• Gift of Life, It's About Life: Education, School & Community Grants

  • Deadline: COB March 21, 2025

  • GRANT OVERVIEW

    A global leader since the early days of transplantation, Gift of Life understands the unique alliance of science and humanity required for a stranger’s heart, lungs, kidneys or other organs to be donated in death to bring life to others. The renowned organ procurement organization (OPO) knows that in order to save more lives and enable us to reach the day when no one dies waiting for a transplant, greater awareness about organ health, transplantation and donation is needed.

    Gift of Life Transplant Foundation will provide grants to high schools, houses of worship and non-profit community organizations in urban communities where donor registration rates are low and the waitlist for transplants is long. More than half of the 100,000 people on the nation’s organ transplant waitlist are from communities of color. In Philadelphia, the county with the lowest donor registration rate in Pennsylvania, more than 70 percent of people on the kidney waitlist are African American, often due to diabetes, high blood pressure and other prevalent diseases.

    Grants of up to $5,000 will be provided for hands-on, interactive programs with demonstratable metrics, along with information, speakers and ongoing counsel. Previous grants have supported programs that included educational workshops, health screenings, lunch & learns, PSA contests, science education, career mentoring for students and other components.

    Gift of Life will provide educational materials, speakers, surveys, donor registration support/technology and overall guidance to help make the program a success.

    Grant applications may be submitted through March 21, 2025. Awardees will be announced during April, which is National Donate Life Month.

    The IAL grants are designed to support projects that focus on registration, education and awareness. Applications should prioritize these objectives and outline clear strategies to achieve them.

  • APPLICATION ASSESSMENT

    1. Strategy for how the project will increase public health education and designations for organ donation.

    2. Population to be served and relevance to goal of reaching people who are not registered organ donors and/or those in communities with high rates of kidney, heart, liver or other organ disease.

    3. Expectations for the number of people to be reached and registered.

    4. Timeline and budget.

    5. Measurement and reporting capabilities, including providing data, documentation of expenditures and regular information about programming.

    6. Plan for reaching participants and program promotion.

    7. Organization’s experience with outreach programming and/or organ donation and designated program lead.

    GIFT OF LIFE PARTNERSHIP

    Applicants are expected to partner with and participate in Gift of Life programming throughout the year, such as Donate Life Month and/or Donor Dash (April), National Minority Donor Awareness Month (August), Donor Sabbath (November), and/or Home Cook Heroes at Gift of Life Howie’s House for transplant families.

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  • Please see the attachment for a list of grant project examples to help guide your proposal.

  • The amount of funding awarded for your proposed project will be determined by the reach of the project. Please note the following minimum reach requirements:

    In-person events: A minimum of 50 participants.
    Social or virtual projects: A minimum of 500 participants.
    Projects that meet or exceed these reach targets will be eligible for funding, with the specific amount based on the scale of the engagement.

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  • APPLICATION CHECKLIST: The following checklist will help ensure that the grant application process is not delayed:

    ·       All questions are answered completely

    ·       The proposed date and time of the program are indicated

    ·       Measurable outcomes are indicated

    ·       A proposed detailed budget is included

     

    If the grant application is approved, the following items are required:

    • A copy of the organization’s IRS Determination Letter 501c3 and completed W-9 form
    • A letter of support from the leader of the organization/school
    • Schedule a meeting and/or site visit (if applicable) with grant representative from Gift of Life
    • Order FREE donation materials or request a speaker from Gift of Life Donor Program
    • Distribute program evaluations to participants (provided by Gift of Life)
    • Itemized receipts must be received within 30 days of the event
      • Scans/photos of receipts are accepted
      • Reimbursement for grant expenditures will take at least 30 days after submission of final report and receipts
    • A final report (form will be provided) must be received within 30 days of the event (final payment of grant money will only be paid after final report is received)
    • Partner with Gift of Life Donor Program at a secondary event during the year
    • Contact Gift of Life grant representative for all questions or concerns.

     

    NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY:

    Gift of Life Donor Program does not discriminate based on sex, disability, age, race, color or national origin in its educational programs, activities, or employment as required by Law. Gift of Life Donor Program will take steps to assure that lack of English language skills will not be a barrier to admission or participation in all education programs. Further assurance is given that services, activities and facilities are accessible to and usable to persons with disabilities.

    Please contact Naja Killebrew at 267-838-1736 or NKillebrew@donors1.org and/or Anaya Mitchell at amitchell@donors1.org if you have any questions. We look forward to working with you!

     

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