Press Room

October 2022
NKF Innovation Fund Announces Investment in 34 Lives
Startup Company Developing Proprietary Process to Reset the Clock on Donated Kidneys
October 24, New York, NY —The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Innovation Fund, the philanthropic...

September 2023
NKF's Innovation Fund Invests in Diatiro to Advance Kidney Health
~Collaboration aims to transform kidney transplantation and enhance health equity~
(September 21, 2023, New York, NY) – The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) is proud to announce its...

June 2023
NKF's Innovation Fund Invests in Klinrisk to Revolutionize Chronic Kidney Disease Care
June 12, 2023, New York, NY —The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) is proud to announce its latest investment through the NKF's Innovation Fund in Klinrisk, an artificial intelligence-based...

November 2023
National Kidney Foundation’s Innovation Fund Invests in ZeitLife to Modernize Kidney Preservation and Logistics
~ Collaboration aims to improve kidney transplantation and enhance health equity ~
(New York, NY (November 16, 2023) – The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) is proud to announce its latest...

February 2023
NKF Innovation Fund Invests in Relavo to improve home dialysis
(February 15, 2023, New York, NY) —The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) today announced the latest investment from its Innovation Fund, the philanthropic impact investment program of NKF....

December 2022
MediGO is Latest Recipient of National Kidney Foundation Innovation Fund Investment
(December 20, 2022, New York, NY) — The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Innovation Fund, the philanthropic impact investment program of NKF, has made its latest investment in MediGO Inc., a...

April 2022
NKF Innovation Fund Seeks to Accelerate Kidney Disease Therapies
Potentially game changing impact investment program aimed at fundamentally disrupting the fight against kidney disease
April 11, 2022, New York, NY —The National Kidney Foundation (NKF)...

March 2023
Congress Must Fund Kidney Disease Prevention at CDC
Congress Must Fund Kidney Disease Prevention at CDC
National Kidney Foundation CEO Gives Testimony to Congress on Appropriations
March 23, 2023, New York, NY — The following statement is from...

March 2020
25 People Win the KidneyX Patient Innovator Challenge with Ideas to Improve Patients Lives
March 26, 2020, New York, NY— The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), American Society of Nephrology (ASN) and National Kidney Foundation (NKF)...

July 2019
Kidney Patients, Care Partners Invited to Submit Ideas and Innovations for National Prize Competition
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, American Society of Nephrology, and the National Kidney Foundation announce new Patient Innovator Challenge
Washington, D.C. – July...