Welcome to The Donor Alliance Foundation, where we believe that organ and tissue donation and transplantation are human gifts that save lives and that all those affected by donation deserve to be acknowledged, supported and given access to resources that enable the gift of life. We continue to live in unprecedented times in our country and service area of Colorado and Wyoming, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, where there continues to be unmet needs in our community. That’s why The Donor Alliance Foundation is committed to being responsive to those most in need through our grantmaking program.
This year, The Foundation will focus on addressing system barriers that prohibit people from receiving an organ and/or tissue transplant. We will do this by providing equitable and equal access to donation and transplantation resources through funding in three program areas: education, family assistance and research.
The Donor Alliance Foundation’s fifth funding cycle is open and we are currently accepting applications! CLICK HERE to access the 2022 Request for Proposals & Grant Priorities.
HERE IS THE LINK to access the Grant Application Form.
The Foundation was created in December 1993 as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) and re-established in August 2017, to operate exclusively for charitable, scientific and educational purposes. The Foundation is a supporting foundation to Donor Alliance, the federally designated nonprofit organization that facilitates organ and tissue donation in Colorado and most of Wyoming. Donor Alliance invests significantly in public education in Colorado and Wyoming and the foundation will build upon those efforts through grantmaking to in-need populations across Colorado and Wyoming.
Our mission is to build partnerships and break down barriers to influence change that will positively affect the donation and transplant community. Our vision is to ensure those affected by organ and tissue donation are acknowledged, supported and given access to resources that enable the gift of life.
The Donor Alliance Foundation completed its fourth grant cycle on November 16, 2021 when The Foundation Board of Directors voted to approve seventeen grants to the following nonprofit organizations:
Education Grantees
- Children’s Hospital Colorado Foundation
- National Kidney Foundation Inc.
- Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors
- PorterCare Adventist Health System
Family Assistance Grantees
- American Transplant Foundation
- Angel Flight West
- Brent Eley Foundation
- Children’s Hospital Colorado Foundation
- Judi’s House
- The Limb Preservation Foundation
- Rocky Mountain Children’s Health Foundation
- Transplant Living Centers Inc.
- University of Colorado Hospital Authority
Research (social and clinical) Grantees
- Children’s Hospital Colorado Foundation
- University of Colorado Denver
If at any time throughout the process, you have questions about The Donor Alliance Foundation’s funding priorities, the online grants portal or application, please contact Executive Director Jennifer Moe at jmoe@donoralliancefoundation.org or via mobile at 303-503-8795.
2022 Foundation Board of Directors (Officers and Members)
- Melody Connett (Chair)
- Elizabeth Holman, PsyD (Vice Chair)
- David Young (Secretary/Treasurer)
- Judy Hutchison
- Patrick Maher, MD
- Ellen E. Stewart, Esq.
- Michael Talamantes
- Randy Wilson
- Alex Wiseman, MD
- Jennifer Prinz, Ex-Officio