Each year, Lisa’s team, the Jalisco Jalapeños, comes together at this family-friendly event to honor her father’s memory, celebrate survivors, and raise awareness.
After losing her father to glioblastoma, Lisa participates in Race for Hope DC to fuel more and better urgently needed treatments.
When we gather on event day, we may not yet know each other, but we walk or race as one family united by hope and the mission to end brain tumors — once and for all.
03/13/2026
Join NBTS and the California Brain Tumor Community on Saturday, June 13, for the Northern California Brain Tumor Walk.
🐒🦍🦭This family-friendly event is more than a walk — we’ll meet for a meaningful morning of raising awareness and funds, then get our steps in at the San Francisco Zoo.
Register now to mark milestones, honor loved ones, and power life-changing research.
Your community is here. Let’s discover a cure together.
Now’s the time to register and start planning your trip to Washington, D.C.
We’re working to ensure every state is represented May 3–5 so your senators and representatives hear directly about the unique challenges facing the brain tumor community—and what Congress can do to help.
Join us, share your story, and help make an impact.
Register by April 6: BrainTumor.Org/HeadtotheHill
If you’re from an unrepresented state and travel costs could prevent you from attending, please reach out to advocacy@braintumor.org
03/12/2026
National Brain Tumor Society is proud to join a coalition of philanthropic partners —led by The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research and The Sontag Foundation – committing $4 million to support five innovative glioblastoma research projects.
These studies will explore new approaches to understanding tumor biology, identifying new therapeutic targets, and improving immunotherapy strategies for brain cancer.
Collaborations like this help accelerate discoveries and bring new treatment possibilities closer to patients and families facing glioblastoma.
A brain tumor diagnosis can add urgency to your decisions — including ones about your future family.
Before surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy begin, learn how treatment may impact fertility, what preservation options are available (for adults and pediatric patients), and what to consider through a financial lens.
The countdown is on — in just one month, we’ll gather at AT&T Stadium for the DFW Brain Tumor Walk & Race on April 11, 2026.
Together we’ll raise awareness, mark milestones, remember loved ones, and celebrate survivors.
Join NBTS and the Texas brain tumor community for a powerful, family-friendly morning at the home of the Dallas Cowboys.
Your community is here — and every step brings us closer to a cure.
Register today: BrainTumor.org/DFW
03/10/2026
💙 Share your experience to support others navigating a brain tumor diagnosis.
NBTS & our partners at Imerman Angels are looking for patient and active care partner mentors to provide one-on-one peer support through a trained mentor network.
As patients with a brain tumor and their care partners, you can provide unique guidance, understanding, and hope to someone navigating their journey.
⏳ 60 Days Until the Southern California Brain Tumor Walk
Last year, more than 1,200 people came together for our largest Southern California event yet.
Over 100 teams showed up to honor loved ones affected by a brain tumor diagnosis, and together we raised more than $160,000 to support patients and their families.
This year, we’re building on that incredible momentum.
On May 9, 2026, the Southern California brain tumor community will gather again for a family-friendly 5K walk filled with celebration, remembrance, and hope.
With your help, we’re aiming to welcome even more participants and reach our $180,000 fundraising goal.
Every step, every team, and every dollar brings us closer to better support for families and progress toward a cure.
After seeing how a clinical trial gave her husband with glioblastoma more time — and their whole family more hope — Molly wanted to ensure that other patients with brain tumors also have options.
That’s why she will Head to the Hill with NBTS in May, to champion reliable research funding that could lead to better access to clinical trials.
Register today to join Molly and hundreds of others from across the country as we urge Congress to meet the urgent, unmet needs of the brain tumor community: BrainTumor.org/HeadToTheHill
🧠 Head to the Hill
🗓 May 3–5, 2026
📍 Washington, D.C.
This is your opportunity to meet face-to-face with members of Congress, share your story, and advocate for critical federal funding for brain tumor research and policies that support patients and care partners.
No previous advocacy experience is needed — we’ll provide expert training and support you every step of the way.
03/09/2026
🚶♀️💙 60 days. One powerful community.
The countdown to the New Jersey Brain Tumor Walk is on — and Early Bird pricing ends tonight! Lock in your discounted rate now and save $5 before registration fees increase.
Every step taken supports patients, families, and critical brain tumor research.
Don’t miss your chance to join us — register today and be part of something bigger: BrainTumor.org/NewJersey
03/09/2026
Our team is putting meaning behind every mile at today’s ASICS Los Angeles Marathon and Charity Half! 🏃☀️
This year, 23 runners — 13 team members taking on the marathon and 10 running the half — are representing the brain tumor community, including 3 brain tumor survivors.
These brain tumor survivors are joined by seven team members returning for their third year to run in memory of their family member, DJ, who passed at 15 from GBM.
A father and son are back on the course to take on the full marathon in memory of their son and brother, Liam, who passed from DIPG. Additionally, many teammates are running in honor and in memory of their loved ones.
From Dodger Stadium to Avenue of the Stars, this group of 23 athletes are racing toward a cure. 🩶
Learn more about our team and how to join Gray Nation Endurance at BrainTumor.org/GNE
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We believe we can move the needle faster and drive more new discoveries by influencing and funding research, and actually bringing together policy makers, researchers, clinicians doctors and industry organizations to collaborate and share information in order to find better treatments and a cure for brain tumors. We are the only brain tumor organization that has an active public policy agenda, and we directly advocate to policymakers to give brain tumor patients a voice in Washington, D.C.
We are intimately connected with top brain tumor researchers, academics and clinicians. Some of the top brain tumor experts are scientific advisors on our programs, and we hire PhDs to help create informative content and translate new research developments into language that brain tumor patients and their families can understand and act on.
We don’t just write blank checks. We drive a thoughtful research agenda and hold our researchers’ feet to the fire by monitoring their progress and having them report on findings to the community to justify funding.
We support more than 23 signature, regional walks, races and rides and many other community and scientific events, so our mission is strong.
OUR IMPACT
Money raised by the generous donations of our supporters has specifically funded groundbreaking discoveries and programs including:
Funding and leading research initiatives with the foremost brain tumor experts in the world,
Treatment discovery and development initiatives,
Clinical trials with leading biopharmaceuticals companies to increase drug development and create new options for treatment,
Critical platforms and processes for sharing cutting-edge medical and research information,
Advocacy and public policy initiatives to influence government legislation, regulations, and policy,
And finally, investing in our talented, unique and influential staff in order to drive these research and public policy advancements.
WHY INVEST IN THE NATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR SOCIETY
It takes the combined knowledge, expertise and dedication of many individuals and organizations to fight brain tumors and develop new treatments. This includes academic researchers, clinicians (neuro-oncologists, neuro-radiologists, neurosurgeons, etc.), biopharmaceutical companies, patients, survivors, caregivers, philanthropists, policy makers and regulators. When you give to one medical institution, you are helping just that one organization’s efforts. But, when you give to NBTS, you are investing in the combined power of the entire brain tumor community. Funding will go to many organizations and research efforts, giving brain tumor patients the best chance for better treatments.
This multi-pronged, community-based approach will help find treatments faster while promoting better information sharing and collaboration between experts around the world to find a cure for brain tumors. Only NBTS can convene these various forces through our programs and mission agenda in order to create rapid progress toward a cure.
