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How your support fights kidney disease on all fronts
Support our comprehensive programs that address the physical, emotional and financial burdens patients face, from prevention through transplant.
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Your donation fuels our fight
When you give to the American Kidney Fund (AKF), you do more than make a donation. You provide lifesaving assistance when patients have nowhere else to turn. You demonstrate that someone cares. And you join us in fighting kidney disease on all fronts: from prevention and research to treatment and transplant.
There's no time for us to wait.
Your support can change the picture for the millions who have or are at risk for kidney disease today.
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More than 35 million Americans have kidney disease. But most don't know it.
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Kidney disease is a top 10 leading cause of death in the U.S., but it's an illness with no warning signs and low awareness.
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80%+ of dialysis patients cannot work due to the demands of their treatments.
96 cents of every donated dollar goes to patients and programs
Every success, milestone and breakthrough we achieve for patients and their families depends on caring and generous people like you. Your gift goes further when you give to AKF.
96 cents of every donated dollar goes to patients and programs
My kidney transplant would not have been possible without my daughter [living donor], the medical team, and my caretakers that all helped to make this happen. I truly wish everyone has this opportunity to receive a living donor and have the support that I received.
Con el AKF, su ayuda llega más lejos
Esto fue lo que lograron en 2021 sus donaciones al AKF.
1,673 low-income dialysis patients
had kidney transplants and post-transplant care with AKF's financial support in 2025
75,000 dialysis and recent transplant patients
were able to afford health care coverage and other treatment-related expenses.
Over $2.7 million in grants
provided through our Safety Net Program to nearly 15,000 people living with kidney failure.
More than 50,000 AKF Ambassadors
from all 50 states and D.C. participated in our Advocacy Network, fighting for issues of importance to the kidney community.
More than 8,000 kidney health coaches
completed our training course to educate others about the importance of living a healthy lifestyle.
144 kids and teens
connected with their peers in Camp Connections for pediatric kidney patients.
You choose how to fight!
Learn about the various ways that you can financially support AKF to help us be there for patients and their families when they need us most.
You helped me tremendously by paying my premiums during my dialysis treatments. I am alive because there was help. I am a post kidney transplant recipient and try to help whenever I can.
When you join our fight you change lives
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