Mid-South Transplant Foundation

What Mid-South Transplant Foundation does

Mid-South Transplant Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) founded in 1976 and headquartered in Cordova, Tennessee, in the Memphis metropolitan area. It is federally designated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to serve an exclusive Donation Service Area (DSA) covering western Tennessee, northern Mississippi, and eastern Arkansas. The organization coordinates the recovery, preservation, and distribution of deceased-donor organs and tissues, working with approximately 4,000 people in the region currently waiting for a transplant. In 2025, it facilitated 93 organ donors yielding 268 organs transplanted and recovered tissue from 306 tissue donors.

The organization's core operational activities include 24/7 donor referral response, clinical donor management, organ allocation in coordination with national transplant networks, tissue recovery, and donor family support. Its service delivery is built on relationships with regional hospital systems, trauma centers, and the state Departments of Motor Vehicles for donor registration integration. Community-facing programs include faith-based outreach, school-based education, and public awareness campaigns aimed at increasing donor registration rates across the tri-state region.

Its business model is that of a federally regulated, non-profit OPO. Revenue is primarily derived from Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement for organ acquisition costs, tissue recovery fees billed to tissue processors, and hospital service contracts. Additional funding comes from grants and charitable donations. Pricing is not market-driven but is governed by CMS reimbursement formulas and negotiated hospital agreements. Its customer base is structurally defined: hospitals and transplant centers in the DSA are mandated partners, and donor families constitute the donor-pipeline customer base. There is no commercial customer acquisition motion; volume is a function of clinical referrals, donor eligibility, and community registration rates.

Name

Mid-South Transplant Foundation

Legal name

Mid-South Transplant Foundation

Website

https://midsouthtransplant.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Mid-South Transplant Foundation is a federally designated, non-profit organ procurement organization founded in 1976, serving western Tennessee, northern Mississippi, and eastern Arkansas by coordinating organ and tissue donation, recovery, and transplantation for approximately 4,000 patients awaiting transplant.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Organ and Tissue Donation Services

NAICS

Blood and Organ Banks (621991)

SIC

Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093)

akta.pro primary industry

Blood, Organ & Tissue Donation Organizations (BPAGACAJ)

Keywords

• Organ donation services
• Tissue recovery services
• Organ procurement organization
• Donor registration services
• Transplant coordination services

Headquarters

HQ city

Cordova

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donor Services and OPO Operations: As a federally designated not-for-profit organ procurement organization (OPO), MSTF provides organ procurement, tissue recovery, laboratory testing, 24-hour rapid response to hospital referrals, and community education services. The organization operates as a non-profit with funding derived from federal/regulatory sources, grants, and donations. There is no cost to donor families for organ and tissue donation services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Mid-South Transplant Foundation operates as a federally designated Organ Procurement Organization (OPO), providing organ procurement, tissue recovery, laboratory testing, and 24-hour rapid response to hospital referrals across western Tennessee, northern Mississippi, and eastern Arkansas. The organization maintains an Organ & Tissue Donor Registry and delivers community education to support donor registration and family decisions.

Product overview

Mid-South Transplant Foundation offers a unified suite of organ and tissue donation services centered around its core Organ & Tissue Donor Registry, supplemented by organ procurement, tissue recovery, and laboratory testing services. The organization operates community education and awareness programs including the Ambassador Program and Blue & Green Day Mid-South campaign, while the Stories of Hope Podcast provides multimedia outreach. Educator and Workplace Partner programs extend donation education to schools and businesses across Arkansas, Mississippi, and Tennessee.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Organ & Tissue Donor Registry Central registry service that enables individuals in western Tennessee, northern Mississippi, and eastern Arkansas to register as organ and tissue donors online or via DMV offices. Used by donors to record their decision and by the OPO to identify and verify donor designations.
• Organ Procurement Services End-to-end organ procurement service for hospitals and donor families across the three-state service area, including 24-hour rapid response to referrals, clinical donor management, organ recovery, and coordination with the national UNOS allocation system.
• Tissue Recovery Services Tissue recovery service that coordinates with hospitals and partner eye banks to recover donated tissues for transplant, with one tissue donor capable of improving up to 75 lives.
• Laboratory Testing Services Laboratory testing service that supports organ and tissue donor evaluation, including infectious disease and tissue typing testing required for safe transplantation.

Quantifiable outcome

• 93 organ donors facilitated in 2025, resulting in 268 organs transplanted
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Mid-South Eye BankcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMid-South Eye Bank is a partner organization focused on the restoration of eyesight through eye tissue recovery for sight-saving surgeries and medical research. As a member of Advancing Sight Network, they provide eye tissue for corneal transplants and ocular research, recovering donated eye tissue with respect for donors and precision for recipients.
• Mississippi Lions Eye BankcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMississippi Lions Eye Bank, also a member of Advancing Sight Network, partners with MSTF to provide eye tissue for sight-saving surgeries and medical researchers discovering cures for diseases causing blindness. Their team of experts recovers donated eye tissue with utmost respect for donors and prepares tissue for corneal transplant or ocular research.
• Methodist University Hospital, MemphiscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal transplant center partner performing kidney, liver, and pancreas transplants in Memphis. Serves as a key partner in MSTF's organ transplantation network for the tri-state service area.
• Baptist Memorial Hospital, MemphiscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal transplant center partner performing heart transplants. Baptist Heart Institute celebrated the 40th anniversary of its adult heart transplant program in 2025, having performed 498 heart transplants since 1985 and ranking fourth in the nation for volume.
• LeBonheur Children's Hospital, MemphiscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal pediatric transplant center partner performing heart, kidney, and liver transplants. LeBonheur honors donors and families during National Pediatric Transplant Week in partnership with MSTF.
• Donate Life AmericacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational partner organization coordinating the month-long Donate Life campaign each April. MSTF participates in Blue & Green Day Mid-South as part of this national initiative to raise awareness for organ and tissue donation.
• Hospitals in Arkansas, Mississippi, and TennesseecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCare partner network of hospitals across the tri-state service area that serve as referral sources for potential organ donors and participate in organ recovery procedures in coordination with MSTF.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• LifeGift: Federally designated OPO serving parts of Texas; offers directly comparable organ and tissue procurement services, hospital coordination, and community education — and is referenced as a former employer of an MSTF director.
• Southwest Transplant Alliance: Texas-based OPO providing organ and tissue recovery with similar regulatory, operational, and community-outreach functions; an MSTF tissue-operations director previously served in a senior role there.
• Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network: Federally designated OPO for Illinois and northwest Indiana; comparable OPO operations including hospital referral management, donor family support, and tissue recovery at similar scale to MSTF.
• Donor Alliance: Federally designated OPO serving Colorado and Wyoming; same CMS-regulated OPO mandate, hospital partnerships, donor registry operations, and tissue recovery scope.
• LifeLink of Florida / LifeLink of Georgia: Federally designated OPOs serving Florida and Georgia with full organ procurement, tissue recovery, and community education functions comparable to MSTF.
• Kentucky Organ Donor Affiliates: Federally designated OPO serving Kentucky and adjacent counties with organ/tissue recovery and hospital coordination directly comparable to MSTF's tri-state service model.
• Carolina Donor Services: Federally designated OPO serving North Carolina; comparable hospital-based donor referral, organ allocation, and community outreach delivery model.

Broad incumbents

• Donate Life America: National umbrella organization coordinating the Donate Life brand and Blue & Green Day campaigns across all U.S. OPOs; MSTF operates as a regional affiliate within this broader network.

Emerging players

• Mid-South Eye Bank: Partner eye tissue recovery organization in the Mid-South; a narrower-scope peer focused on ocular tissue recovery and corneal transplantation rather than full multi-organ procurement.

Regional players

• Mississippi Lions Eye Bank: Mississippi-based eye tissue recovery partner to MSTF and fellow Advancing Sight Network member; directly relevant for understanding overlapping tissue recovery operations in MSTF's service territory.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/midsouthtransplantfoundation
• Xx.com/mstf_foundation

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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