Financial Assistance
For many transplant patients and their families, the biggest financial burdens are often not the surgery itself, but expenses such as travel, lodging, medications, insurance premiums, lost wages, childcare, and housing. Below are trusted national organizations that provide grants, fundraising assistance, travel support, or other financial resources.
Organization Assistance Resources
American Transplant Foundation Financial assistance grants, medication assistance, insurance premium support, living donor grants, mentorship, and living donor resources.
National Living Donor Assistance Center (NLDAC) Helps eligible living donors with travel, lodging, meals, lost wages, and dependent care expenses related to donation.
Help Hope Live Provides tax-advantaged fundraising campaigns to help transplant patients cover uninsured medical and related expenses.
National Foundation for Transplants Fundraising assistance, financial guidance, and patient support for transplant candidates and recipients.
National Kidney Foundation Emergency patient grants (when available), medication assistance resources, transportation information, and financial education.
American Liver Foundation Financial resource referrals, patient education, and support services for liver transplant patients.
Children's Organ Transplant Association (COTA) Fundraising assistance and family support for children and young adults needing life-saving transplants.
TRIO (Transplant Recipients International Organization) Education, support groups, advocacy, and connections to financial resources.
National Foundation for Credit Counseling Free financial counseling and budgeting assistance for families experiencing medical debt.
