The Foundation

The foundation is a private, well-endowed 501c(3) tax-exempt organization. It is a private Foundation because the vast majority of its funding to date has come from Bina Aspen and Martine Rothblatt, each of whom are principally involved in the management of the Foundation. However, the Foundation is seeking receiving substantial tax-exempt contributions from others insofar as this would allow a much greater amount of medical research on PPH to be accomplished.

The Foundation believes that there are approximately 20 research centers in the U.S. and Europe with promising, well-documented hypotheses concerning the causes of and potential cures for PPH. The support of these research centers is essential to continued progress in the battle to manage, and eventually cure, PPH. However, research results must be turned into clinically-tested government-approved pharmaceuticals. Hence, the Foundation is also supporting an "orphan" drug development effort focused specifically on PPH.