Texas Organ Sharing Alliance

Name

Texas Organ Sharing Alliance

Legal name

Texas Organ Sharing Alliance

Website

https://tosa1.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Organ Procurement Services

NAICS

Blood and Organ Banks (621991), Voluntary Health Organizations (813212)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Blood, Organ & Tissue Donation Organizations (BPAGACAJ)

Keywords

• Organ procurement services
• Organ donation coordination
• Tissue recovery services
• Transplant coordination
• Donor family support

Headquarters

HQ city

San Antonio

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Government Contracts and Reimbursement: As a federally-designated organ procurement organization (OPO), TOSA receives Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement for organ procurement services and operates under federal regulations.
2. Vida Legacy Foundation Donations: Financial contributions to Vida Legacy Foundation (formerly TOSA Foundation), an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit supporting education, outreach, and assistance programs for organ donation and transplantation.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Texas Organ Sharing Alliance (TOSA) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization and federally designated Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) that coordinates the recovery and distribution of organs, eyes, and tissues from deceased donors. Founded in 1975, TOSA serves 56 counties in Central and South Texas, partnering with over 120 hospitals and multiple transplant centers to facilitate organ donation for an estimated population of 7 million people.

Product overview

Texas Organ Sharing Alliance (TOSA) operates as a federally-designated organ procurement organization (OPO) providing a comprehensive suite of organ donation and recovery services. The organization functions as a single integrated platform with multiple service offerings including core organ donation and recovery services, the Wall of Heroes donor memorial, the Center For Life and Center for Hope dedicated facilities, the Friends for Life volunteer program, a healthcare professional resources portal, donor family support services, and recipient services. TOSA also supports cornea and tissue donation and is affiliated with Vida Legacy Foundation (formerly TOSA Foundation) for education and outreach programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Organ Donation and Recovery Services Core service coordinating the clinical identification, evaluation, recovery, and allocation of deceased donor organs. Provided to hospitals, transplant centers, donor families, and recipients throughout Central and South Texas; over 10,000 organs have been facilitated from more than 4,800 donors.
• Cornea and Tissue Donation Recovery and distribution of corneas and other donated tissues for transplant purposes, in addition to solid organ donation services. Provided to hospitals, eye banks, and tissue processors.
• Healthcare Professional Resources Portal

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 10,000 organs facilitated for transplantation from over 4,800 donors since 1975
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered major, core, key and supporting.

• Vascular Perfusion Solutions, Inc. (VPS)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to test VPS's VP.S Encore device for heart preservation. In 2022, TOSA became the first OPO testing this technology which successfully preserved a donated human heart for 8 hours (vs. standard 4-6 hours). The device is designed to be carried in airplane passenger seats to extend organ transport distance.
• Donate Life TexascoreGTM or Marketing PartnerEstablished by 79th Texas Legislature in 2005. TOSA is one of three OPOs governing the registry. Partnership with Texas DPS and DMV allows individuals to join donor registry when applying for/renewing driver's licenses, IDs, or vehicle registrations. Registry named in honor of Rep. Glenda Dawson, a kidney transplant recipient.
• San Antonio Eye BankkeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity-based eye bank founded in 1965 providing cornea donations for sight restoration in San Antonio and South Texas for over 50 years.
• South Texas Blood & Tissue Center (STBTC)keyStrategic or Co-development PartnerSubsidiary of BioBridge Global with 45-year history serving South Texas. Partners with Donate Life program to raise awareness about tissue donation, recovering human tissue for patients with severe burns, traumatic wounds, sports injuries, or reconstructive surgery.
• United Tissue ResourcessupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerFormer Blood & Tissue Center of Central Texas, founded 1951. Main facility in Austin, Texas. Distributes approximately 4,000 tissue grafts to area hospitals annually for life-saving surgeries.
• Miracles in Sight Lone Star DivisionsupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to restoration, preservation, and enhancement of sight through transplant, research, and innovation. Lone Star Lions Eye Bank partnered with Miracles In Sight in 2020.
• Texas Donor NetworksupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerEstablished in 2018, first FDA registered organization of its kind in the Rio Grande Valley. Partners with hospitals to provide donated tissues for transplantation, research, therapy, and education.
• University Health Transplant InstitutecoreOthersTransplant center receiving organs from TOSA for transplantation
• Texas Transplant InstitutecoreOthersTransplant center receiving organs from TOSA for transplantation
• St. David's North Austin Medical CenterkeyOthersTransplant center receiving organs from TOSA for transplantation
• Seton Heart Specialty Care & Transplant CenterkeyOthersTransplant center receiving organs from TOSA for transplantation
• DHR Health Transplant InstitutekeyOthersTransplant center receiving organs from TOSA for transplantation in Rio Grande Valley
• Dell Seton Medical Center at UT AustinkeyOthersTransplant center receiving organs from TOSA for transplantation
• Vida Legacy FoundationsupportingOthersFormerly TOSA Foundation, independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded by TOSA dedicated to supporting education, outreach, and assistance programs for organ donation and transplantation. Accepts financial contributions.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves13 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• OneLegacy: OneLegacy is the federally-designated OPO serving the greater Los Angeles area and seven southern California counties. It operates with comparable scope and donor family services infrastructure, making it a strong operational peer for TOSA.
• LiveOnNY: LiveOnNY is the federally-designated OPO serving the greater New York metropolitan area. Comparable scope, federal regulatory framework, and diverse-population donor registration challenges make it a relevant peer to TOSA.
• New England Donor Services: New England Donor Services is a federally-designated OPO serving the six New England states. Similar nonprofit OPO structure, hospital partnerships, and donor family services make it a useful operational comparable for TOSA.
• Southwest Transplant Alliance: Southwest Transplant Alliance is a Texas-based OPO serving parts of North Texas, overlapping with TOSA's broader state footprint. As a federally-designated peer OPO with identical business model, hospital-partner structure, and donor family services, it is a direct comparable for operational and policy benchmarking.
• Mid-America Transplant: Mid-America Transplant is a federally-designated OPO serving Missouri and parts of Illinois and Arkansas, with comparable scale, hospital partnerships, and donor family support programs. It is a useful operational benchmark for TOSA outside of the Texas market.
• Gift of Life Donor Program: Gift of Life Donor Program is the largest OPO in the United States, serving the greater Philadelphia region and eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and Delaware. Comparable business model, federal designation, and service scope make it a relevant scale benchmark.
• LifeGift: LifeGift is a fellow federally-designated OPO operating in Texas (Northwest, Southeast, and Gulf Coast regions), making it the most direct peer of TOSA. Both organizations share the same regulatory framework, federal reimbursement model, and donor hospital partnerships within overlapping Texas service areas.

Broad incumbents

• Donate Life America: Donate Life America is the national umbrella organization for organ, eye, and tissue donation in the United States. TOSA partners with the state-level Donate Life Texas registry; Donate Life America provides national brand, policy advocacy, and registry infrastructure relevant to TOSA's outreach mission.

Others

• Vascular Perfusion Solutions (VPS): Vascular Perfusion Solutions is TOSA's innovation partner, developing the VP.S Encore transport device that extends heart preservation to 8 hours. It is an enabling technology partner rather than a competitor, but its progress directly affects TOSA's organ utilization capability.

Emerging players

• South Texas Blood & Tissue Center: South Texas Blood & Tissue Center is a BioBridge Global subsidiary and TOSA's stated strategic partner for tissue donation awareness and recovery in South Texas. While not a direct OPO competitor, it operates in the adjacent tissue-donation and blood services space with overlapping donor populations.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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