UPCOMING EVENTS
Saturday, March 29, 2025 FREE Kidney Screening
In partnership with Daryl and Mary Pennington Family Foundation, ExxonMobil YMCA and Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church. From 8:00 am - 12:00 PM located at ExxonMobil YMCA (7717 Howell Blvd. Baton Rouge, LA 70807). To schedule your appointment, please call: 504.861.4500 or by clicking here. For more information on our KEEP Your Kidneys Healthy program, please click here.
Saturday, April 5th, 2025 Baton Rouge Kidney Walk
at Highland Community Park (14024 Highland Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70810) To volunteer, please call 504.861.4500. To register and donate to the walk, click here.
Sunday, April 6th, 2025 Louisiana Abundant Exclusive Premier
Join us at AMC Elmwood Palace 20 at 2 pm for this successful documentary supporting living organ donation which is being scheduled throughout the country. To be a part of this exclusive screening, get FREE tickets here. To view the trailer, click here.
NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF LOUISIANA
OUR MISSION:
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The National Kidney Foundation is revolutionizing the fight to save lives by eliminating preventable kidney disease, accelerating innovation for the dignity of the patient experience, and dismantling structural inequities in kidney care, dialysis and transplantation.
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The NKFL provides vital patient and community services, conducts extensive public and professional education, advocates for patients through legislative action, and supports local kidney research to identify new treatments.
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The NKFL relies on individual and corporate donations, business partnerships, foundation and government grants and revenue from special events. More than 81 cents of each dollar donated to the NKFL goes directly to support its programs and services.
CONTACT US
For any inquiries, please call:
(504) 861-4500
our address
National Kidney Foundation of Louisiana, Inc.
8200 Hampson Street, Suite 229
New Orleans, Louisiana 70118
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Statement on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The National Kidney Foundation of Louisiana is committed to cultivating and preserving a culture of inclusion and connectedness. We foster an atmosphere of collaborative decision-making, communication, and openness within and across our project teams. We do this because we believe that NKFL is at our best when we are able to grow and learn better together with a diverse team of employees who bring their individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, innovation, self-expression, and talent to their work. NKFL is committed to honoring and protecting our organizational culture and is dedicated to retaining quality employees who embody our core values. In recruiting for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that candidates can bring in terms of their race, creed, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, height, weight, physical or mental ability, veteran status, military obligations, marital status, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. This applies to hiring, internal promotions, training, opportunities for advancement, terminations, and all other terms and conditions of employment. All NKFL employees, volunteers, clients, and contractors are expected to follow this practice.