Be The Match

What Be The Match does

NMDP (formerly Be The Match) is a Minneapolis-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1987 that operates the world's most diverse registry of potential unrelated blood stem cell donors and is the federally contracted operator of the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program. The organization serves patients diagnosed with blood cancers (e.g., leukemia) and blood disorders (e.g., sickle cell) for whom a family-matched donor is unavailable — a population the company states represents 75% of transplant candidates. Core products include the NMDP Registry (self-service donor enrollment via my.nmdp.org), patient support services (one-on-one guidance, emotional and logistical resources), a financial assistance program that disbursed more than $7 million in grants in 2025, and two named research programs (Donor for All, ACCESS) supported by 195 active clinical trials.

The underlying technology is centered on HLA-typed donor records, a global transplant-coordination logistics layer, and online donor/patient platforms, rather than a traditional software product. Three donation modalities are coordinated — peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) collection, bone marrow collection, and umbilical cord blood banking — through a Global Transplant Network connecting hospitals, donors, and research institutions across borders.

The business model is donation- and contract-funded rather than transactional. Revenue is sourced from individual, corporate, and foundation charitable contributions and from federal contracts under the C.W. Bill Young program. Pricing for patient services is non-monetized: matching, coordination, and support are provided at no direct charge to patients. Go-to-market is community-led: donor recruitment is driven via college campus chapters and ambassadors, public fundraising events (e.g., the NMDP Gala, World Marrow Donor Day), an active social media footprint across Instagram, Facebook, X, YouTube, TikTok, and LinkedIn, and patient referrals via the transplant-center network. From 1987 through 2025 the organization reports impacting more than 150,000 patients, with 8,879 transplants facilitated in 2025 alone.

Name

Be The Match

Legal name

National Marrow Donor Program

Website

https://bethematch.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

NMDP (formerly Be The Match) is a Minneapolis-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit, founded in 1987, that operates the federally contracted U.S. blood stem cell donor registry and a Global Transplant Network, connecting patients with blood cancers and disorders to unrelated donors and providing financial, emotional, and clinical-trial support.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Bone Marrow Donor Registry Services

NAICS

Blood and Organ Banks (621991), Voluntary Health Organizations (813212)

akta.pro primary industry

Bone Marrow & Stem Cell Transplant (BMT/HSCT) (HLAKAFAI)

Keywords

• Bone marrow registry
• Stem cell donation
• Cell transplantation
• Donor matching services
• Cord blood donation

Headquarters

HQ city

Minneapolis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: As a global nonprofit organization, NMDP is primarily funded through charitable donations from individuals, corporations, and foundations. Donors contribute to support patient financial assistance, registry operations, and research programs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Be The Match, operated by the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP), operates the world's most diverse registry of potential blood stem cell donors. It matches patients with blood cancers and other life-threatening disorders to unrelated donors and coordinates marrow and umbilical cord blood transplants through its federally authorized C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program.

Product overview

NMDP (formerly Be The Match) is a global nonprofit leader in cell therapy operating the federally authorized C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program. The organization's core offering is the NMDP Registry—the world's most diverse pool of potential blood stem cell donors—supported by patient care services including support centers and financial assistance programs (over $7 million in grants to families in 2025). The portfolio includes research initiatives (Donor for All, ACCESS) and multiple donation methods (PBSC, bone marrow, cord blood) coordinated through a global transplant network. Since 1987, the organization has impacted the lives of more than 150,000 patients, with 8,879 patients receiving transplants in 2025 alone.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• NMDP Donor Registry The world's most diverse registry of potential blood stem cell donors, used to search for matched unrelated donors for patients in need of a marrow or cord blood transplant.
• Peripheral Blood Stem Cell (PBSC) Donation

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 150,000 patient lives impacted since 1987
• +3 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Global Transplant Network PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNMDP maintains a global transplant network connecting patients, donors, hospitals, and transplant centers worldwide. This network enables the organization to facilitate matches across borders and provide access to the world's most diverse donor pool.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• DKMS: DKMS is a global nonprofit operating blood stem cell donor registries across multiple countries; it is the most direct international peer to NMDP/Be The Match in unrelated-donor recruitment, typing, and transplant coordination.
• Anthony Nolan: Anthony Nolan runs the UK's first and largest bone marrow/stem cell donor registry, providing donor matching, transplant coordination, and patient support services directly comparable to NMDP's mission and operating model.
• Gift of Life Marrow Registry: Gift of Life is a U.S.-based nonprofit bone marrow and stem cell donor registry recruiting volunteers and coordinating transplants; it directly competes with NMDP for U.S. donors and transplant center relationships.

Regional players

• Canadian Blood Services (OneMatch): Canadian Blood Services operates the OneMatch Stem Cell and Marrow Network, a national donor registry analogous to NMDP but focused on Canadian donors and patients; it partners with NMDP through the global transplant network.

Others

• Bone Marrow Donors Worldwide (BMDW): BMDW is a collaborative database aggregating donor information from registries worldwide, including NMDP; it is a coordinating infrastructure peer rather than a competing registry.
• World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA): WMDA is the global standards and accreditation body for hematopoietic stem cell donor registries, of which NMDP is a member; it is an ecosystem peer shaping the regulatory environment in which NMDP operates.
• Aplastic Anemia & MDS International Foundation: AAMDSIF is a nonprofit supporting patients with bone marrow failure diseases who are primary candidates for stem cell transplantation; it is a mission-adjacent peer serving overlapping patient populations.

Emerging players

• Americord Registry: Americord is a private cord blood banking and registry company that overlaps with NMDP's cord blood donation services, offering comparable stem cell storage and partial overlap in transplant supply.
• StemCyte: StemCyte is a cord blood bank supplying umbilical cord blood units for transplantation, overlapping with NMDP's cord blood donation program and serving similar transplant center customers.
• National Cord Blood Program (NCBP): NCBP is one of the oldest public cord blood banks in the U.S., directly comparable to NMDP's cord blood donation services in product type and transplant use cases.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/bethematch_sw
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@nmdp_org
• Facebookfacebook.com/bethematch
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/nmdp
• Instagraminstagram.com/nmdp_org
• TikToktiktok.com/@nmdp_org

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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