Kennedy Krieger Institute advances care, research, and education of children and adults with diseases, injuries, and neurodevelopmental conditions. While many of the diseases and disorders treated at Kennedy Krieger are common, the Institute also specializes in the treatment of rare diseases. For children and adults being treated at Kennedy Krieger, they are often not able to receive care anywhere else.
Your support of our mission, through financial donations and volunteer efforts, allows us to provide exceptional patient care, innovative treatment programs, cutting-edge research, and individualized special education. Help us in our mission to transform the lives of children, adolescents, adults, and their families and communities.
There are many opportunities to give and get involved with Kennedy Krieger's mission. Financial donations, volunteer opportunities, and corporate partnerships can make a difference in the lives of patients impacted by rare diseases.
Your Donations Support Transformative Treatment
Donations will be used to directly support children, adolescents and adults as they receive medical, psychological and rehabilitative care. Kennedy Krieger treats diseases, disorders, and injuries that impact the nervous system, from the common to the rare. For many patients and their families, Kennedy Krieger's treatment programs are the only place to get the treatment that they need. Your donations are vital in enabling treatment that is cutting-edge and designed for every individual's needs.
In 2025, nearly 30,000 patients from 50 states and 36 countries were treated in inpatient and outpatient programs. Additionally, nearly 100,000 telehealth appointments allowed patients to receive care outside of our facilities. These treatment programs include, but are not limited to:
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Behavioral Disorders
- Bone Disorders
- Brain injury and concussion
- Cerebral palsy
- Communication disorders
- Developmental disorders
- Down syndrome
- Epilepsy
- Feeding disorders
- Learning disorders
- Long covid
- Muscular dystrophy
- Neurogenetics and rare neurogenetic diseases
- Rehabilitation
- Sleep disorders
- Spina bifida
- Spinal cord injury and paralysis
- Sturge-Weber syndrome
- Tourette syndrome
How You Can Help
Financial support for Kennedy Krieger and our treatment programs makes an enormous impact on our mission to serve our patients and families. Individuals, corporations, and foundations provide life-changing care for our patients, enabling our teams to perform groundbreaking research into autism spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and other conditions we treat. Giving to Kennedy Krieger means support for the treatments, therapies, and programs that help our patients and their families.
Volunteering your time can make a lasting difference in the lives of a child as well as their family or community. We welcome you to explore volunteer opportunities to support patients, students, families, and staff. Through sponsorship, workplace giving, and volunteer events, we strive to offer meaningful corporate partnership opportunities.