 The NMDP receives annually about US$23 million from the US government through the Health Resources and Services Administration.The US Navy also provides some funding.The program also receives income from donations, from monetary donations from tissue donors for tissue typing (about $50 as of 2008), from fees charged for in-depth database searches (initial searches are free, full searches can cost several thousand dollars), and from the fees charged to the transplanting hospital once a match is found and the stem cells have been transferred.