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Waitlist Zero is a US-based organization that works to promote living kidney donation through a mixture of political advocacy, education, and raising awareness.

The organization was started in

Projects
Waitlist Zero is a member of the Coalition to Promote Living Kidney Donations, a group of 15 organizations which advocate for policy changes that support living kidney donations.

Political Advocacy
Waitlist Zero works with the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the government body which oversees organ donation.

Finances
Waitlist Zero has an operating budget of about $120,000 a year.

The organization has received two grants from Good Ventures. The first was $50,000, given in September 2014 in order to fund the organizers while they made a plan for the organization. The other, given in August 2015, was $200,000 over two years in order for the organization to continue work. In addition, Waitlist Zero has also raised $35,000 from Novartis and various other individual funders.