Searching for a living kidney donor can be an overwhelming and time-consuming process. Find A Kidney offers instructions and advice on how to search for a kidney donor, as well as a free, personalized donor search website called a microsite. Learn more about microsites.
FAQ for Patients
Find answers to common questions about how to find a living kidney donor, what questions to ask potential donors, how to work with donor search coaches, what methods and channels to use in your search and more.
General
(2)Facebook and other social media channels can be very helpful in getting the word out about your need for a kidney donor. Your microsite gives you a personalized page that you can share on Facebook, email, and other social media channels, and our microsite coaches can also help you with your social media efforts, including how to post and what to say.
Microsites
(11)A Microsite is a free, personalized website designed to help patients search for a donor. It can be easily shared through email, social media, and face to face with the 250 business cards that will be sent out once the site is active. Potential donors can easily and confidentially register to be your donor.
Visit our microsites page at https://www.findakidney.com/microsites/ to learn more about our microsite program and request an invite from your transplant coordinator.
Our microsite coaches have personal experience with searching for a living kidney donor and can help you throughout the search process. Visit https://www.findakidney.com/microsites/donor-search-coaches/ for more information about our microsite coaching program.
We recommend sharing your microsite with as many people as you can. Let your friends, family, and acquaintances know about your microsite and share the link on social media to reach a wider audience.
There are many ways to share your microsite and get your story out. Social media, business cards, billboards, t-shirts, word of mouth, and advertisements are all ways you can share your microsite and reach potential donors.
All potential donors who come through your microsite will be able to speak to a living donor mentor. Mentors have already donated and can answer questions about the donation process.
Learn more about living kidney donation, the supports available to living donors, and advancements in better matches and the transplantation process here at Find A Kidney and throughout the National Kidney Registry websites below.
- National Kidney Registry: https://www.kidneyregistry.com/
- Kidney For Life: https://www.kidneyforlife.com/
- Donor Shield: https://www.donorshield.com/
Microsites are only available through transplant centers that participate in the National Kidney Registry’s microsite program. See a map of microsite participant centers.
A completed microsite registration refers to a potential kidney donor who has taken all the necessary steps to officially start the donation evaluation process, including providing their contact information, filling out the medical questionnaire, completing the required lab work, and selecting a transplant center. The registration is only considered complete once all three steps have been fulfilled.
Microsites are offered free of change to patients.
Donor search coaches are available free of charge to microsite patients.