The Living Bank

Name

The Living Bank

Legal name

The Living Bank

Website

https://livingbank.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1968

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Organ Donation Advocacy Services

NAICS

Voluntary Health Organizations (813212), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Blood, Organ & Tissue Donation Organizations (BPAGACAJ)

Keywords

• Living organ donation
• Donor advocacy services
• Transplant education
• ILDA services
• Nonprofit healthcare advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Tax-deductible donations from individuals supporting the living organ donation mission. The Living Bank is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with Tax ID 74-1607315.
2. Merchandise Sales: Sale of branded merchandise including silk ties, key fobs, keychains, and enamel pins featuring organ-themed designs. Products sold at $12-$75 price points.
3. Planned Giving and Legacy Gifts: Charitable bequests through wills/trusts, retirement account beneficiaries, gift of insurance, and other planned giving mechanisms for long-term sustainable support.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Living Bank is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in Houston, Texas that promotes living organ donation through Independent Living Donor Advocate (ILDA) services delivered via telehealth, accredited continuing-education webinars (ILDAN) for transplant professionals, public donor education and community awareness programs, and branded merchandise sales. The organization supplements these programs with an annual Celebrate Life Gala and a Legacy Society planned-giving program. Founded in 1968 and operating with approximately nine staff, it serves as a national centralized resource connecting living donors, recipients, and transplant programs across the United States.

Product overview

The Living Bank is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established in 1968 as a health advocacy organization focused on living organ donation education and services. The organization offers a portfolio of core programs including Independent Living Donor Advocacy (ILDA) Services provided by licensed clinical transplant social workers, the Independent Living Donor Advocate Network (ILDAN) Webinars offering continuing education credits, the Community Awareness Power of Life program for education, and Public Education Services covering organ donation topics. Additionally, the organization operates a merchandise shop selling branded apparel including silk ties (Stars and Beans, Circle of Liver, Amazing Beans, Liver and a Fighter) and accessories (keychains, enamel pins) featuring kidney and liver organ themes. A Legacy Society planned giving program and annual Celebrate Life Gala event are also part of their fundraising and donor engagement activities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ILDA Services
• ILDAN Webinars
• Branded Silk Tie
• Enamel Pin
• Key Fob
• Engraved Keychain

Quantifiable outcome

• 96% of organ transplant need can be met by living donation
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• American Liver Foundation: National nonprofit providing liver disease research, education, and patient advocacy including living liver donation. Comparable as a liver-focused health nonprofit in The Living Bank's donor education space, though with a broader liver-disease mission beyond transplant advocacy.
• National Kidney Foundation: Major health nonprofit funding kidney disease research, patient education, and advocacy including living kidney donation. Comparable as a kidney-focused health nonprofit competing for the same donor and grant pool, though it serves a broader disease-state mission than The Living Bank's living-donation-only focus.
• United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS): Nonprofit managing the U.S. organ transplant system under federal contract, operating the national waiting list and OPTN policy framework that governs ILDA requirements. Highly relevant adjacent incumbent — overlaps with The Living Bank's transplant ecosystem positioning and policy-relevant expertise, though not a donor-facing advocacy competitor.
• Donate Life America: National 501(c)(3) leading organ, eye, and tissue donation awareness through state donor registries and public campaigns. Closest broad incumbent peer — overlapping mission of donor education and advocacy, but operating at much larger national scale and focused across all donation types rather than living donation specifically.

Direct peers

• American Transplant Foundation: National nonprofit providing education, advocacy, and direct financial assistance for living donors and transplant recipients. Most direct functional peer — same core mission (living donor education and support), nonprofit funding model, and target populations (donors, recipients, and transplant programs), though with broader geographic spread and financial-assistance program.
• National Living Donor Assistance Center (NLDAC): Federally funded program providing travel, lodging, and incidental expenses for living organ donors. Closely comparable living-donation-specific peer — both serve donors navigating the transplant process, though NLDAC focuses on financial reimbursement while The Living Bank focuses on advocacy and education.
• Living Kidney Donors Network: Nonprofit providing education and advocacy specifically for living kidney donors, including mentorship programs. Highly comparable direct peer — same living-donor-only focus, volunteer-driven model, and education/advocacy mission, though smaller in scale and centered on kidney rather than kidney-and-liver.

Emerging players

• Mendez National Institute of Transplantation Foundation: Nonprofit affiliated with the transplant institute advancing public education on organ donation and transplantation. Comparable niche education and advocacy nonprofit serving overlapping donor/recipient audiences, with smaller programmatic footprint than The Living Bank.
• Waitlist Zero: Advocacy nonprofit promoting kidney donation from living donors and broader policy reform to reduce transplant waiting times. Comparable emerging peer — same living-donor advocacy mission and end goal (eliminating waiting list deaths), though more policy and research focused versus The Living Bank's direct donor-services model.

Others

• Transplant Recipients International Organization (TRIO): International nonprofit supporting transplant candidates, recipients, and donors through education, advocacy, and mutual support groups. Related peer in the transplant support ecosystem — overlapping audiences and donor-advocacy themes, but with a recipient-centered rather than donor-centered mission.

Market position

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/thelivingbank
• Facebookfacebook.com/thelivingbank
• Instagraminstagram.com/livingbankorg

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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