Alabama Kidney Foundation

Our Mission: The Alabama Kidney Foundation serves kidney patients by providing financial assistance, education and support services. The Foundation provides public education to promote organ donation awareness and prevention of kidney disease. Our Vision: To improve prevention awareness and the individual quality of life of Alabamians affected by kidney disease. Who We Are: The Alabama Kidney Foundation (AKF) was founded to assist kidney patients and has over a 39 year history of serving Alabama’s kidney patient population. Today, the AKF is the only state-based organization dedicated to assisting kidney patients, and each year touches the lives of thousands of Alabamians. Our History: The AKF’s rich legacy of serving our state’s kidney patients began in 1975. At that time, life was very difficult for kidney patients. Few treatment facilities were available and the cost of treatment was enormous. With the demand for treatment far exceeding capacity, real life and death decisions were b