Be The Match Foundation

Be The Match Foundation^SM is the new name of The Marrow Foundation^®. Our work with families, corporations and other partners like you has raised millions of dollars for patients in need. With your support, Be The Match Foundation will continue to attract, engage and motivate people who want to save a life.

Funding our life-saving work

Thousands of patients with leukemia and other life-threatening diseases depend on Be The Match Foundation to raise funds to support the work of the National Marrow Donor Program^® (NMDP). We use your financial contributions to:

• Grow the Be The Match Registry^SM
• Provide financial assistance to help patients throughout their transplant journey
• Advance medical discovery to help patients live longer, healthier lives
  

You have the power to help, the power to heal. Your financial contribution makes life-saving transplants a reality for patients:
Give now.

Be The Match Foundation is the official 501(c)3 charitable organization of the NMDP.

More about Be The Match Foundation

Leadership

Exceptional individuals are providing their leadership, passion and expertise to support our life-saving work. 

• National Marrow Donor Program Board of Directors 
     (representing Be The Match Foundation)
• Christine Fleming, President
  

Annual report

Our 2008 Annual Report (PDF) provides an overview of how your contributions save lives.

History of helping patients

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

After Elmo passed away, Admiral Zumwalt and his wife created The Marrow Foundation, now called Be The Match Foundation, to help meet that need.