How does DFA support its activities?
DFA benefits from a broad spectrum of financial donations and pro-bono contributions that help to support everything from our technology development to our regular organizational operations. We rely on strategic partnerships, grant-giving organizations, and individual donors to support our work. For example, DFA is a designated subcontractor in a 5-year grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation awarded to Harvard University. DFA also holds the exclusive license to diagnostic technologies relevant to resource-poor settings that has been developed in the Harvard University laboratories of George Whitesides. We intend to generate revenue through licensing of this technology for use in the developed world to supplement our philanthropic support.
