The Marrow Foundation

The Marrow Foundation was a non-profit organization that served as the primary fundraising and private-sector partner for the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP). Founded to support the expansion of the national registry of bone marrow and blood stem cell donors, the foundation focused on increasing donor diversity and providing financial aid to patients in need of transplants. It played a crucial role in funding research into transplant-related complications and improving the success rates of hematopoietic stem cell therapies. The foundation's efforts helped facilitate thousands of life-saving transplants for patients suffering from leukemia, lymphoma, and other blood disorders. In the late 2000s, its operations were fully integrated into the NMDP to streamline donor recruitment and patient support services. Today, its legacy continues through the unified NMDP organization, which remains a global leader in cell therapy and transplant medicine.