Nmdp Foundation
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
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- Income
- $22.6 million
- Spending
- $21.0 million
- Spent on programs
- 80%
- Reserves
- 2.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
- Employees
- 48
- Volunteers
- 3,000
- Highest pay
- $2.2 million, nmdp chief executive officer
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 70 out of 100. Higher than 24% of charities in its peer group (philanthropy, $10m to $100m).
Reserves
10 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 2.1 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 14% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 7% of income.
Income trend
10 of 15Income fell 7% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1580% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 9 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 37% of charities in its peer group (philanthropy, $10m to $100m).
Independent board
25 of 2517 of 18 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (4)
- $7.0 million spent. PATIENT ASSISTANCE:THE NMDP FOUNDATION PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PATIENTS THROUGHOUT EACH STAGE OF THE TRANSPLANT PROCESS. FUNDED BY PHILANTHROPY, IN FY25, MORE THAN $7 MILLION WAS PROVIDED TO OVER 3,000 PATIENTS FROM 148 TRANSPLANT CENTERS. IN FY25, THE PROPORTION OF GRANT RECIPIENTS WHO IDENTIFIED AS NON-HISPANIC WHITE RANGED FROM 0%-67% DEPENDING ON THE GRANT TYPE. FOR THE SICKLE CELL FERTILITY PRESERVATION GRANT, WHICH HELPS PAY FOR FERTILITY PRESERVATION AND STORAGE PRE-TRANSPLANT FOR SICKLE CELL DISEASE, ALL RECIPIENTS IDENTIFIED AS EITHER BLACK / AFRICAN AMERICAN OR HISPANIC. FOR THE JOHN AND CARYN CAMIOLOG SURVIVORSHIP GRANT, 67% OF RECIPIENTS IDENTIFIED AS NON-HISPANIC WHITE.THE SICKLE CELL FERTILITY PRESERVATION GRANT HELPS PAY FOR FERTILITY PRESERVATION AND STORAGE FEES FOR PATIENTS WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE PREPARING FOR TRANSPLANT. THIS GRANT IS PAID TO THE FERTILITY PRESERVATION CLINIC OR PATIENT WHEN INSURANCE DOES NOT COVER THIS COST. IN FY25, THIS GRANT WAS DISTRIBUTED TO 27 PATIENTS WITH AN AVERAGE AWARD AMOUNT OF $6,695. NMDP ALSO PROVIDES FUNDING TO HELP WITH THE MANY UNCOVERED OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES FOR PATIENTS BEFORE AND AFTER TRANSPLANT. THE TSA GRANT PROVIDES DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO QUALIFIED FAMILIES BOTH PRE- AND POST-TRANSPLANT. TSA HELPS WITH EXPENSES SUCH AS TRANSPORTATION, TEMPORARY RELOCATION, COPAYS AND INSURANCE PREMIUMS. FOR THIS GRANT, 63% OF RECIPIENTS IDENTIFIED AS NON-HISPANIC WHITE. IN FY25, 3,621 TSA AWARDS WERE GRANTED TO 2,727 PATIENTS PRE- AND POST-TRANSPLANT WITH THE AVERAGE AWARD BEING $1,290. THE AWARD AMOUNT IS DETERMINED BASED ON A FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL SLIDING SCALE. PATIENTS CAN RECEIVE BOTH PRE- AND POST-TRANSPLANT AWARDS IF THEY MEET ELIGIBILITY. THE CAMIOLO SURVIVORSHIP GRANT (CAM) PROVIDES DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ELIGIBLE PATIENTS, WHO ARE AT LEAST THREE MONTHS POST-TRANSPLANT AND WHO ARE ACTIVELY RECEIVING TREATMENT FOR CHRONIC GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST DISEASE. CAM HELPS WITH UNCOVERED COSTS OF TREATMENT AND PRESCRIPTIONS. IN FY25, 180 PATIENTS WERE HELPED THROUGH THE CAM GRANT WITH EACH PATIENT AWARDED $750.THE CHELL TRAVEL GRANT PROVIDES DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ELIGIBLE PATIENTS WHO NEEDED ASSISTANCE WITH TRAVEL COSTS TO PARTICIPATE IN CLINICAL TRIALS THAT TREAT BLOOD CANCERS OR BLOOD DISORDERS. FOR THIS GRANT, 54% OF RECIPIENTS IDENTIFIED AS NON-HISPANIC WHITE. IN FY25, 157 PATIENTS RECEIVED THE CHELL TRAVEL GRANT WITH THE AVERAGE AWARD AMOUNT BEING $1,598.TWO CRISIS GRANTS HELP PATIENTS EXPERIENCING A SIGNIFICANT CRISIS EVENT IMPACTING ACCESS TO TRANSPLANT OR POST-TRANSPLANT CARE. THE IRA AND DIANA RIKLIS CRISIS GRANT PROVIDES UP TO $10,000 IN DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO QUALIFIED PATIENTS POST-TRANSPLANT AND THE MAKE ME STRONGER CRISIS GRANT PROVIDES UP TO $15,000 PRE-TRANSPLANT. IN FY25, 61 PATIENTS WERE HELPED THROUGH THESE CRISIS GRANTS WITH THE AVERAGE AWARD AMOUNT BEING $8,858. A TEAM OF BMT SOCIAL WORKERS AND NAVIGATORS DEFINES THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA WHICH IS USED TO ENSURE FAIR AND CONSISTENT DISTRIBUTION OF THIS GRANT. IN FY25, 47% OF GRANT RECIPIENTS IDENTIFIED AS NON-HISPANIC WHITE.
- $555,805 spent. RECRUITMENT:THE NMDP REGISTRY IS A LISTING OF MILLIONS OF POTENTIAL DONORS AND CORD BLOOD UNITS. EVERY SEARCH THROUGH NMDP PROVIDES PATIENTS WITH ACCESS TO MORE THAN 43 MILLION POTENTIAL ADULT DONORS AND MORE THAN 761,000 CORD BLOOD UNITS WORLDWIDE. THE BEST MATCH FOR A PATIENT IS TYPICALLY SOMEONE WHO SHARES THEIR ETHNIC BACKGROUND. IMPROVING THE ETHNIC DIVERSITY OF THE NMDP REGISTRY IMPROVES ALL PATIENTS' ODDS OF FINDING THEIR BEST MATCH, REGARDLESS OF ETHNIC BACKGROUND.PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 AND 35 ARE MOST URGENTLY NEEDED. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT CELLS FROM YOUNGER DONORS LEAD TO BETTER LONG-TERM SURVIVAL FOR PATIENTS.IN FY25, MORE THAN 230,000 POTENTIAL DONORS JOINED THE NMDP REGISTRY (35% OF WHOM WERE ETHNICALLY DIVERSE) AND MORE THAN 4,300 UMBILICAL CORD UNITS WERE ADDED TO THE REGISTRY.
- $1.5 million spent. RESEARCH: RESEARCH INNOVATIONS ARE CRITICAL TO EXPANDING TREATMENT TO MORE PATIENTS AND IMPROVING OUTCOMES. EACH YEAR, THE NMDP FOUNDATION IS PROUD TO INVEST IN RESEARCH THROUGH:THE NMDP AMY STRELZER MANASEVIT RESEARCH PROGRAM: THE AMY PROGRAM FUNDS EARLY CAREER INVESTIGATORS FOCUSED ON ADVANCES IN THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF POST-CELL THERAPY COMPLICATIONS (E.G., GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST -DISEASE AND INFECTION).IN 2025, WE FUNDED THE WORK OF 12 AMY SCHOLARS. AMY SCHOLARS HAVE GONE ON TO BECOME LEADERS IN THE FIELD, PURSUING SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES THAT HELP NMDP PATIENTS LIVE LONGER, HEALTHIER LIVES. SINCE 1998, THE NMDP FOUNDATION HAS INVESTED NEARLY $13 MILLION TO HELP LAUNCH THE CAREERS OF 53 YOUNG PHYSICIAN-SCIENTISTS. AFTER RECEIVING THEIR NMDP AMY SCHOLAR AWARD, 53 YOUNG PHYSICIAN-SCIENTISTS HAVE GONE ON TO WIN MORE THAN $250 MILLION IN SUBSEQUENT GOVERNMENT GRANT FUNDING TO PURSUE THE DISCOVERIES TO HELP PATIENTS LIVE LONGER, HEALTHIER LIVES AFTER CELL THERAPY. TODAY, THE AMY STRELZER MANASEVIT RESEARCH PROGRAM FOR THE STUDY OF POST-CELL THERAPY COMPLICATIONS IS ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST COVETED FELLOWSHIPS IN THE FIELD OF TRANSPLANTATION.NMDP DONOR FOR ALL: THIS SERIES OF TRANSFORMATIONAL MULTI-CENTER CLINICAL TRIALS IS TESTING A NEW TRANSPLANT PROTOCOL AIMED AT MAKING MISMATCHED DONOR TRANSPLANTS SAFER AND MORE EFFECTIVE, WITH THE GOAL OF EXPANDING ACCESS TO TRANSPLANT TO THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS WHO LACK A FULLY MATCHED DONOR.ANTHONY NOLAN TRUST: PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE ANTHONY NOLAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE TO CONTINUE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF AN HLA CLASS I AND II SEQUENCE DATABASE AND PROVISION OF HLA CLASS I AND II SEQUENCE INFORMATION.CIBMTR (CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANT RESEARCH) A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN AND NMDP IS THE LEADING HUB FOR TRANSPLANT AND CELL THERAPY RESEARCH. NMDP FOUNDATION HELPS TO FUND VARIOUS OTHER INNOVATIVE RESEARCH STUDIES LED AND MANAGED BY CIBMTR.
- $7.8 million spent. OTHER PROGRAM:THE NMDP FOUNDATION PARTNERS WITH NMDP TO ADVANCE VARIOUS INITIATIVES THAT DIRECTLY SUPPORT PATIENTS AND PROVIDERS. THESE PROGRAMS INCLUDE:NMDP PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH ONE-ON-ONE NAVIGATION SUPPORT, VIDEO, PRINTED, AND DIGITAL EDUCATION RESOURCES, COUNSELING, NMDP PEER CONNECT PROGRAM, AND THE JASON CARTER CLINICAL TRIALS SEARCH AND SUPPORT PROGRAM, WHICH HELPS PATIENTS WITH LIFE-THREATENING BLOOD DISORDERS FIND CLINICAL TRIALS. NMDP FOUNDATION RAISES FUNDS TO SUPPORT THESE CRITICAL SERVICES.NMDP ALLOCATES COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS AND OCCUPANCY COSTS TO PROGRAMS BASED ON EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBILITIES.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending September 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since January 1992.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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