Our Mission

The mission of Heartfelt Help Foundation is to help financially challenged heart transplant recipients in Northern California pay transplant related expenses not covered by insurance.  We also mentor heart transplant patients to help them maximize the gift of life they received and educate the public about organ donation and transplant.

Denise Redeker
Founder & Executive Director
2018 Heart Transplant Recipient

Hear Denise describe Heartfelt Help Foundation here.

A transplant team social worker in a Northern California hospital said this:

“Heartfelt Help Foundation has been a pillar of strength for [the hospital’s] Pediatric Heart Transplant Program.  It has fundamentally changed lives when it comes to supportive housing and other essential resources such as travel/transportation, childcare, and financial assistance. HHF intimately understands the challenges of the heart transplant journey and accompanies families along the way with generosity and compassion. We are so grateful to call them our partners and collaborators!”  

Heartfelt Help Foundation is different than other patient-support organizations.  We provide significant and meaningful support.  When patients or pediatric parents can’t afford an essential expense because of the transplant, and qualify for one of our programs, we usually pay the expense in full.  We don’t expect people in post-transplant trauma to go on scavenger hunts hoping to assemble small handouts into a patchwork sufficient to fill their needs.  They don’t have the time; they don’t have the ability.  When they’re discharged from the hospital to recovery lodging, they need to check in immediately – there’s no time for fundraising.  Likewise, when they face eviction, car repossession, utility shutoff, or unaffordable travel to an important medical appointment, they need meaningful support right away.  Therein lies the challenge: Our mission is costly.     

See our Testimonials page for more information on why what we do matters.