• Direct

  assistance

  Our need-based programs help patients with prescription medications and nutritional supplements, transportation costs, and emergency necessities relating to health care.

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• Supportive

  Services

  Our services are tailored to empower pre-dialysis, dialysis, and transplant patients with Chronic Kidney Disease and related disorders to have a measurably improved quality of life.

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• Professional

  Education

  We provide interdisciplinary education for renal professionals, focusing on current trends and featuring nationally recognized experts in the field of renal health care.                          .

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• Community

  Programs

  Our educational programs, presentations, and community health fairs emphasize the crucial role in the prevention and awareness of kidney disease.                       .

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MISSION

The Kidney Foundation of Ohio is dedicated to providing a broad-based program of direct assistance to those with kidney disease and promoting and providing educational programming for the general public, renal professionals, and patients and their families.

Vision

It is our goal that all people with renal disease or transplant recipients will be accepted in the community and have a measurably improved quality of life and function as a result of the services provided by the Kidney Foundation of Ohio.

WHAT WE DO

The Kidney Foundation remains the only health and human services agency in Northeast Ohio which continues to provide direct dollars to patients to assist them through the devastation of kidney disease. The Foundation remains an Ohio-based organization and all funds raised in Ohio, stay in Ohio to help kidney patients. Learn more about the impact the organization had on the community in 2023.

UPCOMING

• December 5, 2024

  WEBINAR: The Cost of Transplantation: University Hospitals Transplant Institute Financial Overview

  This webinar will explore the financial cost of pre and post transplantation, understanding the roles insurance plays in the transplant process and understanding the Centers of Excellence outcomes and safety rating for transplant.>>
• March 1, 2025

  Annual Gala

  The Kidney Foundation of Ohio Annual Gala will be held Saturday, March 1, 2025 at Cleveland Marriott Downtown to celebrate 75 years of Kidney Foundation of Ohio.>>