Kidney Disease Scholarships for Disabled Students

Kidney Scholarships by DaVita

DaVita offers kidney disease scholarships for disabled students and this student aid offers the opportunity for exploring advanced educational opportunities. As the leading provider of kidney care in the U.S., DaVita delivers dialysis services to patients living with chronic kidney failure and end stage renal disease. A total of 1,841 outpatient dialysis centers are operated by DaVita across the country. DaVita also operates dialysis centers in three other countries. Through the support of a number of programs, DaVita works to create positive, sustainable change. Those programs include an array of resources and benefits to teammates.

Among those disability kidney scholarships is a tuition reimbursement plan that allows for up to $3,000 per year to be reimbursed for eligible tuition and book expenses. DaVita also offers a RN scholarship program that allows current teammates up to $5,000 per year in reimbursement for eligible tuition, as well as books and some fees. To qualify, students must attend nursing school while they are working for DaVita.

The RN New Grad Program allows current teammates to receive up to $5,000 in tuition and book reimbursement for each year they are in nursing school, for a total of three years maximum. The program reimburses students for eligible expenses incurred while attending nursing school, for a total of three years maximum. The teammate must have recently graduate nursing school (within the last two years) and must also have passed the RN Boards and must have completed six months of employment with DaVita prior to applying for reimbursement.

The Redwoods MBA Scholarship Program for kidney disabled students works to advance leadership potential in leaders by offering disabilities scholarships that cover the expense of earning a MBA degree or attending management courses. This program is available to DaVita teammates currently holding leadership roles. Individuals selected for this program will receive a kidney disease scholarship to attend a highly-ranked MBA program, or may choose to receive continuing executive and leadership development courses at a top school across the nation.

The Redwoods program takes its name from the redwood trees that make their home in Northern California. When these trees are transplanted they are debilitated. When they are raised from seeds to saplings, their longevity is increased. The process involved in cultivating redwood trees from seeds to their ultimate tall height is similar to the way in which DaVita works to assist the growth of their future leaders from a variety of schools, including Claremont Colleges, UCLA, USC, UC Berkeley, Stanford University and Northwestern University.

DaVita also offers its employees the opportunity to participate in their Redwoods Analyst Development Program, offering mentorship from experienced senior management that will help them to grow into effective leaders.

In addition, DaVita offers certification expenses reimbursement for a variety of certification exams, including pre-exam courses, exam costs and exam renewals if they are required by DaVita.

The KT Family Foundation is funded by DaVita CEO as well as others to provide kidney disease scholarships that can be used for educational expenses for children and grandchildren of DaVita teammates who are in grades sixth through eleventh. Awards from this program range from $1,000 to $3,000. The DaVita Children’s Foundation is a funded foundation that also offers college disability scholarships for children and grandchildren of teammates employed by DaVita.

DaVita scholarships has distributed more than $1 million in educational funding for the children and grandchildren of DaVita employees. The disability scholarship program is privately funded by Kent Thirty, CEO, and his wife, Denise O’Leary. More than 263 students have been awarded scholarships since 2001. The KT Family Foundation has awarded more than $550,000 in scholarships that can be used for private school tuition for grades 6-11. Recipients can also choose to defer their awards and apply them towards college educational expenses.

The DaVita Children’s Foundation was originally created in 2000 and stems from a $500,000 endowment fund. More than 232 students have received disabled scholarship funding through the program. Scholarship funds may be applied toward tuition, books, room and board, supplies and required educational equipment. All applicants are reviewed by a board of trustees. Awards are based on demonstrated leadership, academic performance and community service.