Our Work & Impact

Where your support goes to work

Stories of Change

Impact Stories

Milestones, grants, events, and advocacy from EverPulse and the innovators we support.

First Programmatic Grant

$50,000

Awarded at the 2025 PICS Shark Tank

Grant

October 2025

EverPulse Co-Sponsors the 2025 PICS Shark Tank

With CobiCure MedTech, EverPulse awarded $50,000 in non-dilutive funding, mentorship, and visibility to early-stage pediatric cardiac device innovators. Top prize: Dr. Andreas Escher’s growth-responsive Dynamic Fontan Graft.

Inaugural Fundraiser · Chicago

$190,000+

Raised · 100+ attendees

Event

November 2025

Our First Fundraising Event Brings the Community Together

EverPulse’s inaugural Chicago event united families, physicians, entrepreneurs, and advocates around pediatric heart innovation, laying the groundwork for our first funding initiatives.

Interview Feature

Why Pediatric Innovation Can't Wait

Awareness

December 2025

Katie Bales on Family, Advocacy, and the Case for Pediatric Innovation

EverPulse President & CEO Katie Bales spoke with CobiCure MedTech about her family’s heart journey and why technologies built for children, not scaled-down adult devices, are so urgently needed.

National CHD Advocacy Summit

150+

Congressional offices reached

Advocacy

May 2026

EverPulse Joins the Every 100th Heart Coalition

As a coalition member, EverPulse joined nearly 200 advocates in Washington, D.C. to elevate congenital heart disease as a federal health priority, with CEO Katie Bales representing Illinois.

Coming soon

Every grant we award is a story of a child who may one day live a fuller, healthier life. As our funded innovations move from lab to clinic, this section will feature the breakthroughs — and the people behind them — that are changing what’s possible in pediatric heart care.
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Innovation Grants

Direct funding for researchers and developers at the earliest stages of pediatric cardiac device development. We invest at the moment when traditional funding is hardest to find — and when the right support can make the biggest difference.

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Accelerator Partnerships

We partner with leading medtech accelerators to co-fund and co-support promising companies working in the pediatric cardiac space. Our partnerships extend the reach of both organizations and give innovators access to a broader network of expertise and resources.

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Collaborative Programs

Longer-term funding commitments tied to specific development milestones, co-designed with our clinical and research partners to move the needle on defined unmet needs in pediatric cardiac care.

2026 Every 100th Heart DC Day

Track Record

Grants Awarded

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2026 Shark Tank Event

Our Network

Partnerships

EverPulse works with a network of hospitals, research institutions, industry leaders, and advocacy organizations who share our commitment to accelerating pediatric cardiac innovation.

Every 100th Heart

CobiCure

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Our Network

Fundraisers

EverPulse works with a network of hospitals, research institutions, industry leaders, and advocacy organizations who share our commitment to accelerating pediatric cardiac innovation.

2025 Chi Event

2026 Shark Tank Event

2026 Every 100th Heart DC Day

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Ways To Connect

Where Every Beat Counts

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