National Foundation for Transplants
Empowering Lives, Restoring Hope.
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our mission is to empower community, foster health equity, and improve quality of life by eliminating financial barriers that impede, delay, and/or hinder the transplant process, ultimately contributing to the saving of lives.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Transplant Empowerment Initiative
The transplant journey is a continuous path, extending far beyond the procedure itself. At NFT, we stand unwaveringly committed to supporting transplant recipients in their ongoing care. We empower individuals by providing essential services:
1. We bolster community fundraising campaigns, offering volunteer training, fundraising expertise, and resources throughout the entire campaign.
2. Through available funding, we grant support for critical needs, such as bone marrow donor searches. At NFT, we're dedicated to uplifting every individual on their unique transplant journey.
3. We extend financial assistance and streamlined payment services to assist in covering transplant-related expenses with hospitals, doctors, pharmacies, and other essential providers.
4. We advocate for and stand beside patients facing barriers to transplantation, ensuring they conquer obstacles that may impede their journey.
Where we work
Affiliations & memberships
AFP (Association of Fundraising Professionals) 2017
External reviews
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Average number of days taken to respond to customers
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Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of list subscribers
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Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Reports and documents
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
What we aim to solve: To eliminate healthcare inefficiencies that influence socio-economic costs associated with receiving lifesaving organs, tissue, related treatment, and fringe costs that affect transplant patients and their families.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
We extend our impact to a broader spectrum of transplant patients through:
--Establishing robust relationships with transplant centers nationwide, ensuring that each center's staff comprehends the significance of their patients' fundraising conducted through a reputable and efficient organization.
--Cultivating a dynamic online presence to provide swift access to information about NFT and the necessary means of communication for patients and their families.
-- Assisting patients in setting up fundraising campaigns to assist in providing funds to help cover costs associated with transplants.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
To achieve our goals, we employ a dual approach, creating impactful marketing materials for transplant centers and maintaining an up-to-date, user-friendly website. Additionally, we actively engage with patients, families, and supporters through various social media channels, fostering a connected community and providing personalized support throughout their transplant journey.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Since 1983, NFT fundraising campaigns have generated over $90 million to help transplant patients in need of life-saving transplants.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don’t have the right technology to collect and aggregate feedback efficiently, It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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National Foundation for Transplants
Board of directorsas of 12/12/2023
Mr. Marcus Martinez
FedEx Express
Term: 2020 - 2024
W. Kerby Bowling
Evans/Petree PC
Phineas Agar
Samlyn Capital, LLC
Marcus Martinez
FedEx
Brad Ziemba
Finalis Securities LLC
Thomas Harrison
First Commercial Bank
Cheryl Lobell
Lobell Consulting Group
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? No -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
Gender identity
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.