Transplant Foundation

“The sole member of foundation is greater delaware valley society of transplant surgeons (d/b/a gift of life), an affiliated entity.”

“The board of gift of life, an affiliated entity, appoints the transplant foundation board of directors.”

“Foundation's sole member, gift of life (an affiliated entity), has the authority to approve the following: 1) borrow money under terms which provide for a repayment period of at least twelve months; 2) undertake any capital expenditures in excess of $30,000 and any capital expenditures involving related projects which, in the aggregate, exceed $100,000; 3) authorize any fundamental changes to foundation, including the adoption of a plan of dissolution of foundation; the adoption of a plan of merger, consolidation, division, conversion or affiliation with another entity; and any change to the current foundation corporate organizational structure; 4) authorize and designate officers of foundation to execute a deed of assignment for the benefit of creditors; file a voluntary petition in bankruptcy; file an answer consenting to the appointment of a receiver; or file an answer to an involuntary petition in bankruptcy; and 5) organize or acquire any subsidiary or affiliate. Also, any amendment or repeal of foundation's bylaws shall be subject to the approval of gift of life.”

“Form 990 was distributed to the governing body at a board meeting prior to filing with the irs.”

“Board members, officers and key employees are annually required to review the conflict of interest policy; disclose any possible personal, familial, or business relationship that would give rise to a conflict or appearance of a conflict; and acknowledge by signing the policy that he/she is acting in accordance with the letter and spirit of the policy. These signed statements and disclosures are reviewed by the organization's vice president of administration and general counsel. Board members must refrain from voting on any transaction or other matter in which the member has a conflict of interest. Members must also report promptly to the board chairperson and president/ceo any future situation in which a possible conflict of interest might arise.”

“Executive compensation is paid by a related organization. Executive compensation is determined annually by a committee of that board comprised of independent board members with the input of an independent executive compensation consultant including a competitive market-based analysis. The process for determining compensation of these positions is documented in the minutes. Additionally, every two years a market based wage data and position comparison ranking of all organizational positions is performed by an independent compensation consultant.”

“The organization will make its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“Transplant foundation ("foundation") is committed to supporting organ and tissue donation and transplantation, as well as organ and tissue donor families and recipients. This includes the more than 108,000 people awaiting a life-saving organ transplant nationally (more than 5,000 of whom are awaiting transplant in the foundation's region), and thousands of others who would benefit from life-enhancing tissue transplants. Through its gift of life institute, the foundation supports research, educational programs, and training seminars in support of organ and tissue donation and transplantation. During 2020, gift of life institute provided direct training or increased awareness regarding donation and transplantation to more than 1,060 donation professionals. It also houses the transplant pregnancy registry international which tracks and studies the outcomes of thousands of pregnancies in solid organ transplant recipients, serving as a valuable resource for thousands of transplant recipients make family planning decisions. Additionally, transplant foundation conducts fundraising activities, educational programming and scholarship programs in support of the mission of greater delaware valley society of transplant surgeons ("gift of life") and transplant house ("gift of life family house"). During 2020, foundation supported extensive community programs and grant and scholarship programs in support of the more than 5,000 people awaiting life-saving organ transplants in the eastern half of pennsylvania, southern new jersey and delaware.”

“4) pennsylvania organ donors save lives license plates: to increase awareness of the urgent need for life-saving organ donation and life-enhancing tissue donation, the foundation continued to be the proud sponsor of and promote the pennsylvania organ donors save lives" license plate. In cooperation with gift of life and with the center for organ recovery and education, the organ procurement organization serving western pennsylvania, the foundation worked with the pennsylvania division of motor vehicles in 2020 processed 26 applications for plates throughout the year. 5) delaware organ donors save lives license plate: transplant foundation collaborated with the delaware organ and tissue donor awareness board to promote donation through the sponsorship of the delaware organ donors save lives" license plate. In 2020, 5 organ donors save lives" license plate applications were processed. Camp jeremy: in 2020, transplant foundation continued to offer young transplant recipients and their siblings the opportunity to attend a specialized camp. However, it was held virtually due to the pandemic, in august and then, for the first time, on presidents' day in february. In conjunction with girl scouts of eastern pennsylvania, "camp jeremy", named in loving memory of a transplant recipient, provided 11 transplant recipients and 9 of their siblings during the summer session, and 9 transplant recipients and 9 of their siblings during the winter session a chance to bond, have fun and do various art, science, and physical activities. Gifts of lifeacts of love: recognizing the ongoing importance of living donation, transplant foundation also hosted a special living donor recognition event. This event was held in king of prussia, pa on february 22, and featured host jim melwert, living donor and kyw news reporter and keynote speaker steven jennings, living kidney donor and member of team philadelphia. This event appropriately entitled "gifts of lifeacts of love" joined 45 living donors and their recipients and family members. Honorees were presented with a rose, special commemorative pins and a special certificate from gift of life acknowledging their amazing gift. 6) jessica beth schwartz scholarship fund: in 2020, transplant foundation was also able to award scholarships to two recipient students, $2,500 each, to support their enrollment in college or trade/technical school. 7) donors are heroes- grant programs: foundation's fundraising and public awareness initiatives usually include the annual "donors are heroes - the party" event during national donate life month in april to help increase awareness regarding donation. However, it was cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic. For reference, in 2019 approximately, 500 people attended the event, which raised in excess of $146,000. Funds are used to support 'it's about life" grant programs in houses of worship and "spirit for life" grants for philadelphia high schools. Despite the event cancellation, in 2020 ten "it's about life" grants were approved with many of the programs transitioned to virtual or postponed until 2021. Due to the pandemic, the "spirit for life" school grant program was postponed, although one "spirit for life" student summit was held in february 2020 with 39 students from two philadelphia county schools in attendance. The remaining summits in 2020 were cancelled due to the pandemic. Typically, up to ten philadelphia high schools participate in the "spirit for life" school grant program each school year to implement educational campaigns in their high school communities. 8) community strong: gift of life hosted a virtual event called community strong to connect with key volunteers, constituents, and committee members to show our appreciation and keep them engaged in advancing our mission. The event took place on august 12, 2020. During this event, gift of life provided an update on our programs and services and how we continued to support our life saving mission during the chal”

“Transplant foundation is an affiliate in a group, including gift of life donor program ("gldp" ein: 23-7388767) and transplant house (ein: 26-0585694), of which gldp is considered a common pay agent for w-2 reporting. Gldp reports all employees on its form w-3; however, each affiliate has employees allocated to that entity. Per irs instructions, employees listed on part v, line 2a are those who have been deemed to be employees of this organization. The salary expense and benefits reported in part ix of form 990 are an allocation from gldp.”

“Consulting fees: program service expenses 255,344. Management and general expenses 132. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 255,476.”