Your financial contribution can have a positive impact on community health, help provide clinical therapies and services, and support research and new medical advances for patients in need.
South Texas Blood & Tissue needs to collect an adequate blood supply for more than 100 hospitals in 48 South Texas counties. Your gift makes a difference in the lives of cancer and transplant patients, trauma victims, newborns and moms, and other patients in your community today and tomorrow.
As the South Texas community grows, the need for blood is increasing. Your donation will help ensure your local blood center is supported with most advanced technologies, equipment and facilities to best serve patients in our community.
With your help, The Foundation hosts community events and supports the healthcare initiatives of BioBridge Global and its subsidiaries.
The Texas Cord Blood Bank is a unique statewide source of ethnically diverse, lifesaving cord blood stem cells collected at partner hospitals throughout Texas and stored at BioBridge Global. Your donations support donor recruitment, collection, processing, cryo-storage and distribution of stem cells to patients battling blood cancers and disorders.
The Ruskin C. Norman Founder’s Circle was established in 2011 as a testament to Dr. Norman and his belief that cord blood could make a difference in the lives of patients fighting blood cancers and immune disorders. The Founders’ Circle provides funding to the Texas Cord Blood Bank for the collection, processing, storage and delivery of cord blood units around the world.
Your donations in honor of Lori Wright’s service to the community will support the development of medical advances using cells from cord blood, marrow and other donated human cells and tissue.
Improving how we connect with and retain donors is key to growing the community blood supply. Your donation will help us upgrade our donor centers, our equipment and the overall donor experience.
Your gifts have helped replace seven aging bloodmobiles with state-of-the-art vehicles, as well as recruit donors for the South Texas Blood & Tissue, conduct thousands of blood drives every year and distribute blood to patients throughout South Texas.
Donations will assist with the extra costs associated with the promotion and the operational expenses including supplies needed to host blood drives at large-scale venues allowing for proper social distancing. Your donations also assist with efforts to create, recruit donors for and expand the convalescent plasma program.
The Texas Cord Blood Bank is a unique statewide source of ethnically diverse, lifesaving cord blood stem cells collected at partner hospitals throughout Texas and stored at BioBridge Global. Your donations support donor recruitment, collection, processing, cryo-storage and distribution of stem cells to patients battling blood cancers and disorders.
The Cellular Therapy Center provides bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cells to treat and cure diseases. This center is a critical partner to researchers investigating the potential of using stem cells in treatments for cancers, arthritis, heart disease, diabetes and neurological conditions.
Your donations in honor of Lori Wright’s service to the community will support the development of medical advances using cells from cord blood, marrow and other donated human cells and tissue.
All gifts are significant to The Blood & Tissue Center Foundation, and you are welcome to direct your gift of cash, stocks or other assets to any program that you find significant.
This section provides you with information about the many ways you can contribute. If you want to make a gift now, please go to our secure online giving page.
For more information about our other ways to give, please contact us.
To make a gift of cash to The Foundation please:
Make your check payable to “The Blood & Tissue Center Foundation,” specify which program or priority you wish your gift to support, and mail your check to:
The Blood & Tissue Center Foundation
6211 IH 10 West
San Antonio, TX 78201
For credit card payments, please visit our donation form or contact us.
Gifts of appreciated securities and closely held stock can be beneficial, both to you and The Blood & Tissue Center Foundation. You may receive an income-tax deduction equal to the fair market value of the securities, as well as reduce or eliminate capital gains taxes. Proceeds from the sale of these assets can be directed to any of our critical programs.
Estate gifts offer you a unique opportunity to leave a legacy to The Blood & Tissue Center Foundation through your estate plans. In some cases, you can reduce your income tax and reduce or eliminate capital gains tax.
The Foundation also accepts your in-kind gifts of everything from specialized equipment to personal protective equipment to bottled water. Tangible property that can be put to immediate use at BioBridge Global is welcome at any time.
The Blood & Tissue Center Foundation is an exempt organization as described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; EIN 43-1970952
