Funders to approach for National Blood Foundation Research and Education Trust Fund

The nbfret's purposes are to engage in the following activities as a supporting organization of the american association of blood banks, a public 501(c)(3) charitable organization ("aabb"): (i) to fund research, education, and training in all aspects of blood banking; transfusion medicine; hematopoietic, cellular, and gene therapies; and tissue transplantation; (ii) to encourage the voluntary donation of blood and other tissues and organs through education, dissemination of public information and research; (iii) to encourage through research and education the most appropriate use of blood and blood derivatives; (iv) to improve the quality of transfusions by encouraging education and research regarding the appropriate means of ensuring the safest transfusions possible; and (v) to actively support research and education through its own programs and work with other organizations in areas of research and education in blood…