The Forum of ESRD Networks is a not-for-profit organization that advocates on behalf of its membership and coordinates projects and activities of mutual interests to ESRD Networks. All 18 ESRD Networks are members of the Forum which facilitates the flow of information and advances a national quality agenda with CMS (the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) and other renal organizations.

The mission of the Forum is to support the ESRD Networks in promoting and improving the quality of care to patients with renal disease, through education and the collection, analysis, and dissemination of data and information.