A Nonprofit In Formation

Compassion, dignity, and connection for those who need it.

Named for Maureen, and for everyone navigating cognitive decline alongside someone they love.

An adult son and his elderly father looking together at a handheld companion device showing an old photo labeled Fishing Trip, Summer 1988

Connection doesn't need to be complicated. It just needs to be within reach.

Our Mission

The Maureen Zwick Foundation is dedicated to ensuring every person living with cognitive decline, and the caregivers who love them, has access to the technology they deserve: tools that preserve their stories, protect their dignity, and keep them connected to the moments and people that matter most.

The Need Behind Our Work

Cognitive decline is not a rare circumstance. It is a widespread, growing reality, and access to the tools that ease it should never be limited to families who can already afford them.

55M People worldwide living with cognitive decline today
139M Projected by 2060, a 2.5× increase in one generation
30,000+ Memory care facilities in the United States alone

Every one of those families needs support that costs money most of them don't have to spare. That gap, between what exists and who can reach it, is the gap this Foundation was built to close.

Why Maureen

Maureen lives with dementia. This Foundation carries her name not to tell her whole story in public, but to put a real person behind a statistic that's too easy to look past.

Her family's experience is not unique. It is shared, in one form or another, by millions of families quietly doing their best to stay close to someone they love as memory becomes harder to hold onto. Some of those families can afford help. Many can't.

The Foundation exists so that access to compassionate, dignity-preserving support never depends on what a family can afford.

How We Help

Our charitable purpose is narrow and concrete: closing the access gap, not funding any single company's product development.

1

Subsidize Access

We provide financial assistance and in-kind support so that individuals and families affected by dementia and related conditions, who could not otherwise afford companion technology, can still access it.

2

Distribute Donated Technology

We receive and distribute companion devices, software licenses, and services donated or discounted by manufacturers and service providers, directly to the families who need them.

3

Educate the Public

We share what we learn about dementia caregiving, and about the role compassionate, non-clinical companion technology can play alongside, never in place of, human connection and care.

What Access Actually Looks Like

When we say we distribute donated companion technology, this is the kind of support that means in practice, a real, working device, not a prototype or a promise, already in families' hands today.

A hand holding a companion device showing an old photo of two friends fly fishing, labeled Willy Preston, fly fishing 1989

A moment held onto: an old friend, a shared memory, ready the next time it's needed.

1

Persistent Memory

Learns and holds names, stories, preferences, and meaningful moments over weeks, not reset with every conversation.

2

Voice & Presence

Natural spoken conversation with a warm, consistent voice, available whenever it's needed.

3

Visual Recognition

Brings a photo, a spoken word, and context together, so connection doesn't depend on any single cue landing on its own.

4

Family Channel

A two-way connection to family members for sharing photos, music, and updates, closing distance instead of widening it.

Where We Are Today

In Formation

The Maureen Zwick Foundation is currently being formed as a nonprofit corporation in Colorado, with the intention of applying for 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. It has not yet been granted federal tax-exempt recognition by the IRS, and is not yet able to accept tax-deductible charitable contributions.

We would rather tell you plainly where things stand than overstate our progress. Updates on our formation and launch will be shared here as they happen.

Get Involved

We are not yet accepting donations, but we welcome hearing from people who want to stay informed or offer support. We are also actively building our founding board, and especially welcome hearing from people with nonprofit governance experience.

Office
1040 South Gaylord St, Suite 55
Denver, Colorado 80209
How can we help?