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The Marrow Foundation

The Marrow Foundation^® has secured resources to help patients overcome financial barriers to life-saving transplants since 1991.

Funding our life-saving work

As the official 501(c)3 charitable organization of the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP), The Marrow Foundation provides funding to the NMDP through generous contributions from corporations, foundations, organizations and people like you.

We use your financial support to:

Provide patient assistance to help patients through their transplant journey
Add people to the donor Registry
Conduct research to help patients live longer, healthier lives

You are part of our mission to save lives. Your contribution enables us to help those that need it the most — the patients: Give now.

More about The Marrow Foundation

Leadership

Exceptional individuals are providing their leadership, passion and expertise to The Marrow Foundation’s support of the NMDP’s life-saving efforts.

Annual report

The Marrow Foundation 2007 Annual Report provides an overview of how contributions to The Marrow Foundation help patients get the life-saving transplant they need.

History of helping patients

Our visionary founder, Admiral E. R. Zumwalt Jr. — the U.S. Navy’s youngest four star admiral and later Chief of Naval Operations — recognized the significant financial needs of patients being served by the NMDP when his eldest son, Elmo, needed a bone marrow transplant to treat lymphoma. After Elmo passed away, Admiral Zumwalt and his wife created The Marrow Foundation to:

Provide resources to make transplant possible for every patient who needs one
Improve the length and quality of life for transplant recipients