NMDP FOUNDATION

Financials

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

500 N 5TH ST, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55401-1206

In care of

% KRISTA DUSIL

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

ERICA JENSEN, 500 N 5TH ST, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 554011206

Signed the 990

KATHERINE HEYERDAHL, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Phone

(763) 406-8700

Website

WWW.NMDP.ORG

Return prepared by

BAKER TILLY ADVISORY GROUP LP

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O

Program accomplishments

• PATIENT ASSISTANCE:THE NMDP FOUNDATION PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PATIENTS THROUGHOUT EACH STAGE OF THE TRANSPLANT PROCESS. FUNDED BY PHILANTHROPY, IN FY25, MORE THAN $7 MILLION WAS PROVIDED TO OVER 3,000 PATIENTS FROM 148 TRANSPLANT CENTERS. IN FY25, THE PROPORTION OF GRANT RECIPIENTS WHO IDENTIFIED AS NON-HISPANIC WHITE RANGED FROM 0%-67% DEPENDING ON THE GRANT TYPE. FOR THE SICKLE CELL FERTILITY PRESERVATION GRANT, WHICH HELPS PAY FOR FERTILITY PRESERVATION AND STORAGE PRE-TRANSPLANT FOR SICKLE CELL DISEASE, ALL RECIPIENTS IDENTIFIED AS EITHER BLACK / AFRICAN AMERICAN OR HISPANIC. FOR THE JOHN AND CARYN CAMIOLOG SURVIVORSHIP GRANT, 67% OF RECIPIENTS IDENTIFIED AS NON-HISPANIC WHITE.THE SICKLE CELL FERTILITY PRESERVATION GRANT HELPS PAY FOR FERTILITY PRESERVATION AND STORAGE FEES FOR PATIENTS WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE PREPARING FOR TRANSPLANT. THIS GRANT IS PAID TO THE FERTILITY PRESERVATION CLINIC OR PATIENT WHEN INSURANCE DOES NOT COVER THIS COST. IN FY25, THIS GRANT WAS DISTRIBUTED TO 27 PATIENTS WITH AN AVERAGE AWARD AMOUNT OF $6,695. NMDP ALSO PROVIDES FUNDING TO HELP WITH THE MANY UNCOVERED OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES FOR PATIENTS BEFORE AND AFTER TRANSPLANT. THE TSA GRANT PROVIDES DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO QUALIFIED FAMILIES BOTH PRE- AND POST-TRANSPLANT. TSA HELPS WITH EXPENSES SUCH AS TRANSPORTATION, TEMPORARY RELOCATION, COPAYS AND INSURANCE PREMIUMS. FOR THIS GRANT, 63% OF RECIPIENTS IDENTIFIED AS NON-HISPANIC WHITE. IN FY25, 3,621 TSA AWARDS WERE GRANTED TO 2,727 PATIENTS PRE- AND POST-TRANSPLANT WITH THE AVERAGE AWARD BEING $1,290. THE AWARD AMOUNT IS DETERMINED BASED ON A FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL SLIDING SCALE. PATIENTS CAN RECEIVE BOTH PRE- AND POST-TRANSPLANT AWARDS IF THEY MEET ELIGIBILITY. THE CAMIOLO SURVIVORSHIP GRANT (CAM) PROVIDES DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ELIGIBLE PATIENTS, WHO ARE AT LEAST THREE MONTHS POST-TRANSPLANT AND WHO ARE ACTIVELY RECEIVING TREATMENT FOR CHRONIC GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST DISEASE. CAM HELPS WITH UNCOVERED COSTS OF TREATMENT AND PRESCRIPTIONS. IN FY25, 180 PATIENTS WERE HELPED THROUGH THE CAM GRANT WITH EACH PATIENT AWARDED $750.THE CHELL TRAVEL GRANT PROVIDES DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ELIGIBLE PATIENTS WHO NEEDED ASSISTANCE WITH TRAVEL COSTS TO PARTICIPATE IN CLINICAL TRIALS THAT TREAT BLOOD CANCERS OR BLOOD DISORDERS. FOR THIS GRANT, 54% OF RECIPIENTS IDENTIFIED AS NON-HISPANIC WHITE. IN FY25, 157 PATIENTS RECEIVED THE CHELL TRAVEL GRANT WITH THE AVERAGE AWARD AMOUNT BEING $1,598.TWO CRISIS GRANTS HELP PATIENTS EXPERIENCING A SIGNIFICANT CRISIS EVENT IMPACTING ACCESS TO TRANSPLANT OR POST-TRANSPLANT CARE. THE IRA AND DIANA RIKLIS CRISIS GRANT PROVIDES UP TO $10,000 IN DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO QUALIFIED PATIENTS POST-TRANSPLANT AND THE MAKE ME STRONGER CRISIS GRANT PROVIDES UP TO $15,000 PRE-TRANSPLANT. IN FY25, 61 PATIENTS WERE HELPED THROUGH THESE CRISIS GRANTS WITH THE AVERAGE AWARD AMOUNT BEING $8,858. A TEAM OF BMT SOCIAL WORKERS AND NAVIGATORS DEFINES THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA WHICH IS USED TO ENSURE FAIR AND CONSISTENT DISTRIBUTION OF THIS GRANT. IN FY25, 47% OF GRANT RECIPIENTS IDENTIFIED AS NON-HISPANIC WHITE.
  Expenses $7,020,503 · grants $7,020,503
• RECRUITMENT:THE NMDP REGISTRY IS A LISTING OF MILLIONS OF POTENTIAL DONORS AND CORD BLOOD UNITS. EVERY SEARCH THROUGH NMDP PROVIDES PATIENTS WITH ACCESS TO MORE THAN 43 MILLION POTENTIAL ADULT DONORS AND MORE THAN 761,000 CORD BLOOD UNITS WORLDWIDE. THE BEST MATCH FOR A PATIENT IS TYPICALLY SOMEONE WHO SHARES THEIR ETHNIC BACKGROUND. IMPROVING THE ETHNIC DIVERSITY OF THE NMDP REGISTRY IMPROVES ALL PATIENTS' ODDS OF FINDING THEIR BEST MATCH, REGARDLESS OF ETHNIC BACKGROUND.PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 AND 35 ARE MOST URGENTLY NEEDED. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT CELLS FROM YOUNGER DONORS LEAD TO BETTER LONG-TERM SURVIVAL FOR PATIENTS.IN FY25, MORE THAN 230,000 POTENTIAL DONORS JOINED THE NMDP REGISTRY (35% OF WHOM WERE ETHNICALLY DIVERSE) AND MORE THAN 4,300 UMBILICAL CORD UNITS WERE ADDED TO THE REGISTRY.
  Expenses $555,805 · grants $555,805
• RESEARCH: RESEARCH INNOVATIONS ARE CRITICAL TO EXPANDING TREATMENT TO MORE PATIENTS AND IMPROVING OUTCOMES. EACH YEAR, THE NMDP FOUNDATION IS PROUD TO INVEST IN RESEARCH THROUGH:THE NMDP AMY STRELZER MANASEVIT RESEARCH PROGRAM: THE AMY PROGRAM FUNDS EARLY CAREER INVESTIGATORS FOCUSED ON ADVANCES IN THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF POST-CELL THERAPY COMPLICATIONS (E.G., GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST -DISEASE AND INFECTION).IN 2025, WE FUNDED THE WORK OF 12 AMY SCHOLARS. AMY SCHOLARS HAVE GONE ON TO BECOME LEADERS IN THE FIELD, PURSUING SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES THAT HELP NMDP PATIENTS LIVE LONGER, HEALTHIER LIVES. SINCE 1998, THE NMDP FOUNDATION HAS INVESTED NEARLY $13 MILLION TO HELP LAUNCH THE CAREERS OF 53 YOUNG PHYSICIAN-SCIENTISTS. AFTER RECEIVING THEIR NMDP AMY SCHOLAR AWARD, 53 YOUNG PHYSICIAN-SCIENTISTS HAVE GONE ON TO WIN MORE THAN $250 MILLION IN SUBSEQUENT GOVERNMENT GRANT FUNDING TO PURSUE THE DISCOVERIES TO HELP PATIENTS LIVE LONGER, HEALTHIER LIVES AFTER CELL THERAPY. TODAY, THE AMY STRELZER MANASEVIT RESEARCH PROGRAM FOR THE STUDY OF POST-CELL THERAPY COMPLICATIONS IS ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST COVETED FELLOWSHIPS IN THE FIELD OF TRANSPLANTATION.NMDP DONOR FOR ALL: THIS SERIES OF TRANSFORMATIONAL MULTI-CENTER CLINICAL TRIALS IS TESTING A NEW TRANSPLANT PROTOCOL AIMED AT MAKING MISMATCHED DONOR TRANSPLANTS SAFER AND MORE EFFECTIVE, WITH THE GOAL OF EXPANDING ACCESS TO TRANSPLANT TO THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS WHO LACK A FULLY MATCHED DONOR.ANTHONY NOLAN TRUST: PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE ANTHONY NOLAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE TO CONTINUE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF AN HLA CLASS I AND II SEQUENCE DATABASE AND PROVISION OF HLA CLASS I AND II SEQUENCE INFORMATION.CIBMTR (CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANT RESEARCH) A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN AND NMDP IS THE LEADING HUB FOR TRANSPLANT AND CELL THERAPY RESEARCH. NMDP FOUNDATION HELPS TO FUND VARIOUS OTHER INNOVATIVE RESEARCH STUDIES LED AND MANAGED BY CIBMTR.
  Expenses $1,503,037 · grants $1,503,037
• OTHER PROGRAM:THE NMDP FOUNDATION PARTNERS WITH NMDP TO ADVANCE VARIOUS INITIATIVES THAT DIRECTLY SUPPORT PATIENTS AND PROVIDERS. THESE PROGRAMS INCLUDE:NMDP PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH ONE-ON-ONE NAVIGATION SUPPORT, VIDEO, PRINTED, AND DIGITAL EDUCATION RESOURCES, COUNSELING, NMDP PEER CONNECT PROGRAM, AND THE JASON CARTER CLINICAL TRIALS SEARCH AND SUPPORT PROGRAM, WHICH HELPS PATIENTS WITH LIFE-THREATENING BLOOD DISORDERS FIND CLINICAL TRIALS. NMDP FOUNDATION RAISES FUNDS TO SUPPORT THESE CRITICAL SERVICES.NMDP ALLOCATES COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS AND OCCUPANCY COSTS TO PROGRAMS BASED ON EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBILITIES.
  Expenses $7,780,265 · grants $1,777,354

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in September, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

41-1704734

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

1992

Accounting year ends

September

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations (T99J)

Assets (IRS master file)

$21,792,707

Income (IRS master file)

$26,562,812

Filing history

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 41-1704734).

Questions about NMDP FOUNDATION

What is the EIN of NMDP FOUNDATION?

The employer identification number (EIN) of NMDP FOUNDATION is 41-1704734.

Is NMDP FOUNDATION tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1992.

Are donations to NMDP FOUNDATION tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does NMDP FOUNDATION file?

Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.

When is the next return of NMDP FOUNDATION due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending September 30, 2026) is due February 15, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did NMDP FOUNDATION last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended September 2025.

Who is the principal officer of NMDP FOUNDATION?

The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 names ERICA JENSEN.

Who are the officers and directors of NMDP FOUNDATION?

The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 lists 25 people; 6 received compensation from the organization.

How much revenue does NMDP FOUNDATION have?

On its 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $22,578,705, expenses of $21,047,123 and total assets of $21,792,707 at year end.

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