# The Cure Starts Now

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## TL;DR

A US charity, with chapters in several countries, that funds research on childhood brain cancers, especially DIPG and diffuse midline glioma.

## Summary

The Cure Starts Now says on its home page that it has funded 198 grants, working with partners in the DIPG/DMG Collaborative on childhood brain cancers, and that research it funded has helped identify key mutations and build one of the world's most comprehensive DIPG/DMG registries. It describes itself as an international movement with fundraisers, chapters and families in several countries, says that all of a donation after card fees goes to research, and lets families create a profile to receive free resources and raise funds. The site gives its address as Chester Road, Cincinnati, Ohio; the IRS record (as Cure Starts Now Inc) places it in Cincinnati with tax exemption issued in September 2007.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-05
- Also known as: Cure Starts Now Inc; The Cure Starts Now Foundation
- City: Cincinnati, OH, US
- Type: consortium
- Website: https://www.thecurestartsnow.org

## Notes

- The live site returned 403 to automated requests on 5 November 2026; the home page was read from the Internet Archive copy linked here. The claim about extended survival on that page is the charity's own and is not repeated here.

## Sources

- The Cure Starts Now home page (archived copy, October 2026): https://web.archive.org/web/20261017051430/https://www.thecurestartsnow.org/
- IRS record (via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer): https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/260269131

## Connected records

- institutions: [ChadTough Defeat DIPG Foundation](https://onco.cc/institutions/chadtough-defeat-dipg-foundation/)
- cancers: [Brain and spinal cord tumours (all types)](https://onco.cc/cancers/brain-tumours/), [Childhood cancers (all types)](https://onco.cc/cancers/childhood-cancers/), [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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