American Brain Coalition

“The 990 will be submitted by email to the board members for review before the return is submitted.”

“Policy is reviewed by the executive director.”

“The board views current market comparisons.”

“Governing documents are available upon request.”

“The american brain coalition, a nonprofit organization, seeks to advance the understanding of the functions of the brain, and to reduce the burden of brain disorders through education, public advocacy, and outreach. Advocacy continues to be an important function of the abc for its members. Abc is committed to staying abreast of and disseminating information on brain and health federal policy issues. For those who are in need of additional resources, the abc offers a toolkit for meeting with members of congress and their legislative staff, as well as white papers to use and distribute on the hill. Additionally, our online legislative action center allows members to easily contact their senators or representative about issues that impact the brain community. Abc continues to be an instrumental partner with the congressional neuroscience caucus. Established in 2011 by co-chairs reps. Cathy mcmorris rodgers (r-wa) and earl blumenauer (d-or), it seeks to raise awareness about the millions of americans afflicted with neurological disorders or mental illnesses and promotes a better understanding of how the brain develops, functions, and ages. The abc has organized and hosted over 35 cnc briefings to highlight specific topics as examples of the important work and needs of our members. In 2015, the national academy of medicine (nam) hosted a workshop to explore the problem of the unmet need of products to treat central nervous system (cns) conditions. Following the workshop, the american brain coalition (abc) established the abc innovation initiative (abci2) to further explore activities abc could undertake to address this unmet need. The abc has explored a variety of incentivization mechanisms that could be employed to foster the development of products to address diseases of the cns. Significant effort has been invested to understand perspectives on the viability of these potential mechanisms. The abc plans to make this a priority for 2020 and beyond. Abc regularly develops and offers educational programming opportunities to our membership and the public via webinars, webcasts, other social media outlets, and educational sessions during membership meetings. Members collaborate by circulating materials about important events going on within their organizations, as well as circulating materials to one another that our members might find useful. We publish a biweekly newsletter to our membership organizations that highlights the news and events of our members. The publication offers each of our members a glimpse into one another's organizations and encourages the development of coordinated activities on a shared agenda. The newsletter also includes important updates from our government agency friends, as well as neuroscience stories featured in the news.”

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“There were no changes in the oversight or selection process from the prior year.”