{"entity":{"id":"the-cure-starts-now","kind":"institution","name":"The Cure Starts Now","aka":["Cure Starts Now Inc","The Cure Starts Now Foundation"],"tldr":"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.","asOf":"2026-11-05","links":[{"label":"The Cure Starts Now home page (archived copy, October 2026)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20261017051430/https://www.thecurestartsnow.org/"},{"label":"IRS record (via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer)","url":"https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/260269131"}],"tags":[],"related":["chadtough-defeat-dipg-foundation"],"cancers":["dipg-dmg","paediatric-high-grade-glioma","brain-tumours","childhood-cancers"],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":[],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"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."],"city":"Cincinnati, OH","country":"US","lat":39.103,"lng":-84.512,"institutionType":"consortium","website":"https://www.thecurestartsnow.org","programs":["Research grants for childhood brain cancers, especially DIPG/DMG","Partner in the DIPG/DMG Collaborative","Family profiles and free resources","Local chapters and fundraisers"]},"route":"/institutions/the-cure-starts-now/","neighbours":{"institution":[{"id":"chadtough-defeat-dipg-foundation","kind":"institution","name":"ChadTough Defeat DIPG Foundation","route":"/institutions/chadtough-defeat-dipg-foundation/"}],"cancer":[{"id":"brain-tumours","kind":"cancer","name":"Brain and spinal cord tumours (all types)","route":"/cancers/brain-tumours/"},{"id":"childhood-cancers","kind":"cancer","name":"Childhood cancers (all types)","route":"/cancers/childhood-cancers/"},{"id":"dipg-dmg","kind":"cancer","name":"Diffuse midline glioma, H3 K27-altered (including DIPG)","route":"/cancers/dipg-dmg/"},{"id":"paediatric-high-grade-glioma","kind":"cancer","name":"Paediatric high-grade glioma (excluding diffuse midline glioma)","route":"/cancers/paediatric-high-grade-glioma/"}]}}