{"id":445,"date":"2022-03-24T15:25:11","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T15:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusfoundation.org\/?page_id=445"},"modified":"2025-05-20T09:02:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T13:02:43","slug":"overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fusfoundation.org\/the-foundation\/overview\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n    class=\"sw-block sw-block-text-callout    block md:block lg:block  overflow-hidden \"\n    \n    id=\"block_fd14561d2bfb15898551234f7eb95647\"\n>\n    \n<section class=\"\">\n    <div class=\"\">\n        <div>\n                            <h3>The Focused Ultrasound Foundation was created in 2006 to improve the lives of millions of people with serious medical disorders by accelerating the development and adoption of focused ultrasound.<\/h3>\n                    \n                    <\/div>\n        \n            <\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Based in Charlottesville, Virginia, the Foundation is a tax-exempt, high-impact, high-performance, entrepreneurial service organization with a global reach. We seek to leverage our trusted, independent, unbiased third party position through contributing financial and human resources to foster collaboration, to build knowledge and to streamline the process and overcome barriers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Foundation is on the leading edge of the venture philanthropy and social entrepreneurship movements and has become a model of how donor funding can be used to bridge the gap between laboratory research and widespread patient treatment. In 2018, the Foundation was recognized as one of&nbsp;America\u2019s 10 Best Medical Research Organizations&nbsp;by Charity Navigator.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div\n    class=\"sw-block sw-block-floating-content    block md:block lg:block alignfull overflow-hidden my-4 md:my-8\"\n    \n    id=\"block_1deafd000f532249133b18021370689e\"\n>\n    \n<section class=\"\" x-data=\"{ open: false }\">\n    <div class=\"md:py-10 grid\">\n        <div class=\"hidden md:grid grid-cols-2 [grid-column:1] [grid-row:1] h-full w-full\">\n            <div class=\"md:py-16 relative md:order-first bg-brand-primary-blueDark md:before:absolute md:before:top-0 md:before:h-full md:before:w-20 md:before:bg-brand-primary-blueDark p-4 flex flex-col justify-center md:before:right-0 md:before:translate-x-full\"><\/div>\n            <div class=\"\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"md:grid md:grid-cols-2 [grid-column:1] [grid-row:1] gap-8 max-w-[1160px] mx-auto\">\n            <div class=\"md:-translate-y-10 not-prose relative rounded-tl-[60px] md:rounded-tl-[80px] md:rounded-br-[80px] overflow-hidden z-10 [@media(min-width:1360px)]:-mr-20\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"object-cover w-full h-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.fusfoundation.org\/2024\/09\/30205514\/yt-thumb-neal-kassell-md-e1727744901433.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                                \n                                    <button class=\"absolute inset-0 flex justify-center items-center text-brand-primary-blueDark group cursor-pointer\" @click=\"open = true\">\n                        <span class=\"sr-only\">Click to open video<\/span>\n                        <div class=\"group-hover:hover:bg-white\/100 transition bg-white\/90 rounded-full w-32 h-32 flex items-center justify-center\">\n                            <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"currentColor\" class=\"w-20 h-20 ml-3\">\n                                <path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M4.5 5.653c0-1.427 1.529-2.33 2.779-1.643l11.54 6.347c1.295.712 1.295 2.573 0 3.286L7.28 19.99c-1.25.687-2.779-.217-2.779-1.643V5.653Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" \/>\n                            <\/svg>                      \n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/button>\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"px-4 md:order-first relative z-10 md:py-16 bg-brand-primary-blueDark md:bg-transparent p-4 2xl:px-0\">\n                <div class=\"not-prose\">\n                                            <h2 class=\"text-white font-light text-[26px] leading-none mb-4 md:text-[40px] md:leading-tight\">Vision &amp; Mission<\/h2>\n                                    <\/div>\n\n                                    <div class=\"prose [&#038;_*]:text-white hover:prose-a:text-gray-300 focus:prose-a:text-gray-300 prose-a:underline prose-a:transition [&#038;_li::marker]:text-white prose-p:text-white prose-p:text-lg prose-strong:text-white prose-p:leading-normal md:prose-p:text-xl md:prose-p:leading-normal prose-p:px-0 prose-ul:px-5\">\n                        <p>Our vision is that focused ultrasound will be used worldwide to improve the quality of life and longevity of millions of patients with serious medical conditions. In that aim, the Foundation\u2019s mission is to accelerate the development and adoption of focused ultrasound as a global standard of care by shortening the time from laboratory research to its widespread use.<\/p>\n\n                    <\/div>\n                \n                \n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n        <div\n        x-show=\"open\"\n        style=\"display: none\"\n        x-on:keydown.escape.prevent.stop=\"open = false\"\n        role=\"dialog\"\n        aria-modal=\"true\"\n        x-id=\"['modal-title']\"\n        :aria-labelledby=\"$id('modal-title')\"\n        class=\"not-prose fixed inset-0 z-10 overflow-y-auto\"\n    >\n        <div x-show=\"open\" x-transition.opacity class=\"fixed inset-0 bg-black\/60\"><\/div>\n\n        <div\n            x-show=\"open\" x-transition\n            x-on:click=\"open = false\"\n            class=\"relative flex min-h-screen items-center justify-center p-4\"\n        >\n            <div\n   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decreasing death, disability, and suffering for patients with serious medical disorders around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Catalytic<\/strong><br>We are a nimble organization that uses our reputation and contagious enthusiasm to instill similar energy in others to precipitate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Entrepreneurial<\/strong><br>We believe that we can create a reality from an imagined future through human action in an environment where our accomplishments will exceed the resources available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pioneering<\/strong><br>We relentlessly pursue excellence in all of our activities through hard work, risk-taking, and innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-strategy\">Strategy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Foundation regularly examines the critical path for laboratory research to widespread utilization, identifies the bottlenecks, and deploys resources through a variety of activities to overcome those barriers: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul 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Every day without focused ultrasound means unnecessary death, disability, and suffering for countless individuals.<br><br><strong>We are data-driven, action- and results-oriented<\/strong>, and our impact is evidence-based, measurable, and verifiable.<br><br><strong>We are entrepreneurial<\/strong>&nbsp;and employ a pioneering spirit to achieve extraordinary results through hard work, risk-taking, and innovation.<br><br><strong>We promote communication, cooperation, collaboration<\/strong>, and healthy competition by aggressively breaking down \u201csilos of secrecy.\u201d<br><br><strong>We are market-driven with a global perspective.<\/strong><br><br><strong>We are intentional about maintaining focus<\/strong>: prioritizing, simplifying, and concentrating on what\u2019s important now.<br><br><strong>We are fiercely protective of our reputation<\/strong>\u2014our most important asset\u2014as an authoritative, trusted, independent, and unbiased third party with uncompromising integrity rooted in transparency and accountability.<br><br><strong>We meticulously steward<\/strong>&nbsp;the resources provided by our donors through parsimony and leverage.<br><br><strong>We employ best practices<\/strong>&nbsp;adopted from high-performance organizations in the public and private sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-credo\">Credo<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The work<\/strong>&nbsp;we do at the Foundation is in a league of its own.<br><br><strong>We believe<\/strong>&nbsp;that the highest purpose in life is to help other people.<br><br><strong>The Foundation provides<\/strong>&nbsp;us with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to improve the lives of millions of people by serving as the catalyst to create a revolution in therapy.<br><br><strong>Our mission<\/strong>&nbsp;is to accelerate the development and adoption of focused ultrasound as a mainstream standard of care. 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