Kidney Foundation of Ohio

Name

Kidney Foundation of Ohio

Legal name

Kidney Foundation of Ohio, Inc.

Website

https://kfohio.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1950

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Kidney Disease Support Services

NAICS

Voluntary Health Organizations (813212)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Health, Prevention & Health Education (BPAGACAC)

Keywords

• Kidney patient assistance
• Renal healthcare education
• Nonprofit health services
• Chronic kidney disease support
• Dialysis transportation aid

Headquarters

HQ city

Cleveland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Grants: The foundation is funded entirely through monetary donations from the public, corporate donors, and foundation grants. All funds raised in Ohio stay in Ohio to support patients.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Kidney Foundation of Ohio is a nonprofit health and human services organization that provides need-based direct financial assistance to kidney patients — covering prescription medications, nutritional supplements, transportation to dialysis/transplant appointments, emergency grants, emergency insulin, and medical identification bands. It also delivers professional education (webinars, the Annual Renal Symposium) and community education (health fairs, youth summits) on kidney disease prevention, treatment, and organ donation across a 37-county service area in northern and eastern Ohio plus a West Virginia affiliate.

Product overview

The Kidney Foundation of Ohio provides a broad-based program of direct assistance and educational programming for kidney patients, professionals, and the general public. The organization operates assistance programs including medication assistance, transportation reimbursement, emergency grants, emergency insulin, and medical identification bands, alongside educational services such as webinars, the annual Renal Symposium, and kidney transplantation education resources. The foundation serves a 37-county area in northern and eastern Ohio with need-based patient assistance tailored for pre-dialysis, dialysis, and transplant patients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Medication Assistance
• Transportation Reimbursement
• Emergency Grant
• Emergency Insulin
• Medical Identification Bands
• Educational Scholarship
• Annual Renal Symposium
• Professional Education Webinars
• Kidney Transplantation Education

Quantifiable outcome

• Saved the lives of thousands of kidney patients since the inception of financial assistance programs in the early 1990s

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Cleveland MOTTEP (Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education Program)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership established in 2006 to host Healthy Teens, Healthy Tomorrow: Teen Summits, an educational program for minority teens covering organ donation, healthy lifestyle choices, nutrition, and kidney health. This partnership continues through the present with the Youth Summit program.
• Boys & Girls Clubs of ClevelandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-hosts the annual Youth Summit with Cleveland MOTTEP and the foundation, featuring health and wellness activities for minority youth focused on kidney disease and organ donation awareness.
• LifebancminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHistorical partnership focused on promoting awareness of the need for organ donation. Lifebanc is the organ procurement organization serving the region.
• Eversight Ohio (formerly Cleveland Eye Bank)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHistorical partnership through the Organ Recovery Fund to support organ donation awareness efforts. Eversight Ohio is the organ procurement organization serving the Cleveland area.
• Norwalk United Fund and Ashland, Ashtabula, Lake and Portage United WayscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner agencies of the Kidney Foundation of Ohio, providing funding and community support. The foundation is a proud partner agency of these United Way organizations.
• Summit County (Affiliate Chapter)coreOthersThe foundation maintains an affiliate chapter in Summit County, which has a separate nutritional supplement assistance application and specific emergency assistance resources for Summit County patients.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• American Kidney Fund: National nonprofit providing direct financial assistance to kidney patients for treatment-related costs, plus education and advocacy. Directly competes with the Kidney Foundation of Ohio for the same patient-assistance model and donor base, but at national scale.
• NephCure Kidney International: Nonprofit dedicated to nephrotic syndrome and rare kidney diseases, funding research and supporting patients. Comparable to the Kidney Foundation of Ohio in its kidney-specific patient-support focus and educational mission, though more research-oriented.
• National Kidney Foundation: Large national kidney-focused voluntary health organization providing patient education, professional resources, advocacy, and local patient services. Overlaps directly with the Kidney Foundation of Ohio's patient-assistance, professional-education (CE programs), and community-awareness missions.

Emerging players

• Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation: National nonprofit focused specifically on PKD, providing patient education, research funding, and advocacy. Comparable as a kidney-specific voluntary health organization with overlapping patient-education and community-awareness missions.
• American Diabetes Association: National voluntary health organization that runs emergency insulin assistance and education programs. Highly comparable to the Kidney Foundation of Ohio in mission structure — diabetes is a leading cause of CKD, and the ADA's patient-assistance model mirrors the foundation's emergency-insulin program.
• Alport Syndrome Foundation: Patient-focused nonprofit for a rare genetic kidney disease, supporting education, research, and community programs. Comparable as a kidney-specific voluntary health organization serving patients and families through education and direct engagement.

Broad incumbents

• Fresenius Medical Care: Global dialysis services and products company with significant U.S. dialysis-clinic operations and patient support programs. Comparable as a broad incumbent whose clinical staff generate social-worker referrals to the Kidney Foundation of Ohio.
• DaVita: One of the two largest U.S. dialysis providers with extensive patient-services, education, and financial-assistance programs. Relevant as an incumbent whose social workers and care teams feed the foundation's referral pipeline, and which competes for kidney-patient mindshare and corporate philanthropy.

Others

• American Heart Association: Large national voluntary health organization running professional education, community health programs, and donor fundraising events. Comparable as a structural model for the Kidney Foundation of Ohio — particularly around professional CE events and regional community health outreach — though focused on cardiovascular rather than renal disease.

Regional players

• Northwest Kidney Centers: Regional nonprofit dialysis provider and patient-services organization serving the Pacific Northwest. Closest structural peer to the Kidney Foundation of Ohio — community-anchored, multi-program, regional focus — though operating in a different geography.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@kidneyfoundationofohio3788
• Facebookfacebook.com/KidneyFoundationofOhio
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kidney-foundation-of-ohio
• Instagraminstagram.com/kidneyfoundationofohio
• Xx.com/kfohio

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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