Barriers to the use of a federal travel grant by living kidney donors

Living organ donation involves significant out‐of‐pocket costs, which burden donor candidates and may be an obstacle to donation. There is a single US grant (the National Living Donor Assistance Center—NLDAC) to cover live donor travel costs. Although there may be center‐specific variability in grant utilization, prospective donors—and their intended recipients—must also meet eligibility criteria. In fact, the NLDAC grant is used by