Harboring Hearts
Housing, food, transportation, and emergency financial assistance for cardiac and transplant patients and their families.
Best for
Families staying near a hospital for extended cardiac or transplant treatment.
Why Kave includes this
A transplant workup can mean weeks near a hospital hundreds of miles from home, and the accommodation cost is what makes families decline treatment. Kave rates the impact high and flags the constraint hard: assistance runs through partner hospitals, so the first question is whether your hospital participates — finding out after you applied wastes the time you do not have.
- Expected cost
- Grants and direct assistance. No cost to the family.
- Insurance requirement
- None.
- Who qualifies
- Cardiac and transplant patients, generally referred through a participating hospital's social work team, with financial need.
- Where it is available
- Nationwide (United States)
- How you use it
- Online or by phone
- Languages
- English and Spanish
Limitations Kave wants you to know about
- Available through partner hospitals only — confirm your hospital participates before applying.
- Referral usually comes from a hospital social worker rather than direct application.
- Funds are limited and awarded case by case.
- Covers practical costs, not medical bills.
Ask your hospital's social work or transplant team first.
Verification
Compiled by Kave on July 1, 2026 and link-checked. Not yet independently verified. Kave assembled this from the organisation’s own published material and confirmed the links resolve. No reviewer has confirmed the eligibility details against the source, so check them on the official site before you rely on them.
- Compiled
- July 1, 2026 (28 days ago)
- Next scheduled review
- September 29, 2026
- Reviewed by
- Not yet reviewed
Sources used
- Harboring Hearts — read July 1, 2026
Kave quality score
79/100
Kave lists resources scoring 80 or above that also clear all four mandatory gates.
- Patient impact22/25
- Affordability or financial value18.4/20
- Transparency11.4/15
- Accessibility9.3/15
- Ease of use6.2/10
- Privacy and data practices4.2/5
- Institutional credibility4.1/5
- Geographic reach3/5
Geographic reach is deliberately worth only five points, so a strong local resource is not pushed out by a weak national one. Read the methodology.