Lupus Foundation of Minnesota

Founded in 1976, the Lupus Foundation of Minnesota (LFM) will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2016, working for four decades in Minnesota to realize our vision of a world without lupus.

The organization’s mission is “while working towards finding a cure, we support those impacted by lupus and promote a deeper understanding of the disease.”

As an independent, non-profit charitable organization, we accomplish this by supporting research that seeks to improve the diagnosis and treatment of lupus as well as to discover its cause and cure, and by providing education, support and service to those impacted by lupus including promoting awareness and understanding of lupus and its impact to the broader community.

Current programs and activities include:

• Support groups run by community volunteers and staff 
• Outreach, education and advocacy programs for clients, the medical community and the general public on topics such as disease management and healthy living 
• Social support opportunities and events
• Emergency financial assistance
• Resource referral 
• Speaking events 
• Workshops
• Grants for genetics research 
• Student research fellowships

 

For further information on LFM programs and services or to learn more about the disease itself, visit our website at www.lupusmn.org or www.Facebook.com/lupusmn. Get a glimpse of LFM-funded research on the LFM blog (http://www.lupusmn.org/category/physiciansspecialists/) and read stories from lupus patients to learn more about the disease (http://www.lupusmn.org/category/ambassadors/).