Egg donation/Graceful Conception
Verified September 30, 2026
Graceful Conception Egg Donor Pay & Requirements
Agency
At a glance
Where and travel
- Clinic: Lake Forest, IL
- Variable — per diem, airfare, hotel when travel required (IP fee table; $ Not published as fixed)
Pay
- First cycle $8,000 per cycle
- Repeat $8,000–$10,000 per cycle
Requirements
- Age 21–30
- Normal range / height and weight proportionate (numeric BMI Not published)
- Education: High school graduate; preferably college graduate
- Drug, alcohol and smoke free; free of illegal drugs
- Genetic screening
- Psychological screening
- Proportionate height/weight; numeric height NP
- Mature and responsible
- Excellent health and genetic background
- Free of STDs and genetic diseases
- Any ethnic background (minority backgrounds in high demand)
Time
- Match weeks–months; cycle ~3 months from match to retrieval
Pay
- First cycle
- $8,000
- Repeat
- $8,000–$10,000 per cycle
Donor-page amounts, verified September 30, 2026.
Outside the stipend
- Travel reimbursement
- Variable — per diem, airfare, hotel when travel required (IP fee table; $ Not published as fixed)
- Expenses covered
- Variable — per diem, airfare, hotel when travel required (IP fee table; $ Not published as fixed); Fertility medications paid separately by recipient (donor-expenses); Ovum Donor Medical Insurance $450 (IP fee line); Ovum Donor Legal Counsel $600 (IP fee line)
Where and when
Where
- Headquarters
- Lake Forest, IL
- Clinic locations
- Lake Forest, IL
- Travel reimbursement
- Variable — per diem, airfare, hotel when travel required (IP fee table; $ Not published as fixed)
- Travel covered
- Yes
- In-house clinic
- No
Time
- Monitoring and downtime
- Match weeks–months; cycle ~3 months from match to retrieval
Do you qualify
Requirements
- Age
- 21–30
- BMI
- Normal range / height and weight proportionate (numeric BMI Not published)
- Also required
- Education: High school graduate; preferably college graduate
- Drug, alcohol and smoke free; free of illegal drugs
- Proportionate height/weight; numeric height NP
- Mature and responsible
- Excellent health and genetic background
- Free of STDs and genetic diseases
- Any ethnic background (minority backgrounds in high demand)
Screening
- Psychological screening
- Yes
- Genetic screening
- Yes
- Screening steps
- Partner-clinic medical/genetic; agency psych/MMPI $500 when agency-done
How it works
Steps
- Matching
- Recipient chooses donor; agency shares limited IP personal info with donor
- Application
- Online application via EDC donorprescreen only (primary CTAs) → agency review + photos → match → contract → clinic screening → stim → retrieval
- Donor coordinator
- Agency team; 24/7 emergency line claim on FAQ
Covered and limits
- Medications
- Yes
- Insurance
- Yes
- Legal counsel
- Yes
- Identity
- Open or anonymous per mutual preference (FAQ)
- Fresh cycles
- Yes
- Frozen cycles
- No
- Also offers surrogacy
- Yes
- Also offers sperm donation
- No
Apply and contact
- Website
- Agency site
- Phone
- (847) 234-9606
- info@gracefulconception.com
- Program type
- Agency
Sources
- live-verify primary become-a-donor (pay/age/gates/EDC apply) · 2026-09-30
- live-verify primary donor-faq (first $8k / previous $10k / BMI normal) · 2026-09-30
- live-verify primary donor-expenses (IP fee table / ASRM ≤$10k) · 2026-09-30
- live-verify primary expenses-fees hub · 2026-09-30
- live-verify primary homepage · 2026-09-30
- EDC secondary pointer (fresh-only/apply EDC/address/website) · 2026-09-30
- live-verify primary parent services (satellite/recipient clinic footprint audit) · 2026-09-30
- live-verify primary contact page (phone/email; address audit) · 2026-09-30
Last verified September 30, 2026.
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