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Gilbert Family Foundation
https://www.gilbertfamilyfoundation.org/Last activity: 21.05.2026
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The Gilbert Family Foundation is a private nonprofit foundation founded by philanthropists Dan and Jennifer Gilbert to address their two priorities and passions: accelerating a cure for neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and transforming the city of Detroit, Michigan. The Foundation has embarked on two bold, high risk/high reward NF1 research initiatives: (1) the Gene Therapy Initiative (GTI), to develop curative therapies that address the underlying genetic abnormalities in NF1 patients, and (2) the Vision Restoration Initiative (VRI), inspired by their son’s loss of vision from NF1 and with a goal of advancing vision restoration therapies.
Location: United States, Michigan, Detroit
Employees: 11-50
Founded date: 2015
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| 21.05.2026 | Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert turns grief over son’s rare disease into search for a cure | Dan Gilbert, Chairman of Rocket Companies and owner of the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers, lost his oldest son, Nick, to neurofibromatosis, a rare genetic disease that causes tumors to grow on nerve tissue and still has no cure. Nick’s long batt... |
| 25.03.2021 | Rocket : Gilbert Family Foundation, Rocket Community Fund Announce $500 Million Philanthropic Investment in Detroit, First Allocation Will Pay Off Property Tax Debt of 20,000 Low-Income Detroit Homeow... | DETROIT, March 25, 2021 - The Gilbert Family Foundation (GFF) and Rocket Community Fund today announced an unprecedented and transformational $500 million philanthropic investment over the next ten years, to be accomplished through strategi... |
| 25.03.2021 | ROCKET COMPANIES, INC. Rocket : Gilbert Family Foundation, Rocket Community Fund Announce $500 Million Philanthropic Investment in Detroit, First Allocation Will Pay Off Property Tax Debt of 20,000 L... | DETROIT, March 25, 2021 - The Gilbert Family Foundation (GFF) and Rocket Community Fund today announced an unprecedented and transformational $500 million philanthropic investment over the next ten years, to be accomplished through strategi... |