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Our Organization
Founded in 2019 as Nutritional Therapy for IBD, the GI Nutrition Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing evidence-based nutrition as an essential component of gastrointestinal (GI) care. Building on our roots in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), we are expanding our scope to address nutrition’s role across GI conditions and overall digestive health, while maintaining a strong focus on Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.
We inform, support, and empower patients, caregivers, and clinicians by providing trusted education, practical tools, and accessible resources that integrate nutritional therapy alongside medical treatment.
What We Do
We advance nutrition as a core component of GI care through focused education, collaboration, and advocacy. Our work centers on:
- Delivering nutrition education and support for patients and clinicians, providing practical, evidence-based guidance to integrate nutrition into everyday life.
- Developing innovative, accessible resources that help patients and providers apply research-driven nutritional strategies to improve health outcomes.
- Advancing and translating nutrition research by collaborating with clinicians, researchers, patient organizations, and partners to support research priorities, encourage study participation, and bring evidence into clinical practice.
- Promoting awareness and advocacy by elevating the patient voice and sharing the latest nutrition science in our news, social media, and presence at international GI conferences.
Our team includes international leaders in GI and nutrition, clinicians, researchers, patients, caregivers, and advocates, united by a shared commitment to evidence, collaboration, and impact.
Our Vision
A future where nutrition is recognized, accessible, and integrated into GI care so that all individuals, regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, or background, can benefit from evidence-based nutritional approaches that support optimal health outcomes.
Our Mission
The GI Nutrition Foundation is dedicated to improving the lives and health outcomes of those living with GI conditions, including Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, IBS, celiac disease, and eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), through evidence-based nutrition. We empower patients and clinicians with current, comprehensive, and practical educational resources that support nutrition as a core component of GI care.
Our team and the GI community
Discover everything we accomplished to advance nutritional therapy in IBD care in 2025.
Our Core Values
Lead
We strive to be a trusted, authoritative resource for patients, caregivers, and clinicians by advancing credible, evidence-based nutrition education in GI care.
Innovate
We develop and continuously refine practical, science-informed nutritional tools and resources that meet the evolving needs of patients and healthcare professionals.
Collaborate
We foster meaningful international partnerships among clinicians, researchers, patient organizations, and advocates to accelerate progress in GI nutrition.
Empower
We support a patient-centered approach that values shared decision-making and encourages individuals to take an active role in their care.
Include
We are committed to making evidence-based nutritional therapy accessible and relevant across diverse economic, educational, cultural, and lived experiences.
Act with Integrity
We act with integrity, sincerity, respect, passion, transparency and compassion in all that we do. We conduct our work with honesty, transparency, respect, compassion, and accountability in service of patients and the broader GI community.
We are committed to transparency, accountability, and good governance. We are proud to have received the Gold Seal of Transparency from Candid, recognizing our commitment to openness, accountability, and public trust.
As part of our ongoing compliance practices, we make important financial and governance information easily accessible to the public. Our most recent IRS 990 filings are available for review:
Founders
The GI Nutrition Foundation was founded in 2019 as Nutritional Therapy for IBD by Kim S. Beall, PharmD, and Anthony C. Beall, MD, to address a critical gap in evidence-based nutritional education and resources for inflammatory bowel disease. Their work was shaped by personal experience: nutrition has played a central role in their son’s management of Crohn’s disease since his diagnosis at age thirteen in 2013. Through years of navigating care, the Bealls saw firsthand how evidence-based nutritional therapy, used alongside medical treatment, could meaningfully support health, quality of life, and long-term outcomes. At the same time, they recognized how limited access to credible, practical nutrition guidance was for many patients and clinicians. What began with a focused mission to support individuals with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis has since evolved. As the organization has grown, so has its vision, leading to the transition to the GI Nutrition Foundation, reflecting an expanded commitment to advancing nutrition across gastrointestinal conditions while remaining deeply rooted in IBD care.
