National Kidney Foundation Inc.

“The organization's board of directors assigns the finance committee the oversight responsibility of the irs form 990 and its supplemental schedules. Form 990 is reviewed by the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, and finance committee prior to filing. The final and signed form 990 is made available to the board of directors prior to filing.”

“To identify conflicts of interest, officers, directors (governing board members) and senior staff must annually disclose any potential conflicts of interest. The organization's audit committee and the compliance officer manages the disclosure and monitoring processes related to potential conflicts of interest. Each person also has the responsibility to report his or her own conflicts of interest, whether actual or perceived, when such conflicts arise during a meeting. After disclosure of the material facts, the individual shall leave the board or committee meeting while the potential conflict of interest is discussed and determined. The disclosure, decisions made, and actions taken are documented in the minutes of the meeting.”

“The compensation committee (comprised of independent board members) is responsible for establishing guidelines and approving compensation for senior management positions (ceo, other officers, and key employees) on an annual basis. The compensation committee uses an independent consultant and/or compensation benchmark studies to determine compensation for senior management.”

“The organization makes certain governing documents available to the public through its website, www.kidney.org. Such documents include the audited financial statements, annual reports, conflict of interest policy, irs determination letter and the most recent form 990. Other governing documents are available upon request to the compliance officer.”

“Professional education - the organization offers multidisciplinary programs for all health care practitioners. There are national meetings offering a wide range of topics as well as focused local/regional seminars. The spring clinical nephrology meeting has grown into the nephrology community's premier learning experience with over 3,000 in attendance. More than 500 posters were presented. Since 1981, the organization has published peer-reviewed medical journals that provide timely insights and information on kidney disease research to the global kidney community. Three of the prestigious medical journals published by the organization are part of sciencedirect, the premier web distributor of professional level scientific and medical information, with more than 11 million users. The organization's "kidney learning solutions (kls)" provides comprehensive education in multiple formats, including print, digital, video, apps, etc. About how to prevent, treat and manage chronic kidney disease (ckd). The guidelines published by the foundation's kidney disease outcomes quality inititiative (kdoqi) have been updated to provide the latest in kidney patient medical treatment.”

“COMMUNITY SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE TO AFFILIATES (defined below) - THE ORGANIZATION'S KEEP HEALTHY PROGRAM SCREENS INDIVIDUALS MOST AT RISK OF POTENTIAL MEDICAL CONDITIONS THAT MAY LEAD TO FUTURE KIDNEY DISEASE. IN 2016 THE NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION CONDUCTED A SERIES OF PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO RAISE AWARENESS AMONG THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT KIDNEYS, RISK FACTORS FOR KIDNEY DISEASE, AND HOW TO PROTECT THE KIDNEYS. ASSISTANCE IS PROVIDED BY THE ORGANIZATION TO ITS AFFILIATES (defined below). THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES CONSULTATION, GUIDANCE, TRAINING AND ADVOCACY. SPECIFIC GUIDANCE IS PROVIDED THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS AND KIDNEY DISEASE PATIENTS. AFFILIATES ARE KEPT UP TO DATE WITH CURRENT PUBLICATIONS FROM THE ORGANIZATION, BOTH CLINICAL AND NON-CLINICAL. "Affiliates" - National Kidney Foundation ("NKF") has a chartered network of 12 affiliated organizations across the country. The Affiliates are separate legal entities (not controlled by NKF) which in tandem with the Foundation help implement its mission to prevent kidney and urinary tract disease, improve the health and well-being of families and individuals affected by these disease and increase the availability of all organs for transplantation. NKF and its Affiliates have agreements under which a portion of contributions received by Affiliates is shared with NKF for the express purpose of fulfilling its mission.”

“1) public health education - with several million visitors, the organization's website, www.kidney.org, continued to educate and serve as a rich resource on kidney disease. Patients visited the a-z health guide pages for comprehensive data on a variety of kidney conditions and issues, including nutrition and treatment options. "love your kidneys", the organization's monthly e-newsletter, offered news, kidneyhealthy recipes and stories of courage to over 200,000 people. Breaking news from print, broadcast and online media to tens of thousands of readers is provided to the kidney community. The organization continues to focus on educating groups at high risk for kidney disease with information and free screenings held in churches, schools and community centers in african-american and hispanic neighborhoods. Expenses: $3,427,041. Grants: $0. Revenue: $49,000. 2) research - the organization awarded 5 research grants during the fiscal year 2016. Four "young investigators grants" were awarded for the following research programs: depicting glomerular cell crosstalk in glomerulosclersosis, modeling pkd using genome editing in human ips cells, sleep restriction and renal function, and dynamics of h2o2 release in salt-sensitive hypertension. Additionally, one "clinical investigator grant" was awarded for olfaction and tatse in chronic kidney disease. Ckd intercept is the foundations initiative foucused on education of primary care practitioners on identification of risk factors, earlier diagnosis and management of ckd aimed at reducing preventable kidney disease. Expenses: $2,336,113. Grants: $580,086. Revenue: $832,368.”