The Food Allergy Initiative is a non-government, non-profit organization established in 1998. It aims to fund studies that help find cure, improve diagnosis and keep individuals safe through education and advocacies. It is the largest source of funding and support for food allergy-related research in America. As of 2011, the association has raised over $72 million and consistently receives four-star ratings from the Charity Navigator, one of United States’ largest and prestigious charity evaluators.

While operating within the country’s National Institutes of Health guidelines, the Food Allergy Initiative works to augment the number of research projects that concentrate on food allergies, health care institutions that have food allergy-related clinical programs, physicians trained in dealing with food-allergic patients as well as boost the sum of government funding allotted for food allergy studies. It works alongside educational institutions in the United States including Harvard University, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York University and Northwestern University and Feinberg School of Medicine.