now, while we work toward a cure. Currently, JDRF is funding more than 53 human clinical trials, several of which are in the advanced stages of clinical testing needed before FDA approvals are required.

Things are very exciting right now! However, while our accomplishments are vast and the rewards deliverable, there remains much to be done. Please join us as we plan for a future free of type 1 diabetes. Your partnership and investment in our future will have a significant and powerful impact on the lives of the millions of children and adults currently living with type 1 diabetes. You are the change!

Regards and Appreciation,

Vicki Callegari, Executive DirectorJDRF Austin

Y O U A R E T H E C H A N G E

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find a cure

for type 1

diabetes

and its

complications

through the

support

of research.

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W H Y P A R T N E R w i t h J D R F ?

J D R F P U T S D O N O R D O L L A R S T O W O R K• More than 80 percent of JDRF’s expenditures directly support research and

research-related education.• JDRF has made a bold impact on the research landscape by setting the agenda

for T1D research worldwide. JDRF doesn’t merely fund basic science, but takes scientific developments and translates those developments into cures, treatments, drugs, and therapies.

• JDRF is the go-to organization for T1D research. We play a unique role in setting the global direction of T1D research by partnering with academia, the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, venture capitalists, government entities, and other foundations.

We strategically partner with industry, governments, foundations, academia, and clinicians to ensure that JDRF and its partners are aligned and working toward a common goal of curing, treating, and preventing T1D.

J D R F I N T H E N E W S• Forbes: JDRF was awarded an efficiency rating of 89 out of 100 in Forbes

Magazine’s most recent charity ranking. Forbes called JDRF “...a tightly run organization that puts almost every dollar spent to work curing disease....”

• The Wall Street Journal: “Since its founding in 1970, JDRF has spent some [$1.6 billion] on research. It has a pile of discoveries to show for it....”

• Charity Navigator: Awarded JDRF 3 stars, including, a perfect score (70 out of 70 points) for Accountability and Transparency.

• Better Business Bureau: Recognized as an “Accredited Charity” by the BBB’s Wise Giving Alliance, JDRF meets all of the BBB 20 Standards for Charity Accountability and is an accredited BBB Charity Seal holder.







3420 Executive Center Drive Suite 108 | Austin, TX 78731Tel 512.343.0663 | Fax [email protected] | www.jdrf.org/austin

FY 2011 Expenses- Research & Education

82.5%- Fund Raising

10.75%- Management/General

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S I G N A T U R E E V E N T S

D E A L F O R A C U R EThis action-packed high stakes event is a full house of celebrity poker players, serious Texas Hold ‘Em tournament enthusiasts and casino gamers proving that every hand counts when it’s for a good cause. Join JDRF Austin for a special evening each February as we deal up real Texas-sized fun with dinner, drinks, plenty of raffle prizes and a chance at the final table and a

winners’ trophy bracelet! Odds are in your favor — you’ll have a heck of a good time!

T Y P E 1 N O W C O N F E R E N C E Type1Now is a full day of education targeted to parents of children with type 1, newly diagnosed and veteran adults with type 1 as well as alternate care givers and spouses. Nationally recognized speakers will share information that will inspire and empower attendees to live well with diabetes. In addition to a variety of relevant sessions, this day features a research update on pipeline programs that could influence the treatment, prevention and ultimate cure of T1D.

H O P E B A L LAustin’s most philanthropic business and community leaders gather for an exquisite evening each May filled with fine dining, fine wines, dancing to live entertainment provided by one of the city’s most notable bands. Live and silent auctions are filled with unique and “experience” items that simply cannot be purchased elsewhere while a very special part of the evening known as Fund A Cure provides guests a giving opportunity to truly advance the hope that one day there will be a cure.

J D R F G O L F C L A S S I CThere’s no better way to spend the day than on the fairway of one of Austin’s most beautiful golf courses! Entertain clients, come with your friends or bring the entire office for a little competition on the course — single and foursome entries available. Food, beverages (and plenty of them), great prizes in a number of categories and player gift bags make this a “must-do” summer day. Make a difference — the JDRF Golf Classic gives you the perfect excuse to get away.

W A L K T O C U R E D I A B E T E SThe JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes has become one of Austin’s largest and most engaging outdoor events celebrating community wide fundraising efforts in support of research to find a cure for type 1 diabetes. Join over 5,000 fellow Austinites at this family friendly event each October for a day filled with food, fun, games, prizes and entertainment! Families, friends and neighbors join forces with area businesses and corporations to walk for a cure. The event is free; registration required.

R I D E T O C U R E D I A B E T E SBe a part of the team — the JDRF Ride team! Selected Ride destinations are designed for riders at all fitness levels. A USA Cycling certified coach will train and work along side riders in the months preceding the Ride to develop a training program based on individual needs. Riders have the option to select and commit to the fundraising level that best suits their personal fundraising preference while JDRF takes care of the details. Come ride with us!







For event dates and additional information, please visit www.jdrf.org/austin.

Please contact the JDRF office at 512.343.0663 for ticket and sponsorship information.

J U S T t h e F A C T S

A B O U T T 1 DType 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease in which a person’s pancreas stops producing insulin, a hormone that enables people to get energy from food. It occurs when the body’s immune system attacks and destroys the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, called beta cells. While its causes are not yet entirely understood, scientists believe that both genetic factors and environmental triggers are involved. Its onset has nothing to do with diet or lifestyle. There is nothing you can do to prevent T1D, and — at present — nothing you can do to get rid of it.

J D R F R E S E A R C H F U N D I N G O V E R V I E W• Since its founding in 1970, JDRF has funded more than $1.6 billion in T1D research and

has dramatically advanced the T1D scientific frontier and the management of this disease. In FY2011 alone, JDRF provided more than $116 million for T1D research.

• More than 80 percent of JDRF’s expenditures directly support research and research-related education. JDRF maintains one of the best records among all non-profits for effective and efficient management of donor contributions.

• In FY2011, JDRF funded research projects in 18 countries representing the global scope of JDRF’s research efforts.

• As more JDRF programs move forward, the number of human or clinical studies has grown. In FY2011, JDRF supported 53 clinical studies, including evaluations of new therapies, studies of the normal course of T1D, and others to collect specific T1D human samples.

J D R F ’ S R E S E A R C H G O A L SJDRF research is committed to improving the lives of every person with T1D and to curing this disease. JDRF’s research goals are realized by the projects being supported in three basic areas:C U R ERestoring a person’s insulin-producing capability and halting or reversing the body’s misguided immune attack on the pancreas.T R E A TDeveloping new devices and therapies that optimize blood sugar control and treat orprevent the complications of T1D.P R E V E N TPreventing T1D from occurring or stopping the disease process before it damages the pancreas.








A B O U T J D R F

T O U C H I N G L I V E S ; C O N N E C T I N G C O M M U N I T I E S

Committed to a cure• We are committed, as we have always been, to our mission, which is to find a cure

for type 1 diabetes and its complications through the support of research.• We are also focused on prevention to keep future generations free from getting

type 1 diabetes.

Better treatments today• We are transforming the way people with type 1 diabetes treat the disease today in

order to help them live healthier lives now and in the future.

All ages, all stages• JDRF supports research to develop better treatments and a cure for type 1 diabetes

at all life stages.This includes the following:• Stopping or slowing the progression of the disease in newly diagnosed children, teens

and adults. Fifty percent of all newly diagnosed type 1’s are over the age of 18.• Reversing it in those who have lived with the disease for years• Avoiding or reversing its complications• Preventing the disease in people at risk and in future generations• Improving treatment of type 1 diabetes and providing better tools to achieve tight

glucose control for people at all stages of the disease.• As we’ve always done, we are embracing research targeted to individuals at all stages

of type 1 diabetes, including adults who have lived for many years with the disease, as well as children with type 1 diabetes and their families.

Partnering with purpose• We strategically partner with industry, governments, foundations, academia, and

clinicians to ensure that JDRF and its partners are aligned and working toward a common goal of curing, treating and preventing type 1 diabetes.

• Partnering brings innovative ideas to life. Crucial to achieving our goals, industry has the resources to take basic research and bring it to market, where it can benefit people with type 1 diabetes.

You are not alone• As the parent of a child with type 1 diabetes, “my chief priority is finding a cure,”

says JDRF’s CEO Jeffrey Brewer. Until we can achieve that goal, “I want to make sure my son and everyone else living with type 1 diabetes has treatments that will keep them healthy along the way. And ultimately I want to make sure that we find ways to prevent the onset of the disease entirely so that future generations at risk never have to think about whether or not they will develop the disease.”











3420 Executive Center DriveSuite 108 | Austin, TX 78731Tel 512.343.0663 | Fax [email protected] | www.jdrf.org/austin







Thank you for the opportunity to share the JDRF story with you and the opportunity to invite you to be a part of the revolutionary advancements being made today that will transform the lives of those living with type 1 diabetes tomorrow.

JDRF is the leading global organization focused on type 1 diabetes (T1D) research. Driven by passionate, grass roots volun teers connected to children, adolescents, and adults with this disease, JDRF is the largest charitable supporter of T1D research. The goal of JDRF is to improve the lives of every person affected by T1D by accelerating progress on the most promising opportunities for curing, better treating, and preventing the disease. JDRF collaborates with a wide spectrum of part ners who share this goal.

Since its founding in 1970, JDRF has awarded more than $1.6 billion to T1D research, including $116 million in FY2011. JDRF has always been dedicated to maintaining the highest levels of efficiency to ensure that our time, resources, and dollars can achieve the greatest possible impact on the lives of people with T1D. We have a solid track record of funding research efficiently and effectively and year after year commit more than 80 percent of our expenditures directly to research and research-related education.

A T R A N S F O R M A T I V E V I S I O NAs the leader of the type 1 diabetes community, JDRF unifies global efforts to cure, treat, and prevent T1D. We are committed, as we always have been, to delivering a cure for type 1 diabetes and its complications through the support of research. We are also focused on developing better treatments that transform the way people with T1D treat the disease today in order to help them live healthier lives now and in the future. Finally, JDRF focuses on prevention to keep future generations from getting T1D.

Guided by our vision of cure, treat, and prevent, JDRF-funded research encompasses T1D at every life-stage: stopping or slowing its progression in people who are newly diagnosed; reversing it in those who have lived with the disease for years; avoiding or reversing complications; and preventing the disease in people at risk and in future generations.

I N N O V A T I O N A N D C O L L A B O R A T I O NResearch funded by JDRF has led to many landmark advances in type 1 diabetes science. We aggressively translate discoveries into treatments, drugs, and therapies that help people with T1D live healthier lives now, while we work toward a cure. Currently, JDRF is funding more than 53 human clinical trials, several of which are in the advanced stages of clinical testing needed before FDA approvals are required.

Things are very exciting right now! However, while our accomplishments are vast and the rewards deliverable, there remains much to be done. Please join us as we plan for a future free of type 1 diabetes. Your partnership and investment in our future will have a significant and powerful impact on the lives of the millions of children and adults currently living with type 1 diabetes. You are the change!

Regards and Appreciation,

Vicki Callegari, Executive DirectorJDRF Austin

Y O U A R E T H E C H A N G E

OuR MISSION

The mission

of JDRF is to

find a cure

for type 1

diabetes

and its

complications

through the

support

of research.




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