Egg donation/Illume Fertility
Verified September 30, 2026
Illume Fertility Egg Donor Pay & Requirements
Clinic
At a glance
Where and travel
- Clinic: Norwalk, CT
- Within 90 minutes of Norwalk, CT
Pay
- First cycle $15,000 per cycle
- Repeat $15,000 per cycle
- Up to $90,000 across up to 6 successful retrievals
Requirements
- Age 21–30
- BMI 18–29
- Education: High school graduate; college preferred
- Non-smoker, no drug use
- Genetic screening: Carrier screening and chromosomal analysis
- Psychological screening
- U.S. citizen or permanent resident
- Not pregnant or breastfeeding
- Available for 5–8 early morning appointments over 2–3 weeks
Time
- Screening takes 4–8 weeks. The cycle uses 5–8 early morning appointments over 2–3 weeks
Pay
- First cycle
- $15,000
- Repeat
- $15,000 per cycle
- Total maximum
- Up to $90,000 across up to 6 successful retrievals
- Referral
- $1,000 referral bonus when a referred friend is accepted into the donor pool
Donor-page amounts, verified September 30, 2026.
Outside the stipend
- Expenses covered
- Free egg freezing cycle after completing four donation cycles with Illume; Free physical exam; Free fertility check-up (AMH); Free genetic screening (carrier screening and chromosomal analysis)
Where and when
Where
- Headquarters
- Norwalk, CT
- Clinic locations
- Norwalk, CT
Time
- Timeline
- Screening takes 4–8 weeks. The cycle uses 5–8 early morning appointments over 2–3 weeks.
- Monitoring and downtime
- 5–8 early morning appointments over 2–3 weeks. Screening takes 4–8 weeks.
Do you qualify
Requirements
- Age
- 21–30
- BMI
- BMI 18–29
- Also required
- Education: High school graduate; college preferred
- Non-smoker, no drug use
- Within 90 minutes of Norwalk, CT
- U.S. citizen or permanent resident
- Not pregnant or breastfeeding
- Available for 5–8 early morning appointments over 2–3 weeks
Screening
- Psychological screening
- Yes
- Genetic screening
- Carrier screening and chromosomal analysis
- Screening steps
- Screening at Norwalk: ultrasound, bloodwork, and a virtual genetic counselor
- After matching: physical, bloodwork, a virtual psychological evaluation, and a medical consult
How it works
Steps
- Payment timing
- After egg retrieval. The donor coordinator shares details at the interview.
- Matching
- Matching, then full screening, then the donation cycle
- Application
- Application via Egg Donor Connect
- Donor coordinator
- Yes
- Cycle notes
- The donation cycle is monitoring plus an outpatient retrieval.; Retrieval takes about 30–45 minutes under anesthesia at Norwalk. A ride home is required, and there is a post-retrieval check-up.
Covered and limits
- Identity
- Known or non-identified. Complete anonymity is not guaranteed because of genealogy tools.
- Cycle limit
- 6
Apply and contact
- Website
- Agency site
- Application
- Application page
- Phone
- (203) 750-7400
- ssantiago@illumefertility.com
- Become an egg donor
- Become an egg donor
- Egg donor qualifications
- Egg donor qualifications
- Program type
- Clinic
Sources
- Become an egg donor · 2026-09-30
- Egg donor qualifications · 2026-09-30
Last verified: September 30, 2026. Supersedes the September 16, 2026 crawl for this program.
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