California · Nonprofit
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TRANSPLANTATION FOUNDATION
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TRANSPLANTATION FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $198,573 to it, the largest being ONELEGACY FOUNDATION ($160,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $199k
- Net assets
- $17M
What National Institute of Transplantation Foundation does
Mission
The foundation's primary purpose is to advance the science and practice of organ transplantation through education and research programs.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
In an effort to increase the organization's overall education outreach, nitf produced and released a feature film, the christmas chain.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Education - linked by love: in late 2024, we reformatted the linked by love series to release on streaming platforms in early 2025 as an effort to have a broader reach to the general public. Linked by love, an "edutainment" series, was created by nitf in 2022 and released in march 2023 on youtube. The series provides vital healthcare information about kidney disease and prevention, kidney transplantation, and living donation. It is an effort to decrease the disparities of kidney disease and failure and increase access of kidney transplantation among the black population.
$425,219 spent31% of program spendingResearch grant program: nitf awards research grants semiannually to improve clinical outcomes and positively impact the field of transplantation. In 2024, nitf awareded 3 grants totaling $424,133.
$424,133 spentof which $424,133 as grants31% of program spendingEducation - the christmas chain: nitf co-produced a feature film, the christmas chain, and released on streaming platforms in november 2024 for a broader outreach to the general public. This film is the newest addition to our library of digital "edutainment" to provide about kidney disease and prevention, kidney transplantation, and living donation. There were approximately 3 million views in 2024 (about 7 weeks of being released).
$332,922 spent24% of program spendingEducation - broadcast and social media campaigns: in 2024, nitf re-released the linked by love psa on tv and radio to increase awareness about kidney disease and prevention, transplantation and living donation. There were approximately 277 million impressions. The social media campaign provided kidney disease prevention, healthy living, and living donation information by posting on facebook, instagram, and tiktok. There were over 1.1 million impressions. Both campaigns targeted the black and hispanic populations, who are most at-risk of kidney disease and failure, as an effort to decrease these disparities.
$197,247 spent14% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,379,521.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $22M to $16M (−24%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
20% of NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TRANSPLANTATION FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Nicole Mendez
Executive director
Board chair
Justin Dooley
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $150k → $26.
3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TRANSPLANTATION FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TRANSPLANTATION FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 81% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
95% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TRANSPLANTATION FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 83% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 83% · 2022 83% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TRANSPLANTATION FOUNDATION's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $29k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TRANSPLANTATION FOUNDATION is better cushioned than half of the 8,121 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,121 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TRANSPLANTATION FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
27%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TRANSPLANTATION FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TRANSPLANTATION FOUNDATION?
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TRANSPLANTATION FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $198,573 to it, the largest being ONELEGACY FOUNDATION ($160,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TRANSPLANTATION FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $198,573 in grants to NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TRANSPLANTATION FOUNDATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TRANSPLANTATION FOUNDATION?
- ONELEGACY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $160,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TRANSPLANTATION FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 5 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing