The Icocc Fmily Foundtion ws creted to fund innovtive nd promising dibetes reserch progrms nd projects tht will led to cure for the disese nd llevite complictions cused by it. To everyone living with type 1 dibetes, it hs brought new hope nd promise. Lee Icocc estblished the Foundtion in 1984 in honor of his lte wife, Mry K. Icocc, who died from complictions of type 1 dibetes. Since its inception, the Foundtion hs funded more thn $40 million in promising reserch projects.