Our Impact

What We’ve Built.

Programs, reach, and the results behind them.

By the numbers.

9
free interactive Blood Sugar Simulators, used with no account and no cost
15
official Type One Run chapter leaders, plus informal leaders coordinating groups around the world
5
T1Ds in the Wild trips across California since 2022 — Lone Pine, Joshua Tree, Malibu, and Ojai

How we work.

Most diabetes education happens once — at diagnosis, or in a single class — because that is the time the system allows. The research is clear that without practice and reinforcement afterward, the benefit fades within a few months.

We build the part that comes after. Every program applies the same principles — scaffolded sequencing, active practice, personalization, and ongoing reinforcement — across four surfaces: structured courses, interactive tools, training for the organizations that teach, and small-group programs where people practice in real conditions.

Our programs are built and delivered by people who live with type 1 diabetes, and our education costs the same to give to the ten-thousandth person as to the first. That’s the economics that lets it stay free, and it’s why growing our capacity multiplies reach rather than just raising costs.

Transparency.

Beta Cell Foundation holds a Candid Platinum Seal of Transparency — the highest of four levels, held by a small fraction of U.S. nonprofits. It’s awarded for publishing our governance, leadership, strategy, and program results, all of which are public on our profile.

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Our 2026 annual report will be available in early 2027. Financial detail is available to any donor, partner, or funder who asks — email info@betacellfoundation.org.

Beta Cell Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, EIN 84-4054715, incorporated in California in 2019.

Candid Platinum Seal of Transparency, 2026
The Platinum Seal is the highest of Candid’s four levels. It is awarded for publishing governance, leadership, strategy, and program results.

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Everything we build is free for people with type 1 diabetes. It stays that way because people fund it.