Who We Are
About Beyond Type 1
Beyond Type 1 is a global nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of those impacted by diabetes. Co-founded in 2015 by Nick Jonas, Juliet De Baubigny, and fellow diabetes change-makers, Beyond Type 1 serves the largest digital audience of any diabetes nonprofit worldwide. From awareness and prevention to diagnosis and daily management, we’re here for every step of the journey.
With a mission to help people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes survive, thrive, and collectively drive innovation toward prevention and cures, Beyond Type 1 offers bold, unfiltered support through education, community engagement and self-advocacy, ensuring their voices are heard and valued in spaces that inspire change. We meet people where they are—providing practical tools, community connection, and direct funding—while working to dismantle stigma and systemic barriers to care, domestically and internationally.
By uniting the global diabetes community across all types, backgrounds, and geographies, we’re changing what it means to live with diabetes and creating a path to a world beyond it.
Survive. Thrive. Drive.
Our Mission
Beyond Type 1 is changing what it means to live with diabetes—boldly, unapologetically, and with just the right dose of disruption.
We raise global awareness, delivering life-saving resources and community support to help people with diabetes not just survive—but thrive.
By championing innovation, we dismantle barriers to care, deliver the right information when it matters most, and drive progress toward prevention and cures.
Our Vision
We envision a world where everyone with diabetes—or at risk of it—has access to the knowledge, care, and support needed for early diagnosis and lifelong health.
A world where bold stories spark action, where community fuels strength, and where people don’t just manage diabetes, they thrive—beyond their diagnosis, beyond their barriers and beyond expectations.
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Half a billion people around the world live with a form of diabetes. Almost half of people living with type 2 diabetes are undiagnosed, while 1 in 3 people with type 1 diabetes would still be alive if they had access to a safe and accurate diagnosis and management tools.
But more than 3 out of every 4 adults with diabetes live in low- and middle-income countries, where diagnosis and care options are minimal, and every person around the globe with diabetes deals with inaccurate stigmas and stereotypes that impede care.
At Beyond Type 1, everything we do is powered by people coming together across borders, industries and lived experience. Redefining what it means to live with diabetes takes all of us—from corporate partners and academic collaborators, to donors and the passionate voices in our creator network. Join us in helping people turn surviving into thriving, one action at a time.
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Our Programs
Innovation Accelerator Grants
Apply for the 2026 Innovation Accelerator—Up to $50,000 in grant funding for organizations developing innovative...
Beyond Ambassadors
Coming soon: The Beyond Ambassador program, a way for people living with diabetes to connect,...
Beyond Diagnosis
Getting diagnosed with diabetes sucks. We're making it suck less.
Get Insulin
Connecting people living with diabetes in the United States to the insulin access and affordability...
Type 1 Community
Join the Beyond Type 1 Community, a safe space for those with type 1 diabetes...
Type 2 Community
Join the Beyond Type 2 Community, a safe space for those with type 2 diabetes...
Community Table
Every month, all year long, Beyond Type 1 hosts conversations around under-discussed issues facing the...
Beyond Scholars
Marathon Team
Beyond Type Run, a program of Beyond Type 1, brings together an inspiring team of...
Beyond Barriers
Together we can transform lives. Together we are going Beyond Barriers.
See The Signs
Become a #SeeTheSigns Ambassador for Beyond Type 1 and help save lives by sharing a...