Corporate and Foundation Partners

Thanks to the generosity of our corporate and foundation partners, more patients with blood cancers like leukemia and lymphoma, sickle cell and other life-threatening diseases are getting a second chance at life. Whether an organization is sponsoring a donor drive to grow the Be The Match Registry^®, contributing toward research, supporting patient assistance or sponsoring a local event, their support has a positive effect on their employees, their communities and our transplant patients.

With help from companies and foundations like yours, we save lives every day. Be The Match Foundation^® engages with organizations both large and small. For more information, please contact Angie Dahl, Director, Corporate Relations, at (612) 884-8670 or adahl@nmdp.org.

We are grateful for the partners below who contributed $25,000 or more this year or $100,000 or more over the lifetime of our relationship and continue to be actively involved with Be The Match Foundation.

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3M 3M has a distinguished history as a recognized leader in supporting the life-saving work of Be The Match Foundation^®. Since 1992, 3M has made many financial contributions directed toward educating people about the need for marrow donation and encouraging them to join the registry. Through employee-run drives at 3M plants across the country, more than 1,258 employees have joined the registry, and four of those employees have been matched to patients and donated their marrow. 3M recently won the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce Quality of Life Award for their work with Be The Match Foundation. Visit 3M	Abbott Molecular Abbott Molecular, a producer of reagents used in the tissue typing process, has partnered with Be The Match Foundation^® for more than 10 years. Abbott has been a sponsor of the IMGT/HLA Database that is used by registries, typing labs, transplant centers and researchers throughout the world to determine HLA matches. Abbott has also been a sponsor of the annual National Marrow Donor Program^® Council Meeting. Abbott has conducted donor drives on behalf of Be The Match Registry^® with its employees. Of the employees added to the registry, 75% are from ethnically or racially diverse backgrounds. One of Abbott's employees was identified as a match for a young girl with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The donor and the recipient had the opportunity to meet at a celebration at Abbott Molecular offices. Visit Abbott Molecular
Aetna Aetna and the Aetna Foundation have awarded Be The Match Foundation^® more than $200,000 over the past six years. A significant portion of those dollars have covered the costs of Aetna employees who choose to join the Be The Match Registry^®. Employees have met that call to action—since 1999, more than 1,600 have participated in 126 marrow donor registry drives hosted at 41 Aetna offices nationwide. Visit Aetna	American Airlines American Airlines has supported Be The Match Foundation^® since 1999. American Airlines became aware of the need for marrow donors when the son of an employee needed a transplant. American Airlines stepped forward to make a generous contribution to Be The Match Foundation to cover the cost of adding their employees to the Be The Match Registry^®. Over the past 11 years, American Airlines has held more than 155 drives, adding more than 3,500 employees to Be The Match Registry. Eight of those employees have already been a marrow match for a patient in need. Visit American Airlines
Amgen Amgen and the Amgen Foundation have supported Be The Match Foundation^® since 1998. Amgen has demonstrated its commitment to our mission by conducting more than 50 donor recruitment drives, which added more than 1,400 new members to Be The Match Registry^®. Amgen is also a strong supporter of the annual National Marrow Donor Program^® (NMDP) Council Meeting. In 2008, Amgen received the Admiral Zumwalt Corporate Award for demonstrating consistent, committed support through sponsoring tissue typing and/or educational projects that have led to an increased awareness of the NMDP's programs, services and mission. Visit Amgen	AutoTrader.com AutoTrader.com supports the Be The Match Foundation's Hendrick Marrow Program through sponsorship of the Hendrick Marrow Program's signature event, Learn Live Hope. This event raises funds to support donor recruitment for the Be The Match Registry and financial assistance for transplant patients. Visit AutoTrader.com
Bank of America Bank of America has sustained a long relationship with Be The Match Foundation^® Hendrick Marrow Program. Bank of America has supported patient assistance efforts and most recently committed to title sponsorship of Hendrick Marrow Program's signature event, Learn Live Hope. Visit Bank of America	Carolinas Healthcare Foundation Carolinas Healthcare Foundation supports the Be The Match Foundation’s Hendrick Marrow Program through sponsorship of the Hendrick Marrow Program's signature event, Learn Live Hope, and the Hendrick Marrow Program Half Marathon and 5K. Both events raise funds to support donor recruitment for the Be The Match Registry^® and financial assistance for transplant patients. Visit Carolinas Healthcare Foundation
Choate Construction Choate Construction Company has granted more than $150,000 to the Be The Match Foundation’s Hendrick Marrow Program through an eight year relationship as presenting sponsor of Learn Live Hope. This is the Hendrick Marrow Program's signature event that raises funds to support donor recruitment for the Be The Match Registry^® and financial assistance for transplant patients. Visit Choate Construction	Ford Ford and UAW-Ford have supported Be The Match Foundation^® since 2002. Together they have conducted approximately 130 donor drives and added close to 3,800 employees to Be The Match Registry^®. More than 123 of their employees have gone on to further testing as a possible marrow match for a patient. Visit Ford
General Motors General Motors (GM) has been a leader in its support of Be The Match Foundation^® and in corporate recruitment. Through its Life Match Program, GM has conducted approximately 190 donor drives and added more than 8,200 employees to Be The Match Registry^®. Forty-two employees have gone on to donate marrow. GM also supports the mission of Be The Match in the community. Through its Saturn retailers, GM sponsored one of America's largest annual community-wide one-day donor drives, called Saturn National Donor Day. Saturn held more than 1,900 community donor drives and added more than 12,000 potential marrow donors to the registry. Visit General Motors	Hendrick Automotive Group Rick Hendrick is chairman of Hendrick Automotive Group, a group of automotive dealerships across the country. Hendrick Automotive Group and its individual dealerships are ardent supporters of the work of the Be The Match Foundation’s Hendrick Marrow Program and graciously sponsor Learn Live Hope, the Hendrick Marrow Program's signature event. Learn Live Hope raises funds to support donor recruitment for the Be The Match Registry^® and financial assistance for transplant patients. Visit Hendrick Automotive Group
Histogenetics Histogenetics, a biotech firm that specializes in human leukocyte antigen (HLA) testing, has supported Be The Match Foundation^® since 2004. Histogenetics is the lead sponsor of the IMGT/HLA Database that is used by registries, typing labs, transplant centers and researchers throughout the world to determine HLA matches. Histogenetics has also been an ongoing sponsor of the annual National Marrow Donor Program^® Council Meeting. Visit Histogenetics	The Jeff Gordon Foundation Jeff Gordon and The Jeff Gordon Foundation have granted more than $1 million dollars to support the work of the Hendrick Marrow Program and Be The Match Foundation^®. Gordon uses his platform in motorsports to promote Be The Match^® initiatives such as the Be The Match Marrowthon and has made three visits to Capitol Hill to advocate for the National Marrow Donor Program^®. Visit The Jeff Gordon Foundation
Kellogg’s Kellogg’s has granted thousands of dollars to the Be The Match Foundation’s Hendrick Marrow Program through financial contributions and in-kind gifts of product. Visit Kellogg’s	LabCorp LabCorp, a nationwide network of 38 primary testing locations and more than 1,500 patient service centers, has partnered with Be The Match for over 25 years. LabCorp has been the lead sponsor of the NMDP Council Meeting since 2011. They are also a supporter of the IMGT/HLA Database that is used by registries, typing labs, transplant centers and researchers throughout the world to determine HLA matches. Visit LabCorp
Life Technologies Life Technologies has been a long-standing partner of Be The Match Foundation^®. The organization has sponsored the IMGT/HLA Database that is used by registries, typing labs, transplant centers and researchers throughout the world to determine HLA matches. Life Technologies has also sponsored donor drives and the annual National Marrow Donor Program^® Council Meeting. Visit Life Technologies	Lowe's Lowe's supports the Be The Match Foundation's Hendrick Marrow Program through sponsorship of the Hendrick Marrow Program's signature event, Learn Live Hope, and the Hendrick Marrow Program Half Marathon and 5K. Both events raise funds to support donor recruitment for the Be The Match Registry^® and financial assistance for transplant patients. Visit Lowe's
Nationwide Insurance Foundation Nationwide Insurance Foundation sponsored the 2008 NASCAR Foundation Blood and Marrow Drive. This initiative called on NASCAR fans to give blood and join the Be The Match Registry^® of potential marrow donors. Visit Nationwide Insurance Foundation	One Lambda One Lambda, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, is the leading manufacturer of HLA Typing Reagents and Antibody Detection Kits. The organization has supported Be The Match Foundation^® since 2002. One Lambda is one of the top sponsors of the IMGT/HLA Database that is used by registries, typing labs, transplant centers and researchers throughout the world to determine HLA matches. They have also been a supporter of the annual National Marrow Donor Program^® Council Meeting. Visit One Lambda at www.onelambda.com.
Otsuka America Pharmaceuticals Inc. Otsuka America Pharmaceuticals Inc. (OAPI) has shown high and sustaining commitment to supporting Be The Match Foundation^® and the transplant community as a whole. OAPI has provided unrestricted educational grants to the medical education efforts of the National Marrow Donor Program^® and has also educated their employees on the need for bone marrow and cord blood donors. OAPI also provided a grant to sponsor online donor recruitment, for anyone who wanted to join Be The Match Registry^®. This generous grant funded more than 1,000 new registry members. Visit OAPI	Pall Corporation The Pall Corporation has partnered with Be The Match to update an educational video. Public cord blood banks throughout the United States use the Public Cord Blood Collection DVD: Background and Technique as a supplemental training resource to the detailed collection instructions unique to their cord blood bank procedures. It provides an overview of cord blood collection techniques to maximize collection volume and quality. Visit The Pall Corporation
Speedway Children’s Charities – Charlotte Chapter Speedway Children’s Charities supports the Be The Match Foundation’s Hendrick Marrow Program through a co-branded event called Speed for Children in Need. In 2012, the second year of the event, participation topped 900 individuals and great exposure to the mission of the Hendrick Marrow Program was generated. Visit Speedway Children’s Charities	United States Postal Service Through its Delivering the Gift of Life Campaign, the United States Postal Service (USPS) has added 50,000 employees and their family members to Be The Match Registry^®. At least 80 postal employees have been matched to patients and gone on to donate -- giving a patient a second chance at life. In September 2009, the Postal Service was the recipient of the first Rod Carew Award for Leadership and was recognized as having saved more lives through marrow donation than any other business organization in the nation. Visit USPS
James R. Vannoy and Sons Construction James R. Vannoy and Sons Construction supports the Be The Match Foundation's Hendrick Marrow Program through sponsorship of the Hendrick Marrow Program's signature event, Learn Live Hope. This event raises funds to support donor recruitment for the Be The Match Registry and financial assistance for transplant patients. Visit James R. Vannoy and Sons Construction	Wachovia Wachovia supports Be The Match Foundation’s Hendrick Marrow Program through sponsorship of Learn Live Hope. This is the Hendrick Marrow Program's signature event that raises funds to support donor recruitment for the Be The Match Registry^® and financial assistance for transplant patients. Visit Wachovia