Katie Nolan · Philanthropy & Non-Profit Expert

At 90 Broad Street in New York City, near the epicenter of American finance, stands a granite office building. Its façade blends seamlessly with those around it, its entrance partially hidden behind scaffolding. But its 10th floor hums with an entirely different kind of activity than the trading room floors in the buildings nearby. This is where the 38 employees of The Michael J. Fox Foundation work towards a cure for Parkinson’s disease with all the urgency, focus and creativity of traders working to ink a deal.
When Michael J. Fox went public with his Parkinson’s diagnosis in 1998, he al…