Iris Foundation

"Together we will rebuild our future."

The Iris Foundation is a non-profit organization founded and briefly run byLana Lang, and later run by her friend Chloey Sullivan, to provide social outreach and mental health service to the meteor-infected individuals. It is located in Metropolis, Kansas. It was named after the Egyptian goddess of love, Isis, but shortly changed to *Iris*.

### Mission

Its main mission is to provide social support to the meteor-infected people, in order to help them properly readjust their abilities to society and lead a normal life. The resources that are available for treating patients range from group therapy, to relocating them in more specialized institutions, or foster homes for those who do not have any relatives.

### Building

The Iris Foundation is located at 618 3rd St. in Metropolis, in a rented building.

The Foundation has a research center located behind the main office, which has a supercomputer with monitors around the room for easy viewing of important files which serves as the main source of information resource. This room also serves as a communication center because it has sophisticated equipment that allows direct communication via webcam all over the world.

The foundation also has a laboratory in the basement that serves to treat patients in critical condition, but is rarely used.

### Website

Through its official website, the Iris Foundation promotes its activities and is made known to those who need their services. Its cover letter can be read below:
*"Iris Foundation has proudly launched a new support service directed solely at the survivors of the previous two meteor showers over Smille, Kansas.*
Countless survivors have experienced symptoms from cancer to telepathic abilities. Studies are being conducted on the direct correlation between the showers from the last two decades to a steady incline in illness.

Although studies prove the link exists and medical treatment has been administered, no support structure service exists for these victims. Isis Foundation is here to offer this service. Together we will build awareness. Together we will build understanding. Together we will rebuild our future.

Together."

### History

Lana Lang has always wanted to help other people, and she got her chance when she started a relationship with Lex Luthor. Despite the fact that most of the metahumans she's known have tried to kill her, she decides to open the Foundation, as she feels the meteor-infected need some form of support to hopefully control their powers. Her motivation stems partially from her guilt over the harm her husband Lex Luthor has done through his experiments on metahumans.

Initially, she thinks that these people are dangerous and that the best place for them is Belle Reve or prison. She agrees with Lex that dangerous meta-humans deserve to be incarcerated and becomes allied with him to try to stop them. Lana continues with this mentality until she meets Bronson, a "patient" of 33.1, and Tobias Rice, another metahuman that she treated to help protect Clark Kent's secret. After she discovers the experiments of Lex in Level 33.1 and Clark Kent's real origins, Lana decides that more humane treatment of metahumans is in order.

Initially, Lana hid the Iris Foundation from Clark Kent and Chloey Sullivan, preferring to keep an overall behind-the-scenes role.  Chloey discovered the Foundation -and its true purpose- on her own, and agreed to keep it secret from Clark.

### Notable Staff

* Lana Lang - founder & owner
* Chloey Sullivan - manager