The MAAD Charitable Fund

The MAAD Charitable Fund exists to ensure that research and technologies with clear public benefit can be developed, validated, and delivered, regardless of who has the ability to pay.

What the Fund Supports

1. Public-Benefit Proof-of-Concept & Prototyping

The fund pays for proof-of-concept studies or early prototypes of technologies that serve the public good but may not yet have a clear commercial sponsor.

Examples include:

  • Affordable diagnostics and health tools
  • Environmental remediation technologies
  • Air, water, and materials safety innovations
  • Research tools that lower barriers for underfunded labs

2. Deployment of Proven Public-Benefit Technologies

When MAAD develops technologies that clearly improve health, safety, or environmental conditions, the charitable fund can support direct distribution to communities that need them most.

For example:

  • Providing air-purifying window screens to low-income households in regions with poor air quality
  • Supporting community deployment of validated environmental or health tools
  • Ensuring access to life-improving technologies without premium pricing barriers

How the Fund Fits with MAAD

The Charitable Fund does NOT:

  • Set MAAD's research agenda
  • Replace patron tiers or industry partnerships
  • Dictate research priorities

The Charitable Fund DOES:

  • Support access and equity when markets fail
  • Enable deployment of proven technologies to underserved communities
  • Ensure important public-benefit work happens regardless of commercial viability

The Relationship

MAAD Scientist Technologies designs and executes the science

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Patrons and partners build the research infrastructure

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The Charitable Fund ensures benefits reach everyone

Support the Fund

Donations to the MAAD Charitable Fund are tax-deductible and support proof-of-concept studies for public-benefit research without commercial sponsors, and deployment of proven technologies to communities in need.