WHY WE'RE HERE

At this very moment, 6.2 million Americans have Heart Failure and 3,500 are waiting for a heart transplant. The typical wait for a new heart is six months or more. Many patients spend much of that time hospitalized with an LVAD. Their loved ones travel back and forth—often over great distances—to support them and oversee their care. Pre-COVID, about 10% survived the wait and received a matching heart.

No matter the outcome, in the wake of this emotional and physical rollercoaster, families are devastated by the experience and its crushing debt. At the HeartBrothers Foundation, we know this nightmare first-hand: we are Heart Failure and heart transplant survivors.

WHO WE ARE

Our co-founders Pat Sullivan & Bob Romer met during yearlong hospital stays on LVADs, vowing that if their heart matches came up—and if their bodies could endure the wait, procedure, and recovery—they would start a nonprofit foundation to create the financial, educational, and emotional support system surprisingly lacking yet so desperately needed by Heart Failure patients and their families.

The HeartBrothers Foundation launched in September 2014 and has expanded its reach to include work 40+ hospitals, with 80+ volunteer ambassadors, and virtual programming accessible to all.

We are now a living, breathing Heart Failure support network in every sense of those words—and our determination to improve and expand only grows stronger every day.

The HeartBrothers Foundation

Failing Hearts Need Helping Hands

Past campaigns

HeartBrothers 2nd Annual Virtual 5K Run/Walk

HeartBrothers 1st Annual Virtual 5K+ Run/Walk