BE THE MATCH FOUNDATION
Programs
Program 1 [2018]
PATIENT ASSISTANCE BE THE MATCH FOUNDATION (BTMF) PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PATIENTS THROUGHOUT EACH STAGE OF THE TRANSPLANT PROCESS. MORE THAN $4M WAS PROVIDED TO PATIENTS IN NEED THIS YEAR. TWO GRANT PROGRAMS SUPPORT PATIENTS PRE-TRANSPLANT AND ARE DESIGNED TO HELP PATIENTS WHO HAVE INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL BARRIERS THAT DELAY OR PREVENT THEM FROM FINDING A DONOR. THE FAMILY TYPING GRANT (FTG) PAYS LABS, ON BEHALF OF THE PATIENTS, FOR THE TYPING OF FIRST DEGREE RELATIVES NEEDED TO IDENTIFY IF THERE IS A DONOR IN THE FAMILY. THE FTG HELPED 229 PATIENTS THIS FISCAL YEAR. FOR THOSE WITHOUT A DONOR IN THEIR FAMILY, SEARCH ASSISTANCE FUNDS (SAF) HELPS PATIENTS START THE UNRELATED DONOR SEARCH PROCESS BY GIVING TRANSPLANT CENTERS A GUARANTEE OF PAYMENT FOR SPECIFIC SEARCH AND/OR PROCUREMENT COSTS. THERE WERE 611 PATIENTS APPROVED FOR SAF THIS FISCAL YEAR. BTMF ALSO PROVIDES TWO POST-TRANSPLANT GRANTS TO HELP WITH THE MANY UNCOVERED EXTRA EXPENSES PATIENTS EXPERIENCE FOLLOWING A TRANSPLANT. THE TRANSPLANT SUPPORT ASSISTANCE (TSA) GRANT PROVIDES DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO QUALIFIED FAMILIES WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR AFTER TRANSPLANT. TSA HELPS WITH EXTRA EXPENSES, SUCH AS TRANSPORTATION, TEMPORARY RELOCATION, CO-PAYS, AND INSURANCE PREMIUMS. THIS YEAR 1,242 PATIENT AWARDS WERE GRANTED TSA - WITH THE AVERAGE GRANT AWARD BEING $2,000. THE JOHN AND CARYN CAMIOLO SURVIVORSHIP GRANT (CAM) PROVIDES DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO QUALIFIED PATIENTS, WHO ARE BEYOND ONE YEAR POST TRANSPLANT AND WHO HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH CHRONIC GRAFT- VERSUS-HOST DISEASE. CAM HELPS WITH UNCOVERED COSTS OF TREATMENT AND PRESCRIPTIONS. THIS FISCAL YEAR, 96 PATIENTS WERE HELPED THROUGH THE CAM PROGRAM WITH THE AVERAGE GRANT BEING $500.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesOct 1, 2017 – Sep 30, 2018Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$4.3MProgram 2 [2018]
RESEARCH - RESEARCH INNOVATIONS ARE CRITICAL TO EXPANDING TREATMENT TO MORE PATIENTS AND IMPROVING OUTCOMES. EACH YEAR, BTMF IS PROUD TO INVEST IN RESEARCH THROUGH: THE CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANT RESEARCH (CIBMTR): THE CIBMTR IS A JOINT COLLABORATION BETWEEN BE THE MATCH AND THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN, FACILITATING CRITICAL, CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH THAT HAS LED TO INCREASED SURVIVAL AND AN ENRICHED QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS WORLDWIDE. THIS WORK INCLUDES ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING AN EXTENSIVE DATABASE FOR RESEARCHERS, CONDUCTING OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES, AND PLANNING AND FACILITATING CLINICAL TRIALS THAT ASSESS TRENDS AND THERAPIES. LAST YEAR, MORE THAN 200 RESEARCH STUDIES WERE UNDERWAY THROUGH THE CIBMTR. THE AMY STRELZER MANASEVIT RESEARCH PROGRAM (AMY PROGRAM): OUR FLAGSHIP RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP, THE AMY PROGRAM FUNDS EARLY CAREER INVESTIGATORS FOCUSED ON ADVANCES IN THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF POST-TRANSPLANT COMPLICATIONS (E.G., GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST-DISEASE AND INFECTION). IN 2018, WE FUNDED THE WORK OF 12 AMY SCHOLARS. AMY SCHOLARS HAVE GONE ON TO BECOME LEADERS IN THE FIELD, PURSUING SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES THAT HELP BE THE MATCH PATIENTS LIVE LONGER, HEALTHIER LIVES. SINCE 1998, BTMF HAS INVESTED NEARLY $9 MILLION TO HELP LAUNCH THE CAREERS OF 37 YOUNG PHYSICIAN-SCIENTISTS. AFTER RECEIVING THEIR AMY SCHOLAR AWARDS, THIS GROUP HAS GONE ON TO WIN MORE THAN $110 MILLION IN SUBSEQUENT FUNDING TO PURSUE THE DISCOVERIES THAT WILL HELP PATIENTS LIVE LONGER, HEALTHIER LIVES AFTER TRANSPLANT. TODAY, THE AMY STRELZER MANASEVIT RESEARCH PROGRAM FOR THE STUDY OF POST-TRANSPLANT COMPLICATIONS IS ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST COVETED FELLOWSHIPS IN THE FIELD OF TRANSPLANTATION. ANTHONY NOLAN TRUST: PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE ANTHONY NOLAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE TO CONTINUE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF AN HLA CLASS I AND II SEQUENCE DATABASE AND PROVISION OF HLA CLASS I AND II SEQUENCE INFORMATION.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesOct 1, 2017 – Sep 30, 2018Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$2.2MProgram 3 [2018]
RECRUITMENT - THE BE THE MATCH REGISTRY PROVIDES THE MOST DIVERSE LISTING OF POTENTIAL DONORS AND CORD BLOOD UNITS IN THE WORLD. BTMF PROVIDES FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND AID IN ADDING MEMBERS TO THE REGISTRY. WITH 20 MILLION POTENTIAL DONORS AND 295,000 CORD BLOOD UNITS, OUR GROWING REGISTRY IS HELPING PATIENTS GET THE TRANSPLANT THEY NEED. IN FISCAL YEAR 2018, OVER 525,000 NEW POTENTIAL DONORS WERE ADDED TO THE BE THE MATCH REGISTRY. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE MILLIONS ON THE REGISTRY, PATIENTS SOMETIMES STILL CANNOT FIND A MATCH. THIS IS DUE IN PART TO THE PATIENTS ETHNIC BACKGROUND. ON AVERAGE, A PATIENT'S LIKELIHOOD OF FINDING A MATCH ON THE BE THE MATCH REGISTRY RANGES FROM 19% TO 80% DEPENDING ON THE ETHNIC BACKGROUND. SOME ETHNIC GROUPS HAVE MORE COMPLEX TISSUE TYPES THAN OTHERS, SO A PERSON'S BEST CHANCE OF FINDING A DONOR IS WITH SOMEONE OF THE SAME ETHNIC BACKGROUND. THE IMPORTANCE OF INCREASING DIVERSITY ON THE REGISTRY IS AN ORGANIZATION GOAL AND PRIORITY AT BE THE MATCH.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesOct 1, 2017 – Sep 30, 2018Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$616.4K
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