Community Blood Bank

What Community Blood Bank does

Community Blood Bank (legal entity: Community Blood Bank of NWPA & WNY) is a non-profit community blood center founded in 1966 and headquartered at 2646 Peach Street, Erie, Pennsylvania. The organization collects volunteer whole blood, platelets, and plasma at its fixed Erie Donor Center and through a network of mobile blood drives hosted by businesses, schools, churches, and community organizations, and distributes these products to 17 hospitals and 7 Stat MedEvac bases across Northwest Pennsylvania and Western New York.

Its core operational technology consists of three web-based systems: QuickPass, a browser-accessible computer-assisted self-interview that allows donors to complete health-history questionnaires from home on the day of donation and present a barcoded receipt on arrival (supported across Chrome, Firefox, Safari, IE; Windows, Mac, Android, iOS); HemaConnect, the donor portal used for scheduling, password reset, and account management (accessible at ourdonorssavelives.org); and a separate coordinator portal for volunteer drive organizers. The organization also adopted the FDA-aligned Individual Donor Assessment questionnaire, replacing gender-based deferrals with individual risk assessment, and is investing in specialized blood irradiation equipment procured through a cross-hospital partnership described as rare among competing healthcare systems.

Revenue derives primarily from hospital reimbursement for blood products and services, supplemented by monetary donations (PayPal, phone, mail), event sponsorships, and the annual Fore Hearts Open golf tournament and Bob-a-thon radiothon. Multi-jurisdictional compliance — AABB accreditation, FDA blood bank registration, Pennsylvania and New York clinical laboratory permits, and CLIA certification — is the structural foundation of the business. The organization is governed by a Board of Directors chaired by Sarah Eakin, M.D., with Deanna Rosenthal serving as Executive Director, and is affiliated with Blood Centers of America and America's Blood Centers.

Name

Community Blood Bank

Legal name

Community Blood Bank of NWPA & WNY

Website

https://fourhearts.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1966

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Community Blood Bank is a non-profit community blood center founded in 1966 in Erie, PA, supplying blood and blood products to 17 hospitals and 7 Stat MedEvac bases across Northwest Pennsylvania and Western New York via fixed-site and mobile blood drives.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Erie

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Blood Products and Services to Hospitals: Community Blood Bank supplies blood and blood products to 17 hospitals and 7 Stat MedEvac bases throughout Northwest Pennsylvania and Western New York. As a non-profit community blood center, revenue is derived from reimbursement for blood products and services provided to partner medical facilities.
2. Financial Contributions and Donations: The organization accepts monetary donations via PayPal, phone, and mail. Donations support additional incentives for blood donors, lifesaving equipment updates, and operational costs. Event sponsorships from businesses and organizations also contribute revenue.
3. Clinical Laboratory Services: The organization holds multiple clinical laboratory certifications (AABB, FDA, Pennsylvania DOH, New York DOH, CLIA) enabling it to operate as a licensed blood collection and testing facility serving regional hospitals and MedEvac bases.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Community Blood Bank is a non-profit community blood center that collects, tests, and distributes volunteer-donated blood and blood products (whole blood, platelets, plasma) from a fixed Erie Donor Center and mobile drives to 17 hospitals and 7 Stat MedEvac bases across Northwest Pennsylvania and Western New York. Donors are supported by web-based pre-screening (QuickPass), a donor portal for scheduling, and recognition programs such as GR8 Givers.

Product overview

Community Blood Bank operates as a non-profit blood center offering a unified set of blood collection and donation services. The core offerings include mobile and center-based blood collection, the QuickPass web-based pre-donation questionnaire system, the GR8 Givers donor incentive program, and Individual Donor Assessment services aligned with FDA guidance. The organization connects volunteer blood donors to patients in need across 17 hospitals and 7 Stat MedEvac bases in Northwest Pennsylvania and Western New York.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Blood Donation Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 35 blood transfusions received by a single NICU patient (Austin Zurick) over two months
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 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

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• 94.7 BOB-FMcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 202694.7 BOB-FM, in partnership with Rebich Investments, hosts the annual Bob-a-thon, a combined blood drive and fundraising radiothon. The event includes on-air storytelling, education about blood donation need, on-air fundraising, and an on-site blood drive at Boston Store. The event takes place July 9, 2026 from 8am to 6pm.
• iHeartMediacoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2026iHeartMedia partners with Community Blood Bank for the Bob-a-thon radiothon, amplifying the mission through on-air storytelling, listener education about blood needs, and on-air fundraising. The radiothon reaches thousands across the region and includes an on-site blood drive at Boston Store.
• Mark Bruns AgencycoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025Mark Bruns Agency co-hosts the annual Fore Hearts Open charity golf scramble with Community Blood Bank. The agency provides planning and execution support for the event. The 2025 event raised over $39,000. The 4th annual event is scheduled for June 22, 2026 at Venango Valley Golf Course, with sponsorship and registration payments handled through the agency.
• Blood Centers Of AmericaminorOthersCommunity Blood Bank is affiliated with Blood Centers Of America (BCA), a national cooperative network of community blood centers.
• America's Blood CentersminorOthersCommunity Blood Bank is affiliated with America's Blood Centers, a national organization representing community blood centers across North America.
• Local Hospitals (Collaboration on Blood Irradiation)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA collaboration among local hospitals enabled a major investment in specialized blood irradiation equipment at Community Blood Bank. This partnership among competing healthcare systems is described as rare and allows the organization to enhance patient safety and strengthen the local blood supply through irradiated blood products.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• ConnectLife: A community blood bank serving Western New York, directly overlapping with CBB's WNY service area. Operates the same community donor and hospital supply model and is the most direct regional competitor for both donors and hospital contracts.

Broad incumbents

• Vitalant: A large nonprofit blood center network formed from the merger of Blood Systems, BloodSource, and others, serving over 900 hospitals across the U.S. Comparable as a multi-state nonprofit blood collection and supply organization competing for the same hospital customers.
• New York Blood Center: One of the largest independent community blood centers in the U.S., serving the greater New York region. Comparable nonprofit blood collection and distribution model with overlapping reach into Western New York markets CBB serves.
• American Red Cross Blood Services: The largest U.S. blood collector, operating a national network that supplies roughly 40% of the country's blood. Comparable to CBB as a community-oriented blood collection and distribution organization, but at vastly greater scale and geographic breadth.
• Versiti: A Midwest-headquartered blood center network operating across several states with hospital supply and specialty transfusion services. Comparable nonprofit blood bank operator competing for hospital contracts in adjacent regions.

Regional players

• Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center: A Texas-based nonprofit community blood center supplying hospitals across the Gulf Coast. Comparable regional-scale nonprofit blood bank with a similar hospital supply and mobile drive model, though operating in a different geography.
• Hoxworth Blood Center: University of Cincinnati-affiliated community blood center serving the Greater Cincinnati region. Comparable as a regional nonprofit blood center with fixed donor locations, mobile drives, and hospital supply relationships.
• Central Pennsylvania Blood Bank: Regional nonprofit community blood center serving central Pennsylvania. Comparable regional nonprofit blood bank with a hospital supply model adjacent to CBB's NWPA footprint, and a potential partnership or competitive reference point.

Others

• Blood Centers of America: National cooperative network of independent community blood centers of which CBB is a member. Comparable as an industry ecosystem player enabling shared services, surplus inventory exchange, and group purchasing for member centers.
• America's Blood Centers: North American trade association representing independent community blood centers. Comparable as the national industry body CBB is affiliated with, providing advocacy, standards, and operational benchmarking.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ourdonorssave
• Facebookfacebook.com/ourdonorssave
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/community-blood-bank
• Instagraminstagram.com/communitybloodbank/?hl=en

Compliance5 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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