The Epilepsy Foundation of Northern California (EFNC) is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization leading the fight to overcome the challenges of living with epilepsy and to accelerate therapies to stop seizures, find cures, and save lives.

EFNC is dedicated to providing information, resources, and support to the over 180,000 Northern Californians living with epilepsy.

Our goal is to ensure that people with seizures are able to participate in all life experiences, to improve how the community views epilepsy, and to dispel myths about this condition by providing information through training, events, and programs. EFNC offers support groups, summer camps for both youth and families, therapeutic art, mentorship, scholarships, seizure first aid trainings, educational events, and many more. The foundation also works with state and national representatives on legislation and advocacy. We also organize awareness and fundraising events for our cause for epilepsy, such as our annual Walk 4 Epilepsy SF, Walk 4 Epilepsy Monterey Bay in partnership with YAWE, Seize the Moment Run, Stroll for Epilepsy, and Gala.

We are currently serving 44 counties from the Oregon border down to Fresno County.

Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Madera, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Modoc, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Benito, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tuolumne, Yolo, Yuba

Federal Tax ID: 94-6128891
Please click here to view our most recent IRS Form 990.

Leading the fight to stop seizures and to overcome the challenges created by epilepsy since 1953