Financial Information

Summary of Income and Expenses
 
The Morgellons Research Foundation is operated by an all-volunteer, unpaid Board of Directors and officers.  We devote as much funding as we can to promote our goals of raising awareness of the disease and supporting scientific research.
 
Initially, the primary goal of the MRF was to raise public awareness of Morgellons disease.  We needed to take critical steps to inform the medical and scientific communities, as well as the general public, about the disease.  Therefore our expenditures in 2004 through 2006 were centered on activities which would promote this goal. With the help of numerous people with this illness who were willing to speak honestly about their situation, as well as numerous supportive clinicians, scientists, and media groups starting with KTVU, this disease was taken from complete obscurity to the point where it is now being looked at by multiple groups of scientists as well as U.S. public health agencies. 
 
In 2006 and 2007, our primary focus began shifting to raising money to fund researchers.  As a result of the increased awareness of the disease, in 2006 the foundation began to be contacted by a number of researchers who were interested in trying to understand this devastating illness.  The MRF has provided start up funding to several research groups, to date.  We have also incurred expenses related to mailing specimens to these researchers.  Unfortunately, research is very expensive and we have been unable to fully fund any of these researchers. 
  
After receiving formal funding requests from five groups of scientists, the MRF is concentrating on fundraising to fulfill these requests.  We are currently attempting to raise $250,000 to help support the proposed work of these dedicated researchers.
 
The ultimate goal of the MRF is a cure for Morgellons disease.