Mission: The National Foundation for Syndactyly Research Support and Education is a charitable, tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) organization organized to fund research (including a national syndactyly database), support, and education. The foundation focuses its funding on maintaining a national database, providing research grants to investigate the causes and treatments of Syndactyly, preventative measures and mitigation of Syndactyly impacts, and to provide support and education for those impacted by Syndactyly. Vision: The National Foundation for Syndactyly will be a recognized leader among health-related nonprofit organizations and will be known for its national database on syndactyly, funding research, education and support connecting those touched by Syndactyly to have future generations benefit from early diagnosis and care, and for spearheading research that ultimately leads to prevention. For more information, please see NFS’s website at www.nfsus.org. What Donations Fund Donations to The National Foundation for Syndactyly Research, Support, and Education help fund a National Database, Research Grants for Syndactyly and Patient and Family Support and Education. While we work to set up our on-line donation medium on the web site, checks to the National Foundation for Syndactyly may be mailed to: National Foundation for Syndactyly P.O. Box 159 42 West Main Street Mascoutah Illinois 62258