There are three classes of membership in the National PKU Alliance: Voting, Associate and Individual.

Individual Membership
Any individual or family may become an Individual Member of the NPKUA if he or she is of good reputation and supports the mission and purposes of the NPKUA.

Members can also become a part of the NPKUA Member Discount Program and recieve:

• Free can of Maddy's Brownie Mix from Applied Nutrition
• $100 coupon for new members and $50 coupon for renewing members for Cambrooke Foods
• Free low protein item from Nutricia
• 5% of all Country Sunrise Products at PKU Perspectives
• Free box of Vitabites from Vitaflo
   
  Other benefits include all communications of the NPKUA, networking capabilities with other families through the NPKUA website and a discount off registration fees for national conferences.  Individual Members may serve as NPKUA Board members and committee members if they are appointed by the Board.  Membership dues are modest to encourage participation.

Please only one individual/family membership per household.

 Associate Membership
Associate members will include any commercial or non-profit organization, educational, scientific, research or governmental institution or pharmaceutical company which is of good reputation and supports the mission and purposes of the NPKUA.

This includes clinics and clinicians, research institutions, formula and food vendors, pharmaceutical companies and other corporations doing business with the PKU community.

Associate Membership benefits include all communications of the NPKUA, networking capabilities through the NPKUA website, a discount off registration fees for national conferences, advertising and sponsorship opportunities for events and conferences, cross linking of websites and rotating membership on the NPKUA Board.  Membership dues are modest to encourage participation.

Voting Membership
Voting Membership is open to any non-profit organization that has been granted and maintains tax-exempt status under IRS Code Section 501c3, has as part of its mission to support people with PKU, is of good reputation and supports the mission and purposes of the NPKUA.

The Alliance supports new local organizations with their 501c3 formation documents, membership recruiting, and active participation.

The Alliance supports local organizations’ advocacy initiatives through an active and experienced NPKUA Advocacy Committee and the NPKUA Executive Director.

The Alliance supports local organizations’ fund-raising initiatives with it’s Funding Committee, best practices in fund-raising events, annual distribution of t-shirts to sell at fund-raising events and consolidating research donations from all local organizations thereby multiplying the power of funds raised. The NPKUA’s independent Scientific Advisory Board peer reviews PKU research proposals and recommends the awarding of grants to the most promising research each year.

The Alliance’s Board members include a representative from each local organization. Therefore, the local organizations set policy and strategy for the NPKUA.