To set the scene: ​

  • How are your kidneys doing today? It’s a fair question, because more than 1 out of every 7 adults in the U.S. are living with kidney disease, and 90% of them don’t even know it. Each year more people die from kidney disease than from breast and prostate cancer combined! These are scary statistics, but over the last 25 years KidneyTexas has donated over $5 million in North Texas to help patients living with the overwhelming physical, financial, and emotional toll brought on by this silent and insidious disease. And where do YOUR dollars go? Through your generosity, we fund a program that provides kidney screenings at no cost in low-income communities. We support hardworking nurses and hospital staff by providing modern training devices and much-needed patient care equipment. We replace aging systems, including hemodialysis machines and organ transport pumps. And, most near and dear to our hearts, we are able to send our Kidney Kids to summer camp at Camp Reynal in the Texas Hill Country. This is an incredible opportunity for them to just “be a kid” while having access to round-the-clock medical care, including on-site dialysis. In fact, when camp is in session, it qualifies as the largest dialysis center in the southwest! So whether you’re drawn most to improving health outcomes in our stressed communities, filling the needs of our dedicated health workers, or making a child’s dream come true, we need YOU! When you become part of KidneyTexas, your dollars stay “at home”. We care for our community, and can’t wait for you to join us.

Statistics: ​

  • Texas represents about 10.3% of the U.S. total End Stage Renal Disease patient population.
  • The two most common causes of Chronic Kidney Disease are diabetes and high blood pressure (hypertension). These are especially significant in Texas.
  • Minority populations are disproportionately affected: Black/African American and Hispanic populations have higher rates of disease and kidney failure.
  • Many people with Chronic Kidney Disease are unaware of it. For example, in Texas (and generally in the U.S.), 9 out of 10 adults with early kidney disease don’t know they have it, because symptoms are often absent until late.
  • There were over 80,000 End Stage Renal Disease patients in Texas as of 2023.
  • As of November 1, 2024, there were 8,860 patients in Texas waiting for kidney transplants.