The Kidney Transplant Collaborative (KTC) awarded HonorBridge one of their exclusive grants for their project aimed to help increase kidney transplants and reduce barriers among patients and donors. Following a highly competitive selection process that elicited more than 70 letters of intent from organizations across the country, five projects were selected by a panel made up of transplant surgeons, transplant recipients and policy experts to receive funding from the KTC. HonorBridge was awarded more than $405,000 for this grant.
The panel considered a variety of factors, including health equity, diversity of approach, feasibility, innovation, and potential to increase kidney transplants in a 24-month period. HonorBridge’s recognized project, “Kidney Transplant in Rapid Organ Recovery from Donation after Uncontrolled Circulatory Death Occurs” will develop a new, improved system for recovery and tracking kidney donation outcomes. With over 3,000 North Carolinians currently waiting for a kidney transplant, the goal is to increase the number of deceased kidney donors so that more people receive their life-saving transplant.
“HonorBridge is grateful that the KTC chose our project to move forward. We are excited to explore this opportunity to potentially expand kidney donation in our community,” said Kim Koontz, Chief Operating Officer of HonorBridge.
The Kidney Transplant Collaborative (KTC) is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing kidney transplants and decreasing financial obstacles and other problems kidney patients, donors and their families experience with the kidney transplant process.
To learn more about our project, contact us here.
