Living Donor Resources
Financial Assistance
National Living Donor Assistance Center (NLDAC):
American Living Organ Donor Fund (ALODF):
American Transplant Foundation (ATF): (currently for Colorado residents only)
Fundraising organizations
Please read this to learn more about fundraising:
https://www.livingdonortoolkit.com/
The National Organ Transplant Act prohibits individuals from profiting from organ donation. Working with these organizations ensures that you as a donor are fully compliant with all laws and regulation governing organ donation.
Children's Organ Transplant Association:
For any benefits or protection for living donors in the state you live please check this link: Home - AKF State of the States
The National Kidney Foundation
AST – Circle of Excellence offering Organ Donor Paid Leave policy and other support. AST - The Circle Of Excellence
Donor Support Resource:
NKDO – National Kidney Donation
Facebook Support Groups for Living Donors
Books to read about living donation and transplant:
The Organ Donor Experience: Good Samaritans and the Meaning of Altruism by Katrina A. Bramstedt and Rena Down (2011)
Donor Girl: A Story of Living Kidney Donation by Lilli Adams
Lost in Transplantation: Memoir of an Unconventional Organ Donor by Eldonna Edwards
The Insider's Guide to Living Kidney Donation by Carol Offen and Betsy Crais (2021)
Kidney to Share by Martha Gershun and John D. Lantos (2021)
The Wee, The Wound And The Worries: My Experience Of Being A Kidney Donor by Pearl Howie (2010)
He Knew: A Living Kidney Donor’s Journey by Ethel F. Mize (2018)
So you want to donate a piece of your Liver... A guide to Living Donor Liver Transplant by Maria Baimas-George. She has published other books regarding organ donation and medical issues including for children - The Strength of My Scars
Additional helpful resources if needed:
For Advance Directives by each state please visit this link: