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of the National Kidney Foundation
On November 16, 1950, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
DeBold of Tuckahoe, New York, called the first meeting of the
Committee for Nephrosis Research. Several months earlier,
Mrs. DeBold’s infant son, Robert Lee, was stricken with
nephrosis, a condition of which little was known and for which
little could be done. Her determination not to succumb to
the grim reality of her son’s disease and her affluence and
wealth were important elements which led to the formation of the
inaugural lay group, destined to become the National Kidney
Foundation.
Two weeks later, on December 1, 1950, The
National Nephrosis Foundation, Inc. came into existence with the
filing of a Certificate of Incorporation under the Membership
Corporation Law of the State of New York. Eight years later,
on April 2, 1958, the name of the Foundation was changed to the
National Kidney Disease Foundation, Inc., followed by the
qualifications, For Nephrosis, Nephritis, and Allied Disorders.
On September 21, 1964 the Certificate of Incorporation was further
amended, and the name the National Kidney Foundation, Inc. came
into being.
By September 1964, the National Kidney
Foundation of Southern California was incorporated as a 501(c)(3)
not-for-profit organization and Dr. Eben Feinstein was elected its
first Chairman.
The National Kidney Foundation, Inc. is the
leading voluntary health agency dedicated to the detection,
prevention and treatment of diseases of the kidney and urinary
tract. The National Kidney Foundation of Southern California
is proud to bring help and hope to the more than one million
Southern Californians who suffer from kidney and urologic
diseases, and does so through patient and community services and
advocacy, public and professional education, and research and
organ donation programs.
The NKFSC is governed by an unpaid Board of
Directors which oversees all business of the Foundation and which
receives regular reports from volunteer committees responsible for
the planning and implementation of program services and fund
raising projects. The work of the volunteer leadership is
augmented by the support of a small number of professional staff.
The Board adheres to the standards of the not-for-profit version
of the Better Business Bureau – the National Charities
Information Bureau, and submits its books to an independent
auditor for review and report each year.
Among voluntary health agencies, the NKFSC is
second to none in fiscal responsibility. NKFSC’s
expenditures reflect its balanced approach to serving those who
suffer from kidney disease while working toward the eradication of
these diseases.
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