Programs begin with the experiences, priorities, and dignity of people affected by sickle cell disease.
Partnership with purpose
Together, we can turn
hope into action.
Partner with the Sickle Cell Hope Foundation to advance awareness, strengthen support, and create healthier futures for individuals and families affected by sickle cell disease.
Why partnership matters
Sickle cell disease demands
collective action.
Families affected by sickle cell disease navigate more than a diagnosis. They face gaps in awareness, access, resources, and understanding. No single organization can close those gaps alone.
Your expertise, reach, and resources can help build a stronger circle of hope.
Educate
Build understanding
Connect
Strengthen support
Advocate
Elevate every voice
Empower
Move hope forward
501(c)(3)
Tax-exempt nonprofit
Four regions
PA · NY · DMV · OH
MBS Health Network
Foundation program
Flexible pathways
Built around shared goals
Mission-led collaboration
A trusted partnership begins with clarity.
Sickle Cell Hope Foundation is a program of MBS Health Network, a tax-exempt nonprofit organization. Every collaboration is shaped around community benefit, appropriate oversight, clear roles, and shared expectations.
We evaluate opportunities for mission fit, independence, transparency, and meaningful community value.
Partners agree on goals, responsibilities, appropriate review, and how progress will be communicated.
Who we partner with
Progress takes an
entire ecosystem.
We welcome organizations that share our commitment to education, access, ethical research, community support, and healthier futures.
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Hospitals and health systems
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Hematology and sickle cell centers
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Pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies
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Clinical research organizations and trial sites
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Universities and academic medical centers
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Community health centers
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Blood banks and donation organizations
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Patient advocacy and nonprofit organizations
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Employers and employee resource groups
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Health plans and managed-care organizations
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Government and public-health agencies
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Foundations, faith groups and community organizations
Ways to partner
Find your place
in the movement.
Every partner brings something valuable. We create flexible, mission-aligned opportunities built around the impact you want to make.
Corporate Partners
Align your brand with health equity through sponsorships, employee engagement, matching gifts, and cause marketing.
Explore corporate partnership →Healthcare Partners
Extend education, navigation, and trusted support to patients, caregivers, and communities affected by sickle cell disease.
Strengthen community care →Community Partners
Bring awareness and action closer to home through local programs, volunteer mobilization, and shared outreach.
Activate your community →Funding Partners
Invest in scalable, measurable initiatives that advance awareness, access, advocacy, and family support.
Fund meaningful impact →Partnership opportunities
Choose an opportunity.
Or create a new one.
Our strongest partnerships begin with a shared goal—not a fixed package. Start with one of these opportunities or work with us to shape something distinctive.
Discuss your partnership →Campaign sponsorship
Help expand Hope Starts Here through awareness, education, storytelling, and community activation.
Educational programming
Support accessible sickle cell education for families, schools, workplaces, and community organizations.
Care and comfort initiatives
Help provide practical resources and thoughtfully designed support for individuals and caregivers.
Community events
Sponsor mission-centered events that bring people together for connection, education, and action.
Employee engagement
Create meaningful volunteer, matching-gift, and workplace awareness opportunities for your team.
Custom collaboration
Build a tailored partnership around your organization’s priorities, strengths, and desired impact.
Accountable by design
From shared intention
to documented impact.
Each collaboration begins with a practical impact plan and ends with a clear account of what was delivered, learned, and recommended next.
Define the community need, intended benefit, audience, and measures of success.
Shape activities and materials with relevance, accessibility, and lived experience in mind.
Confirm roles, approvals, timelines, safeguards, and communication expectations before launch.
Document participation, deliverables, lessons learned, and opportunities for responsible growth.
Responsible research collaboration
Clinical research and
trial awareness.
We collaborate with qualified research institutions, academic medical centers, clinical trial sites, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, and community-engagement organizations to improve awareness and understanding of ethically conducted sickle cell research.
Potential collaborations
- Community education and research-literacy programs
- Patient-informed educational and recruitment materials
- Listening sessions and community-engagement planning
- Sharing appropriately reviewed research opportunities
- Transportation and participation-support initiatives
Our standards
Research opportunities must identify the sponsor and study site, use appropriately reviewed materials, explain participation clearly, protect privacy, and preserve voluntary informed consent. The Foundation does not determine eligibility, provide medical advice, guarantee enrollment, or endorse the safety or effectiveness of an investigational treatment.
Featured partnership platform
Bring Hope Starts Here
to life with us.
Where Hope Becomes Action.
Our signature campaign transforms sickle cell awareness into year-round action—uniting education, community engagement, fundraising, and advocacy under one hopeful call.
- Community and workplace activations
- Educational experiences and resources
- Cause-marketing and sponsorship opportunities
- Employee giving and volunteer engagement
How we partner
Built on trust.
Designed for impact.
Listen first
We center the lived experiences of patients, caregivers, and families.
Build together
We shape partnerships around shared strengths, goals, and community needs.
Measure what matters
We define outcomes, communicate progress, and share the story of impact.
Let’s build something meaningful
Your partnership
can start today.
Tell us about your organization and the impact you hope to make. We will follow up to explore the right pathway together.
Prefer email?
partnerships@mbs-health.com