Medical Transportation Grant Program
Loving People is at the Heart of Southwest Airlines®, and one of the many ways we connect with communities is through our Medical Transportation Grant Program (MTGP). This program provides round trip tickets to nonprofit hospitals and medical transportation organizations lessening the financial burden on patients and their families when travel is required for specialized lifesaving or life-changing medical care.
MTGP Partners
In 2023, Southwest donated free transportation valued at more than $5.2 million to 80 hospitals and organizations nationwide. Since the program was launched in 2007, we’ve donated more than $51.4 million in free transportation to 121 organizations across 29 states.
Southwest is honored to play a role in supporting patients through their medical journey and connecting them to what's important in their lives.
Note: Southwest allows participating nonprofit hospitals and medical transportation nonprofit organizations the freedom to determine how to distribute the tickets to patients and/or caregivers. Therefore, patients and/or caregivers seeking assistance need to contact the program partners directly, using the links or contact information listed below, as each partner has its own guidelines for the administration of these tickets.
See it in action: Watch more Medical Transportation Grant Programs stories on YouTube.
MTGP Partners
Hospitals by State:
Medical Transportation Charities
Hospitals by State
Alabama
- Children's Hospital of Alabama, Social Services Dept., (205) 638-6241 (Birmingham, AL)
Arizona
- Phoenix Children's Hospital, Social Work (602) 933-0750 (Phoenix, AZ)
- St. Joseph’s Foundation and Barrow Neurological Foundation, Foundation (602) 406-1046 (Phoenix, AZ)
- Banner University Medical Center, Transplant Department (602) 521-5871 (Phoenix, AZ)
- Banner University Medical Center, Transplant Services - Living Donor Program (520) 694-0910 (Tucson, AZ)
- Mayo Clinic Hospital, (Phoenix, AZ)
Arkansas
- Arkansas Children's Hospital, Social Work Department (501) 364-1406 (Little Rock, AR)
California
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, (Los Angeles, CA)
- Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Social Work Department (323) 361-2485 (Los Angeles, CA)
- Children's Hospital of Orange County, Social Services/Case Management (714) 509-4380 (Orange, CA)
- Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Social Services (650) 497-8303 (Palo Alto, CA)
- Rady Children's Hospital, Customer Service Center, (800) 788-9029 or (858) 966-4096 (San Diego, CA)
- Scripps Health, Transplant (858) 554-4340 (San Diego, CA)
- Shriners Hospitals for Children, (Pasadena, CA)
- Shriners Hospitals for Children</a >, (Sacramento, CA)
- Stanford Hospital and Clinic, Social Work & Case Management, (San Jose, CA)
- UCLA Health, Office of Development (310) 825-8385 (Los Angeles, CA)
- UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, Social Services (510) 428-3814 (Oakland, CA)
- UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, Social Services (510) 428-3814 (San Francisco, CA)
Colorado
- The Children's Hospital, Family Services (720) 777-0111 (Denver, CO)
- Craig Hospital, Foundation (303) 789-8650 (Englewood, CO)
- UC Health, Social Work (303) 946-9260 (Denver, CO)
Delaware
- Nemours/Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children, Social Work (302) 651-4230 (Wilmington, DE, near Philadelphia, PA)
District of Columbia
- Children's National Medical Center, Dept. of Family Services (202) 476-3070 (Washington, DC)
- Washington Hospital Center, Clinical Resource Management (202) 877-5552 (Washington, DC)
- Washington Hospital Center
- Franklin Square Hospital Center
- Good Samaritan Hospital
- Harbor Hospital
- Montgomery General Hospital
- St. Mary's Hospital
- Union Memorial Hospital
- Georgetown University Hospital
- National Rehabilitation Hospital
Florida
- Nemours Children’s Health System, Social Work (302) 651-4230 (Orlando, FL)
- Shriners Hospitals for Children, Executive Office (813) 281-8110 (Tampa, FL)
- Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, Clinical Social Work Department (727) 767-3973 (St. Petersburg, FL)
- Mayo Clinic – Florida, Outpatient Social Work (904) 956-3206 (Jacksonville, FL)
- University of Miami, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Social Work (305) 243-4129
Georgia
- Shepherd Center Case Management, Case Management (404) 350-7680 (Atlanta, GA)
- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Social Work (404) 785-6250 (Atlanta, GA)
Hawaii
- The Queen's Health Systems, (Honolulu, HI)
- Adventist Health Castle, Department of Mission (808) 595-5344 (Honolulu, HI)
- Shiners Hospitals for Children, (Honolulu, HI)
- Kapiolani Health Foundation, Social Service/Case Management (808) 983-6012
Illinois
- University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children’s, Department of Medicine 1-888-824-0200 (Chicago, IL)
- Shriners Hospitals for Children, (Chicago, IL)
- University of Illinois Hospital and Health Science Systems, Health Social Work (312) 996-0551 (Chicago, IL)
- Rush University Medical Center, Office of Philanthropy (312) 563-4952 (Chicago, IL)
Maryland
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Department of Care Coordination and Clinical Resource Managment (410) 502-8657 (Baltimore, MD)
- Mercy Medical Center, (Baltimore, MD)
Massachusetts
- Children’s Hospital Boston, Social Work Department (617) 355-7965 (Boston, MA)
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Patient & Family Programs & Services (617) 632-3301 (Boston, MA)
- Massachusetts General Hospital, Social Services Department (617) 726-5807 (Boston, MA)
- Shriners Hospitals for Children, (Boston, MA)
- Shriners Hospitals for Children, (Springfield, MA)
Minnesota
- Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare, (Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN)
- Shriners Hospitals for Children</a >, (Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN)
- University of Minnesota Medical Center, Care Management (612) 730-6195 (Fairview, MN)
Missouri
- Angel Flight Central, Flight Coordination (816) 421-2300 ext. 201 (Kansas City, MO)
- Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Case Management Services (314) 362-5574 (St. Louis, MO)
- Children’s Mercy Hospital, Social Work Department (816) 234-3670 (Kansas City, MO)
- St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Department of Social Work (314) 454-6101 (St. Louis, MO)
- SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center, (St. Louis, MO)
- Shriners Hospitals for Children, (St. Louis, MO)
- Ranken Jordan Pediatric Bridge Hospital, Care Coordination Department (314) 872-6591 (St. Louis, MO)
Nebraska
- The Nebraska Medical Center, Social Work (402) 559-4420 (Omaha, NE)
- Children’s Hospital & Medical Center, Social Work (402) 955-5418 (Omaha, NE)
Nevada
- Miracle Flights, Flight Department (702) 261-0494 (Las Vegas, NV)
New York
- Cohen Children’s Medical Center, Northwell Health Foundation (516) 321-6323 (New York City, NY)
- North Shore University Hospital, Northwell Health Foundation (516) 321-6323 (Long Island, NY)
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Dept. of Pediatrics (212) 639-2285 (New York City, NY)
- NYU Langone Health, Department of Social Work, Perlmutter Cancer Center (212) 731-6055 (New York City, NY)
- Patient AirLift Services, Mission Coordination (631) 694-7257 (Farmingdale, NY)
- National Foundation for Facial Reconstruction for the Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery at NYU Langone Medical Center, dba myFace (917) 720-4701 (New York, NY)
North Carolina
- The Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center, a Division of Duke University Health System, Clinical Social Work (919) 681-1687 (Durham, NC)
- Children’s Flight of Hope, Mission Delivery Team (919) 466-8593 x 103 (Morrisville, NC)
Ohio
- Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital, (Cleveland, OH)
- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Social Work (216) 286-7882 (Cleveland, OH)
- Nationwide Children's Hospital, Clinical Medical Social Work (614) 722-6300 (Columbus, OH)
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Concierge Services (888) 894-1374 (Cincinnati, OH)
Oregon
- Shriners Hospital for Children, (Portland, OR)
Pennsylvania
- Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Clinical Social Work (412) 692-5255 (Pittsburgh, PA)
- UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside, UPMC Transplant Services (412) 647-5800 (Pittsburgh, PA)
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, (Philadelphia, PA)
- Nemours Children’s Health System, Social Work (302) 651-4230 (Philadelphia, PA)
- Shriners Hospital for Children, (Philadelphia, PA)
South Carolina
- Shriners Hospital for Children, (Greenville, SC)
Tennessee
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, (Memphis, TN)
Texas
- Dell Children’s Medical Center, Social Work (512) 324-0000 x86806 (Austin, TX)
- Children's Health, Social Work (214) 456-2300 (Dallas, TX)
- Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, Family Resource Services (214) 559-8601 (Dallas, TX)
- UT Southwestern Medical Center, Office of Development (214) 648-7990 (Dallas, TX)
- Cook Children's, Case Management Department (682) 885-7545 (Fort Worth, TX)
- Shriners Hospital for Children, (Galveston, TX)
- CHI St. Luke’s Health, Transplant Services (877) 685-0361 (Houston, TX)
- Texas Children’s Hospital, (Houston, TX)
- The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, (Houston, TX)
- University Medical Center, UMC Foundation (806) 775-8250 (Lubbock, TX)
- University Health System, University Health Foundation (210) 358-9860 (San Antonio, TX)
Utah
- Shriners Hospital for Children, (Salt Lake City, UT)
Virginia
- Mercy Medical Angels, Department of Operations (757) 318-9174 Ext. 201 (Norfolk, VA)
Washington
- Seattle Children’s Hospital, Guest Services (206) 987-9330 (Seattle, WA)
- Shriners Hospital for Children, (Spokane, WA)
Wisconsin
- Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Patient Amenities & Family Services (414) 266-2710 (Milwaukee, WI)
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