Causes: Health, Public Health

Mission: Nevus outreach is dedicated to bringing awareness, providing support, and finding cures for people affected by congenital melanocytic nevi and related disorders.

Results: Funding nearly $1,000,000 in research, hosting 11 biennial conferences, raising awareness with a mailing to 11,000 dermatologists

Direct beneficiaries per year: 4000 people

Programs: Nevus outreach offers the most comprehensive, up-to-date, professionally- vetted, multi-lingual, lay-person appropriate information about giant congenital nevi available from any single source, and distributes this information to families, health care providers and the general public using printed materials, a Facebook page and several private Facebook groups, and www. Nevus. Org, the nevus outreach website. Nevus Outreach supports people affected by giant congenital nevi by providing answers to their questions and connecting them with others who can help them using printed materials, in-person meetings throughout the united states, and www. Nevus. Org, our website devoted to online support for people affected by giant nevi. The nevus outreach support group on facebook currently has over 4,000 members and is open to anyone affected by a giant congenital nevus. Nevus Outreach funds basic science and promising therapeutics that are designed to find a cure for giant congenital nevi and neurocutaneous melanocytosis.