The Concussion Legacy Foundation is a Brain trauma helping / preventing organization it has made a huge impact on the prevention of concussions all over the world. The founder of this organization is Chris Nowinski, Ph.D. and Dr. Robert Cantu it was founded on June 14, 2007 and is located in Boston MA. It is also a non-profit organization. Dr. Cantu had a concussion and didn't know the symptoms. He wanted to help other people that had suffered a concussion and wanted to prevent concussions because he knew what they were going through.
The mission or this organization is to “advance the study , treatment and prevention of the effects of the brain trauma in athletes and other at-risk groups”, and to have a world without CTE ( Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy ) and concussion safety without compromise. They achieve this goal through advocacy, education, policy development, and medical research.This organization started by Chris and Dr. Cantu acquiring the brains of diseased athletes , they also proved that the former NFL player Andre Walters had CTE when he committed suicide in 2006.…show more content… Their foundation has over $1,419,817 in expenses
