# ChadTough Defeat DIPG Foundation

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## TL;DR

A US charity for children with DIPG and other diffuse midline gliomas: it funds research and gives families one-to-one help from DIPG nurses.

## Summary

The ChadTough Defeat DIPG Foundation was formed when two family foundations joined: the ChadTough Foundation, started by the family of Chad Carr, diagnosed with DIPG on 23 September 2014, and the Defeat DIPG Foundation, started by the family of Michael Mosier, diagnosed on 4 September 2014, according to its page about the two boys. Its home page says it has awarded millions of dollars in grants for childhood brain tumour research with an emphasis on DIPG, and that nurses give families one-to-one help understanding the diagnosis and treatment options and finding financial, travel and emotional support. The IRS record (as ChadTough Defeat DIPG Foundation) places it in Saline, Michigan, with tax exemption issued in November 2015; a separate IRS record for the Michael Mosier Defeat DIPG Foundation in Potomac, Maryland, also exists.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-05
- Also known as: ChadTough Foundation; Defeat DIPG Foundation; Michael Mosier Defeat DIPG Foundation
- City: Saline, MI, US
- Type: consortium
- Website: https://chadtough.org

## Notes

- The site's about pages refused automated requests (Cloudflare block), so the founding story was read from the Internet Archive copy linked here.

## Sources

- Meet Chad and Michael (archived copy, October 2026): https://web.archive.org/web/20261002112914/https://chadtough.org/about-us/meet-chad-and-michael/
- ChadTough Defeat DIPG home page: https://chadtough.org/
- IRS record (via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer): https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/474041494

## Connected records

- institutions: [Abbie's Army](https://onco.cc/institutions/abbies-army/), [The Cure Starts Now](https://onco.cc/institutions/the-cure-starts-now/)
- cancers: [Brain and spinal cord tumours (all types)](https://onco.cc/cancers/brain-tumours/), [Diffuse midline glioma, H3 K27-altered (including DIPG)](https://onco.cc/cancers/dipg-dmg/), [Paediatric high-grade glioma (excluding diffuse midline glioma)](https://onco.cc/cancers/paediatric-high-grade-glioma/)

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