Let’s go beyond awareness to save lives

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16 people will die today waiting for an organ that could come from a living donor.

At the American Transplant Foundation, we save lives to solve today’s growing transplant crisis by creating opportunities for people to become living donors and supporting transplant recipients in crisis during their fight for the Second Chance at Life.

Today, there are over 108,000 Americans awaiting a kidney or liver transplant; over 2,000 of them are kids. In fact, 16 people will die today awaiting an organ that could be donated by a living person. For us, that is far too many. How would you feel if it was you or someone you loved?

Organ donor registration is simply not enough to address one of our country’s most pressing health issues. Even if every single American registers as an organ and tissue donor, there would still be a drastic shortage in organs available for transplantation. The American Transplant Foundation goes beyond awareness by eliminating barriers to living donation and providing real help to real families.

By increasing the number of people who are willing to become living donors, we can reduce the number of people who die every day awaiting a life-saving transplant.

How do we do this?

By offering critical financial assistance to transplant recipients as well living donors to offset lost wages that occur while they’re donating an organ.
Through educating and mentoring people on the importance and process involved in transplant or being a kidney or liver living donor.
By providing educational and emotional support to transplant patients and those who are waiting for heart, lung, pancreas, intestines, liver, and kidney.
By creating innovative solutions to transplant crisis such as the Potential Living Donor Database
By fighting for better legislation on both the state and federal levels to protect the rights of living donors, transplant recipients, and those on the list.

The result is that more people are willing and able to become living organ donors than ever before. More people are able to get a lifesaving transplant and keep it. But the need is great. We need your help to broaden our reach, to help even more people and to ultimately save lives.

Together, we are changing things.

$1250000+

Lifesaving Financial Support Sent Directly to Transplant Families in Need

350+

Trained Mentors Providing One-On-One Support for Transplant Patients, Living Donors, and Caregivers

2600+

People Registered in Our Potential Living Donor Database

Hear From the People We Help

Economic Impact of Our Work

Kidney disease is the fastest growing non-communicable disease in the United States.^[1]37 million Americans, over twice the amount with cancer, struggle with kidney disease daily.Of that number, an estimated 663,800 require regular dialysis or await a kidney transplant to survive.^[2]According to the latest available CDC data from 2022, more than 55,248 Americans died from causes related to kidney disease.

The American Transplant Foundation’s various programs and initiatives support not only kidney transplant patients but also all forms of solid organ transplant such as the liver, heart, lungs, and pancreas. Thanks to funding that is 100% from private supporters, we are able to make a profound impact on the economy by reducing healthcare costs, improving productivity, and empowering individuals to lead healthier lives through living organ donation and transplantation.

By the numbers:

Patients who get a kidney transplant before dialysis live an average of 10 to 15 years longer than if they stayed on dialysis.
With an average annual contribution of an individual to the US economy of $66,928 covering the patients on the waiting list with transplantations will contribute to over $63 billion of additional income within the US economy.