Amputee Blade Runners providesfree running prostheses to individuals (especially kids and adolescents) who would otherwise lack access to one.
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Worthy Causes: Limbs for Life
The Limbs for Life Foundation provides a financial bridge to amputees who lack the resources to obtain prosthetic care.
Worthy Causes: Mission Gait Foundation
The Mission Gait Foundation trains physical therapists and other health practitioners to better serve amputees and other gait-challenged patients.
Worthy Causes: Victoria Hand Project
The Victoria Hand Project provides 3D-printed prosthetic arms to amputees in developing countries. The nonprofit helps amputees on four continents.
Worthy Causes: Heather Abbott Foundation
Boston Marathon bombing survivor Heather Abbott launched her foundation to help amputees rebuild confidence, reclaim their lives, and move forward.
Worthy Causes: LN4 Hand Project
The LN4 Hand Project has distributed more than 57,000 free, functional hand prostheses to amputees in more than 80 countries.
Worthy Causes: Abled Amputees Foundation
The Abled Amputees Foundation helps amputees maintain independence, health, and high quality of life by providing financial assistance for PT and OT.
Worthy Causes: Range of Motion Project
The Range of Motion Project operates prosthetic care clinics for underserved amputees in Guatemala, Ecuador, and the United States
Worthy Causes: Right to Walk Foundation
The Right to Walk Foundation was founded last month by a supergroup of high-profile, high-powered amputees and prosthetic industry leaders.
Worthy Causes: Steps of Faith Foundation
Not many amputee benefit shows are as star-studded as the Steps of Faith Foundation's annual ThunderGong! show. This organization helps amputees get prosthetic devices.
Worthy Causes: Born to Run Foundation
Paralympic hopeful Noelle Lambert says limb loss has made her a better athlete and a better person. It also inspired her to help other amputees through her Born to Run Foundation.
Worthy Causes: Move for Jenn Foundation
"You might not be able to change the world," Jenn Andrews says, "but you can change someone's world." Her Move for Jenn Foundation does just that for amputees who lost a limb to sarcoma.
Worthy Causes: Jordan Thomas Foundation
The Jordan Thomas Foundation covers the cost of prosthetic devices and care for children until they reach the age of 18.
Worthy Causes: Limbitless Solutions
Albert Manero co-founded Limbitless Solutions in 2014 while earning his masters degree in engineering from the University of Central Florida. The nonprofit designs and custom-builds 3D-printed bionic arms for children.
Worthy Causes: Forrest Stump
An amputee since age 10 (cancer), Nicole Ver Kuilen became an activist in her mid-20s when she biked, ran, and swam 1,500 miles from Seattle to San Diego.
Worthy Causes: Penta Prosthetics
Penta Prosthetics taps surplus capacity to fill an unmet need by repurposing discarded U.S. prostheses and distributing them to amputees in developing nations.
Worthy Causes: Ayúdame3D
Ayúdame3D is an international nonprofit that donates 3D-printed upper-limb prostheses to amputees who lack access to prosthetic care.
Worthy Causes: Less Leg More Heart
Less Leg More Heart helps new amputees by providing education, medical advocacy, peer mentoring, and more during life-changing circumstances.