Since its modest beginnings in 1980 the Cleveland-Rutherford Kidney Association has been able to provide many life-saving services to its clients. It began with a small group of concerned citizens who wanted to help others who needed dialysis or transplantation in order to survive.

As a non-profit human service agency the CRKA has two main objectives: 1) to identify and help meet the needs of kidney disease patients and their families; and 2) to promote awareness of the organ and tissue donor programs.