MBPF seeks to improve the lives of those struggling with brain illnesses by raising money to support medical research and organizations that provide quality of life programs and services.
To learn more and join our MS Stand Up Campaign,
Funding scientific investigations into the causes and treatment of brain diseases such as MS. Fundraising is personal when you or someone you know could greatly benefit from the investigation the money will support.
We are proud to announce MS Stand Up. MS StandUp is MBPF’s campaign to fight Multiple Sclerosis through Comedy. Join us for our 3rd Annual Comedy Benefit on September 8, 2025 starring comedian Tom Papa as this year’s headliner. Purchase your tickets here.
The money raised through MS Stand Up provides much needed funding for medical research to find new treatments and hopefully, one day, a cure.
More specifically…
Each year MBPF contributes to and participates with the joint Weill-Cornell Judith Jaffe MS Center & Weill-Cornell Imaging Walk MS team for the National MS Society. In 2025, the team raised $15,000.
In 2024, we raised enough to donate $35,000. Proceeds fund development of a simple blood test allowing detection of biomarkers in blood which previously could only be measured in brain tissue or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) via autopsy – particularly in the context of multiple sclerosis (MS).
In 2023, MBPF’s MS Stand Up held its first Comedy Club event raising $28,000. Proceeds were presented to Weill-Cornell Medical College to help fund one of their MS research projects, investigating whether already approved drugs have properties that would facilitate myelin regeneration. The initiative has made progress and will proceed with further, expanded study.
In 2022, MBPF held its inaugural event – a cocktail party that raised $25,000. The proceeds supported an innovative MS research initiative exploring whether existing, FDA-approved drugs for other conditions might be repurposed to treat multiple sclerosis. Our grant helped sustain this critical work until larger-scale funding could be secured.
Won’t you join us in this fundraising campaign?
How To Get Involved in the Fight Against Multiple Sclerosis
Here’s how you can assist the team from Mind Brain Philanthropic Foundation in their efforts to raising funds for MS Stand Up against Multiple Sclerosis!
Watch, Like, Share
Watch, Like, & Share MSStandUp.org content amongst your social networks and become an active part of the campaign!
Involve Everyone Around You
You’ve probably heard the expression ‘It takes a village.’ That holds for the fight against Multiple Sclerosis!
Donate
Every amount helps, no matter the size. Mind Brain Foundation needs your support in funding this important collaborative research at Vartanian Labs, Weill Cornell Medicine & The Rockefeller University.