DonorConnect

Name

DonorConnect

Legal name

DonorConnect

Website

https://donorconnect.life

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

DonorConnect is a federally designated nonprofit Organ Procurement Organization facilitating organ, tissue, and eye donation across Utah, southeastern Idaho, Nevada, and Wyoming. It coordinates 90+ hospital partners, operates state donor registries, and provides family aftercare services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Organ and Tissue Donation Coordination

NAICS

Blood and Organ Banks (621991), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Blood, Organ & Tissue Donation Organizations (BPAGACAJ)

Keywords

• Organ procurement services
• Tissue donation coordination
• Eye donation services
• Donor registry management
• Family aftercare services

Headquarters

HQ city

Murray

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Organ Acquisition Fees: Funding for organ recovery activities is derived from standard acquisition fees charged to transplant centers receiving the organs. These fees include expenses for surgeons, compatibility testing, transportation, donor hospitals, and clinical coordinators.
2. Tissue Recovery Fees: Funding for tissue recovery activities is derived from standard fees charged to tissue processing agencies, which in turn bill physicians and hospitals utilizing these tissues.
3. Financial Contributions: DonorConnect accepts financial contributions from the public to support their life-saving mission and operations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

DonorConnect is a designated Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) that facilitates, coordinates, and advocates for organ, tissue, and eye donation. It manages state donor registries (YesUtah, YesIdaho, Donate Life Wyoming, Donate Life Nevada), works with 90+ hospitals and transplant centers across Utah, Idaho, Nevada, and Wyoming on donor referrals and recovery coordination, and provides aftercare, grief support, and family services to donor families.

Product overview

DonorConnect operates as an organ procurement organization (OPO) offering a comprehensive suite of donation and aftercare services. The core offerings include organ, tissue, and eye donation coordination, living donation programs, and birth tissue donation. These are supported by family services with grief support resources, public education programs, and professional partner coordination with hospitals, funeral homes, and medical examiners. The organization also provides donor registry management across four states (Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada), operates a volunteer program, and maintains memorial services including the Celebration of Life Monument. An online learning platform delivers grief support courses to donor families.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Yes Utah: Utah donor registry program for organ, tissue, and eye donation registration
• Yes Idaho

Products and services

• Organ Donation Services
• Tissue Donation Services
• Eye Donation Services
• Living Donation Programs
• Birth Tissue Donation Program
• Donor Registry Services
• Hospital Partner Coordination
• Family Services (Aftercare)

Quantifiable outcome

• One organ and tissue donor can save up to 8 lives and enhance the lives of over 75 others

Named customers5 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles7 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• University of Utah HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity of Utah Hospital serves as a primary transplant center partner for DonorConnect. The hospital performs kidney transplants and living donor surgeries. DonorConnect coordinates organ recovery and placement through this partnership.
• Intermountain Medical CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIntermountain Medical Center, part of Intermountain Healthcare, is a transplant center partner where living kidney donations are performed. DonorConnect works with their transplant programs.
• Primary Children's HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City is a key pediatric partner where critical patients are treated and potential donor referrals originate.
• 90+ Hospital PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDonorConnect partners with over 90 hospitals in Utah, Idaho, Nevada, and Wyoming to facilitate organ, tissue, and eye donation. Partner hospitals include St. Marks Hospital and others in the service area.
• Tissue Processing PartnersmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDonorConnect partners with multiple tissue banks including MTF Biologics, Artivion/CryoLife, LifeNet Health, LeMaitre Vascular, Xtant Medical, and LifeCell for tissue processing and distribution.
• United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)coreTechnology or IntegrationUNOS maintains the national organ transplant waiting list and matching system. DonorConnect interfaces with UNOS for organ placement and coordination, though the actual matching is executed through UNOS systems.
• Medical Examiners and CoronersmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoroner and Medical Examiner offices play an important role in the donation process. DonorConnect seeks OME and Coroner permission for donation for all cases that fall under their jurisdiction prior to organ and tissue recovery.
• Funeral Home PartnersmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFuneral directors and staff partner with DonorConnect to ensure families have positive donation and funeral experiences. DonorConnect reimburses funeral homes for additional costs related to tissue donation recovery.
• State DMV OfficesmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe Department of Motor Vehicles is a key partner in signing the public up to be registered organ, eye, and tissue donors. DMVs assist with donor registration during vehicle transactions.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Donor Network West: Federally designated OPO serving Northern Nevada and Northern California with the same organ and tissue recovery mandate as DonorConnect. Operates under the same CMS regulatory framework and recovery fee model.
• Southwest Transplant Alliance: OPO serving more than 100 hospitals and 11 transplant centers across most of Texas, performing the same donor recovery, family support, and public education functions as DonorConnect.
• Tennessee Donor Services: Designated OPO for Tennessee and part of the DCI Donor Services network, providing organ, tissue, and eye recovery services with full family-aftercare and hospital-coordination functions comparable to DonorConnect.
• New England Donor Services: Federally designated OPO serving Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Operates the same donation-coordination, family-services, and aftercare model as DonorConnect.
• LifeShare of Oklahoma: OPO serving Oklahoma with organ, tissue, and eye procurement and donor family support, operating under the same federal designation framework and hospital-coordination model as DonorConnect.
• Nevada Donor Network: Designated OPO serving most of Nevada. Operates within the same regulatory structure as DonorConnect and overlaps in territory where DonorConnect claims Nevada, making it the closest geographic peer for service-area adjudication.
• LifeCenter Northwest: OPO covering Washington, Alaska, Montana, and North Idaho, making it the geographically adjacent peer sharing portions of the Mountain West service area. Performs the same donor-recovery and hospital-coordination functions as DonorConnect.
• Mid-America Transplant: OPO serving parts of Missouri, Illinois, and Arkansas. Non-profit organ and tissue recovery organization with services including donor family aftercare parallel to DonorConnect's offerings.
• LifeGift: Designated OPO serving Texas with organ, tissue, and eye recovery services. Comparable operating model to DonorConnect with multi-region hospital partnership networks and the same federal designation structure.

Others

• MTF Biologics: Tissue-processing partner and downstream customer of DonorConnect rather than a direct OPO competitor. Relevant as a counterparty that sets tissue pricing and quality standards for the donor-recovery supply chain DonorConnect participates in.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC7EUZ3ulLGHSI-BKZLcRtdg
• Facebookfacebook.com/DonorConnectLife
• Instagraminstagram.com/DonorConnectLife
• Xx.com/DonorConnect
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/donorconnect

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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