LifeCenter Northwest

Name

LifeCenter Northwest

Legal name

LifeCenter Northwest

Website

https://lcnw.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Organ Procurement Services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Blood, Organ & Tissue Donation Organizations (BPAGACAJ)

Keywords

• Organ procurement services
• Tissue donation recovery
• Hospital donation coordination
• Donor family support
• State donor registry

Headquarters

HQ city

Bellevue

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Organ Procurement Services: As a federally-designated nonprofit organ procurement organization (OPO), LifeCenter Northwest operates under Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement structures for organ procurement services. Revenue is derived from federal healthcare programs and hospital partnerships.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

LifeCenter Northwest is the federally-designated nonprofit organ procurement organization (OPO) for Alaska, Montana, North Idaho, and Washington. It coordinates organ and tissue donation referrals, recovers organs and tissue grafts, manages state donor registries for Montana and Washington, places organs via UNOS, and provides donor family aftercare support for 18 months post-donation. All services are delivered at no cost to donor families and reimbursed through federal healthcare programs and hospital partners.

Product overview

LifeCenter Northwest is a nonprofit, federally-designated organ procurement organization (OPO) and AATB-accredited tissue recovery organization serving Alaska, Montana, North Idaho, and Washington. The organization operates as a single integrated service portfolio organized around the organ and tissue donation lifecycle, anchored by Organ Donation Coordination, Tissue Recovery Services, and Donor Family Aftercare as core service lines. Supporting functions include Hospital Development Program (dedicated hospital representatives across 200+ facilities), State Donor Registry Management (for Montana and Washington), and Community Advocacy Programs. The organization also employs emerging technologies including VR-based staff training and Normothermic Regional Perfusion (an organ preservation technique) to expand donation opportunities. All services are coordinated through a 24/7 referral line and delivered by cross-functional regional teams.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Organ Donation Coordination Coordinates organ donation referrals, medical evaluations, donor family conversations, organ allocation through UNOS, and recovery logistics with transplant centers across the four-state service region. Served hospitals and transplant centers.
• Tissue Recovery Services Recovers musculoskeletal, skin, nerve, and cardiovascular tissue grafts from donors in partnership with processors including MTF Biologics, Community Tissue Services, Axogen, Artivion, Alamo Biologics, and LMAT. Served hospitals and surgeons needing tissue grafts.
• Donor Family Aftercare Program Provides grief and bereavement support to families of organ and tissue donors for a minimum of 18 months, including personal calls, resource referrals, donation outcome letters, recognition events, and correspondence facilitation between donor families and recipients. Served families of deceased donors.
• Hospital Development Program Assigns dedicated Hospital Development representatives to 230+ partner hospitals across Alaska, Montana, North Idaho, and Washington for staff education, donation procedure guidance, and CMS Conditions of Participation compliance support. Served hospital administrators, nurses, and physicians.
• State Donor Registry Management Manages the confidential donor registry databases for Montana and Washington, recording individual authorizations for organ, eye, and tissue donation accessible via DonateLifeToday.com, DMV registration, and healthcare provider referrals. Served state governments and potential donors.
• Education and Professional Resources Provides DMV-based outreach, traffic safety and donation curricula, classroom programs, professional guidelines for doctors, nurses, and hospital administrators, webinars, and CEU opportunities. Served hospital staff, educators, and the general public.
• Community Advocacy Programs Engages community advocates to foster understanding of organ and tissue donation through storytelling, legislative outreach, volunteer events, educator resources, and multilingual outreach materials, with particular focus on multicultural and underrepresented donor communities. Served community members and volunteers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 123% increase in organ donors over the past decade, reaching record 446 donors in 2025
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and secondary.

• MTF BiologicscoreTechnology or IntegrationMTF Biologics is the largest tissue processor in the world and serves as LifeCenter Northwest's primary tissue processing partner. All MTF tissue grafts processed from partner hospitals are offered to local surgeons first, benefiting the community.
• Community Tissue ServicescoreTechnology or IntegrationCommunity Tissue Services is the largest nonprofit provider of skin grafts for burn patients in the United States. LifeCenter Northwest works with them for skin tissue processing.
• AxogencoreTechnology or IntegrationAxogen provides nerve tissue processing services. LifeCenter Northwest received the Axogen Recovery Organization of the Year award for excellence in nerve recovery.
• ArtivionsecondaryTechnology or IntegrationArtivion is a tissue processing partner providing cardiac and vascular tissue grafts as part of LifeCenter Northwest's tissue recovery services.
• Alamo BiologicssecondaryTechnology or IntegrationTissue processing partner for musculoskeletal and other tissue grafts.
• LMATsecondaryTechnology or IntegrationTissue processing partner for soft tissue reconstruction and other grafts.
• United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)coreTechnology or IntegrationUNOS manages the national organ transplant waiting list and organ placement system. LifeCenter Northwest works with UNOS to match donated organs with recipients and coordinate transplant team logistics.
• Converge MediasecondaryGTM or Marketing PartnerMedia partnership focused on reaching diverse communities and promoting equity and access to organ donation awareness through culturally relevant content.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network: Federally-designated OPO serving Illinois and northwest Indiana; directly comparable in operating model, federal designation status, hospital network, and donor family aftercare services.
• Donor Network of Arizona: Federally-designated OPO serving Arizona; directly comparable mission, business model, and operations as LifeCenter Northwest. PJ Geraghty, now LifeCenter's VP, previously served as SVP at Donor Network of Arizona.
• Donor Alliance: Federally-designated OPO serving Colorado and Wyoming with the same organ and tissue donation/recovery model, hospital partnership structure, and federal regulatory framework as LifeCenter Northwest.
• Mid-America Transplant Services: Federally-designated OPO serving Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, and parts of Illinois; comparable structure and services, including hospital development, organ coordination, tissue recovery, and family support.
• Lifebanc: Federally-designated OPO serving Northeast Ohio; directly comparable organ and tissue procurement, donor family services, and hospital partnership model in a similar regional scope.
• ConnectLife: Federally-designated OPO serving Western New York and the Finger Lakes region; comparable operating model covering organ procurement, tissue recovery, and community donor registration.
• Nevada Donor Network: Federally-designated OPO serving Nevada; comparable in federal designation, hospital partnership model, donor family services, and tissue recovery operations.
• Southwest Transplant Alliance: Federally-designated OPO serving much of Texas; directly comparable in scale and operational scope with organ procurement, tissue recovery, and donor family aftercare services.
• New England Donor Services: Federally-designated OPO serving parts of New England; comparable in operating model, hospital partnership structure, and federal regulatory status.
• Carolina Donor Services: Federally-designated OPO serving North Carolina and parts of Virginia; directly comparable organ and tissue procurement model with hospital development and donor family services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/lifecenternw
• Facebookfacebook.com/lifecenternorthwest
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lifecenter-northwest

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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