LIVE ON Organ Donation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that promotes organ donation awareness and provides support to living organ donors and recipients. All donations to LIVE ON are tax exempt.
Living organ donation saved Live On Organ Donation's founders' family. Live On Organ Donation, Inc. is our way of paying our good fortune forward.
Organ transplant gives hope to people with organ failure and gives many a renewed life. But the need for organs dramatically outnumbers those organs available for transplant. For those waiting for an organ to become available, living donation – when a living person donates an organ or part of one – is an alternative.
In general, most medical costs associated with living donation are covered by the organ recipient’s insurance. This includes costs related to the donor’s medical evaluation, transplant procedure and postoperative care. Anything else is not. These include non-medical costs like travel, lodging, lost-wages, and more.
Donating an organ during life is an extraordinary act. Getting an organ from a living donor is too. For those willing and deemed suitable, the focus should be on their bodies – the donation and getting back to health and life – without the worry and distraction of unavoidable non-medical expenses. There is limited financial assistance in this regard, and helpful state laws are limited and vary dramatically with regard to requirements that ease the burden, like paid time off or tax credits. Our point is to lend a hand.