The S.L.E. Lupus Foundation helps people with lupus and their families and friends to cope with the anxieties and confusion that accompany daily living with a complex and dangerous chronic illness. The S.L.E. Lupus Foundation is headquartered in New York City and has a West Coast division in Los Angeles. Through public service campaigns, public education programs and community outreach, the Foundation promotes early diagnosis of lupus and provides support especially in disadvantaged neighborhoods of New York City and Los Angeles. The Foundation vigorously addresses racial disparities in lupus through its community based model programs demonstrating the effective management of chronic disease among minority women. The Foundation funds lupus research grants and fellowship awards for new investigators in the New York region and in southern California, and in partnership with the Lupus Research Institute, supports innovative novel research nationwide.