The ISHLT Foundation Grateful Patient and Family Philanthropy program gives patients, families, caregivers, and healthcare professionals a meaningful way to honor the people and moments that have made a difference while supporting the future of transplantation.

Your Impact

The ISHLT Foundation supports the mission of ISHLT by providing resources that advance the work of the global transplant community. Through investments in research, education, and career development, the Foundation helps clinicians, researchers, and healthcare professionals drive innovation and improve outcomes for patients with advanced heart and lung disease worldwide. Your gift through the Grateful Patient and Family Philanthropy program helps make this progress possible.

How to Participate

• Honor your Caregivers: Recognize a physician, surgeon, nurse, coordinator, researcher, member of your care team, or another individual who has had a meaningful impact on your transplant journey.
• Honor a Patient or Loved One: Celebrate a transplant journey or recognize someone whose strength, resilience, or memory has inspired hope.
• Remember Someone Special: Make a gift in memory of someone whose life touched yours or whose contributions to the transplant community continue to inspire others.

We will notify the honoree or their family by email, so they know a gift was made in their honor.

When making your gift, select 'Honor or remember someone with your gift?' and choose 'Yes' under 'Notify the Recipient?’ to provide the recipient's contact information. We will notify the honoree or their family by email. The gift amount will not be shared.

 Make a Grateful Patient and Family Philanthropy Gift

Honor the people and advancements that have made a difference in your transplant journey by making a secure online gift to the ISHLT Foundation. A tribute gift is a meaningful way to recognize their impact while helping support the future of heart and lung transplantation.

Together, we can advance science, support clinicians, and extend lives.