70
Student members
Students contributing across the research, technology and business departments.
Figure reported by Sympify.
Updated August 2026
Impact
What students have actually built
Sympify is run by students. These are the numbers, the places, and the programs behind that — each figure reported by the organization itself, with the date it was last confirmed.
By the numbers
Impact metrics
Every one of these figures is stored in a single place and read by every page that shows it, so no two pages can disagree — which the previous website did.
8
Chapters
School and community chapters running local outreach and fundraising.
Figure reported by Sympify.
Updated August 2026
$55K+
Funds raised
Cumulative funds raised by Fueling Futures Foundation (Sympify).
Confirmed organization-wide total: $55,781.
Figure reported by Sympify.
Updated September 2026
2,000+
People reached
People reached through outreach events, presentations and community programs.
Figure reported by Sympify.
Updated August 2026
4
Hospitals & clinics
Hospitals and clinics Sympify has worked with on community initiatives.
A record of community collaboration, not of clinical use. Sympify is not deployed in any hospital.
Figure reported by Sympify.
Updated August 2026
2
Publications
Research outputs on diagnostic error and the Sympify retrieval system.
One conference paper and one working draft. See the Research page for the status of each.
Figure reported by Sympify.
Updated August 2026
Chapter network
Where Sympify is
8 chapters across 2 countries and 3 states.
United States
- Diamond Bar High SchoolCalifornia
- Walnut High SchoolCalifornia
- Ayala High SchoolCalifornia
- University High SchoolCalifornia
- Eleanor Roosevelt High SchoolCalifornia
- Valencia High SchoolCalifornia
- The Webb SchoolsCalifornia
China
- Nanjing Foreign Language SchoolJiangsu
Chapters are hosted by schools. Only public institution names are listed — no member locations are published.
Programs & events
What that work looks like
Full-scale launch
Students presented Sympify to members, families, mentors and guest speakers at a launch event hosted at USC in December 2024.
Service recognition
Members earn volunteer hours for their work, and Sympify participates in the President’s Volunteer Service Award program.
Community outreach
Presentations and awareness events with schools, hospitals and community organizations, run by chapters in their own neighbourhoods.
Hospital & clinic initiatives
Sympify has worked with hospitals and clinics on community health outreach. These are community collaborations — Sympify is not used clinically and is not deployed in any hospital.
Timeline
How Sympify got here
Sympify founded
Started by high school students after a family member spent fifteen years without an accurate diagnosis.
Mayo Clinic reference material adopted
Sympify began drawing on publicly available Mayo Clinic symptom and condition reference material.
Incorporated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
Fueling Futures Foundation, doing business as Sympify.
First prototype built
Provisional patent filed
Full-scale launch
Launch event hosted at USC, with student presentations and guest speakers.
Congressional Community Impact Award
First international chapter established
First research paper published
News & media
Recently
- community
First international chapter established
Sympify’s chapter network expanded outside the United States for the first time.
- recognition
Congressional Community Impact Award
Sympify was recognized with a Congressional Community Impact Award.
- event
Sympify holds its full-scale launch
Students presented Sympify to an audience of members, families, mentors and guest speakers at a launch event hosted at USC.
Add to it.
Chapters, research, outreach and engineering all run on students who decided to get involved.