JDRF (formerly known as the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) is a major charitable 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to funding type 1 diabetes research (T1D). JDRF’s stated goal is to `progressively remove the impact of T1D from people’s lives until we achieve a world without T1D.” JDRF uses over 80% of its expenditures to support re..... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JDRF