{"entity":{"id":"mib-agents","kind":"institution","name":"MIB Agents","aka":["MIB Agents Inc"],"tldr":"A US charity for children and young adults with osteosarcoma and their families: peer support, the FACTOR research conference, the OsteoBites webinars and a yearly research grant.","summary":"MIB Agents describes itself as a leading paediatric osteosarcoma nonprofit working for patients, families, medical professionals, researchers and industry partners through programmes, education and research. Its about page lists FACTOR, a yearly conference that brings researchers, clinicians and surgeons together with patient families (FACTOR 2027 is planned for June 2027 in the Twin Cities, Minnesota), a $100,000 yearly research grant under its OutSmarting Osteosarcoma programme, and OsteoBites, a weekly webinar and podcast. For children and young adults it runs certified peer visitors, letters of support, online gaming groups and comfort items for those moving to hospice care, and its site lists a tumour board, a precision medicine programme and a single-cell working group. The IRS lists it as a 501(c)(3) charity at a post office box in Barnard, Vermont, with tax exemption from February 2016.","asOf":"2026-11-05","links":[{"label":"About MIB Agents","url":"https://www.mibagents.org/about-us"},{"label":"MIB Agents home page","url":"https://www.mibagents.org/"},{"label":"IRS record (via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer)","url":"https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/811109906"}],"tags":[],"related":["rare-cancer-research-foundation"],"cancers":["osteosarcoma","childhood-cancers"],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":[],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"city":"Barnard, VT","country":"US","lat":43.729,"lng":-72.623,"institutionType":"consortium","website":"https://www.mibagents.org","programs":["FACTOR osteosarcoma research conference","OutSmarting Osteosarcoma research grant","OsteoBites webinars and podcast","TURBO tumour board","Peer visitors and support for children and young adults"]},"route":"/institutions/mib-agents/","neighbours":{"institution":[{"id":"rare-cancer-research-foundation","kind":"institution","name":"Rare Cancer Research Foundation","route":"/institutions/rare-cancer-research-foundation/"}],"cancer":[{"id":"childhood-cancers","kind":"cancer","name":"Childhood cancers (all types)","route":"/cancers/childhood-cancers/"},{"id":"osteosarcoma","kind":"cancer","name":"Osteosarcoma","route":"/cancers/osteosarcoma/"}]}}