If you are having trouble uploading the application or it is not saving, please contact us immediately. 

• Applications may only be submitted by social workers and transplant coordinators. Individuals seeking assistance should contact their assigned social worker at their personal transplant center for details.
• Please have all vendor, insurance, income/expenses information ready before beginning the application. You may not save and return later.

• If you are having trouble uploading or saving the application, please contact us immediately. 

• For those approved by our volunteer voting committee, payment may not be processed by the vendors immediately. Please allow 3 weeks for the checks to be credited. At that time, if checks have not cleared, please contact us.
• Every application that we process is presented to our Transplant Leadership Council members, a group of dedicated volunteers, who ultimately vote on the funding decision. The more details we have about the patient, the more likely the application is to be approved.
• All disbursements will be made directly to the vendor, never to the patient.
• Note: Due to a high volume of applications, please expect the processing time to be 2-3 weeks to receive a funding decision from the volunteer voting committee via email.  

• Financial assistance applications for living donors must be submitted at least 1 week before the date of the surgery. This gives us enough time to process the application and have a financial decision for the applicant, so we can either release the funds to their vendors on the day of the surgery or they can plan for other sources of assistance if their application is denied.
• We compensate for the wages lost during the recovery period for living organ donors, so the applicant must be employed and experience a loss of income while recovering from the surgery.
• Vendors include, but are not limited to, electricity/gas company, mortgage/rent company, vehicle payment/insurance company.
• We will send the check(s) to vendor(s) of approved living donor applicants after the surgery has been confirmed by the Social Worker.

Effective February 6th 2018*

• 1.) Signed documentation from the employers of living donor applicants stating specifically how much paid time off and/or short term disability the patient has available for use during their recovery.
• 2.) The living donor applicant’s most recent pay-stub from their employer.
  Please obtain this documentation prior to starting the application – you will be able to upload it directly into the application. If you have any questions or are unable to obtain this information, please contact us at Support@AmericanTransplantFoundation.org or 303-757-0959. 
  Please Note: We are experiencing a drastic increase in requests for lifesaving funds already in 2018 and therefor are only able to consider the most financially vulnerable transplant patients at this time. Please only submit applications for those in extreme need. Our program funds continue to be capped at $500 for living donors and $300 for transplant recipients.