National Foundation for Transplants Helps 2,500

Patients Each Year

Dawn Johnson USAA

National Foundation for Transplants Helps 2,500 Patients Each Year

Dawn Johnson began her career in the insurance and finance sector at USAA as a marketing projects specialist and over the next 20 years worked her way up to executive marketing positions within the organization. Outside of her professional life, Johnson has been involved with the Reno County Cancer Council, San Antonio’s Haven for Hope, the National Foundation for Transplants, and the Alpha Xi Delta Foundation.

National Foundation for Transplants Helps 2,500 Patients Each Year

The National Foundation for Transplants helps transplant candidates all over the country with the cost of transplant care after insurance and government programs cease to be of service. Through fundraising campaigns and regular donors, NFT is able to help more than 2,500 patients every year. To this day, they have generated more than $60 million for transplant patients. For example, NFT is currently working with a patient in Brooklyn, New York, who would otherwise not be able to afford the $800,000 bill that accompanies a double lung transplant. This fee only covers the first four months of post-op care, while the years of follow-up treatment easily exceed $1 million.