LifeLink of Florida

What LifeLink of Florida does

LifeLink of Florida is a non-profit organ and tissue recovery organization and the West Central Florida operating division of LifeLink Foundation, Inc., a federally designated Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) headquartered in Tampa. Founded in 1995, LifeLink Foundation operates as an integrated network of five core divisions: LifeLink of Florida, LifeLink of Georgia, LifeLink of Puerto Rico, LifeLink Transplantation Immunology Laboratory, and LifeLink Tissue Bank. A separate 501(c)(3) entity, the LifeLink Legacy Fund, provides financial assistance to organ transplant patients and funds donation-related research. The organization facilitates organ, eye, tissue, and birth tissue donation, coordinating across hospitals, transplant centers, medical examiners, coroners, funeral homes, and driver license service providers in its designated service areas.

The organization's core product surface spans organ donation coordination, tissue donation and banking, eye donation, and birth tissue donation (expanded to AdventHealth Tampa in June 2025). Supporting services include donor family support and bereavement resources, community education programs, the LifeLink Ambassador volunteer program, the Donate Life Flag Program, and the Girl Scout Donation Awareness Patch Program. Underlying technical capabilities include transplantation immunology laboratory services for tissue typing and immunological testing that support organ matching, plus tissue banking operations that process and distribute tissue for transplantation. The organization employs 501-1,000 staff across its operations.

LifeLink operates under federal OPO regulations as a non-profit healthcare services organization, funded through federal programs (CMS OPO reimbursement) and charitable contributions, and does not charge donors or their families directly. Go-to-market is community-led, relying on volunteer ambassadors, hospital partnerships, sports sponsorships (including Tampa Bay Rowdies), and education channels (health fairs, school programs, DMV office outreach) to drive donor registrations and tissue recovery volume.

Name

LifeLink of Florida

Legal name

LifeLink Foundation, Inc.

Website

https://lifelinkfoundation.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

LifeLink of Florida is a non-profit, federally designated Organ Procurement Organization that facilitates organ, eye, tissue, and birth tissue donation across West Central Florida, Georgia, and Puerto Rico, coordinating with hospitals and transplant centers to recover and allocate donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Organ and Tissue Donation Services

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Blood, Organ & Tissue Donation Organizations (BPAGACAJ)

Keywords

• Organ procurement services
• Tissue donation recovery
• Organ transplantation coordination
• Eye donation services
• Nonprofit healthcare services

Headquarters

HQ city

Tampa

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donation Services: As a nonprofit organ procurement organization (OPO), LifeLink Foundation facilitates organ, eye, and tissue donation and recovery services. The organization operates as a federally designated OPO serving West Central Florida, Georgia, and Puerto Rico.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

LifeLink of Florida facilitates organ, eye, and tissue donation and recovery services as a federally designated Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) serving West Central Florida, with parallel operations through LifeLink of Georgia and LifeLink of Puerto Rico. The organization coordinates donor referrals, recovers and allocates organs and tissues to transplant centers, supports donor families through the donation process, and operates an in-house transplantation immunology laboratory and tissue bank.

Product overview

LifeLink Foundation is a multi-divisional organ, eye, and tissue donation organization composed of five operating divisions: LifeLink of Florida, LifeLink of Georgia, LifeLink of Puerto Rico, LifeLink Transplantation Immunology Laboratory, and LifeLink Tissue Bank. The organization operates as a unified network providing organ donation services, tissue donation services, eye donation, and birth tissue donation programs. LifeLink Legacy Fund (a separate 501(c)(3) entity) provides financial assistance to transplant patients. Core services are supported by volunteer ambassador programs, community education initiatives, the Donate Life Flag Program, and guidance services for donor families, medical examiners, coroners, and funeral homes. LifeLink of Florida specifically serves West Central Florida communities through community outreach, health fairs, and partnerships with hospitals and transplant centers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Organ Donation Services

Quantifiable outcome

• One organ donor can save up to eight lives
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Hospitals and Transplant CenterscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLifeLink partners with hospitals and transplant centers to facilitate organ donation coordination, recovery services, and transplantation support. These partnerships are essential to the donation process and saving lives through transplantation.
• Medical ExaminerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLifeLink works with medical examiners in Florida, Georgia, and Puerto Rico to facilitate organ donation and ensure the donation process does not interfere with forensic investigation of cause or manner of death.
• Coroners (Georgia)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLifeLink works with coroners in Georgia to identify potential donors and coordinate donation services while supporting investigative needs.
• Funeral HomescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFuneral homes partner with LifeLink to support families through the donation process, participate in the Donate Life Flag Program, and help honor donors during memorial services.
• Driver License Service ProviderscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner organizations that help register individuals as organ donors through driver's license offices and services, amplifying public education efforts to increase donor registrations.
• Tampa Bay RowdiescoreGTM or Marketing PartnerSports partnership where LifeLink participates at Rowdies matches with ambassador outreach, and serves as title sponsor of Community Heroes Night events to promote organ donation awareness.
• Florida Penguin ProductionsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner organization for annual Back-to-School Bash event series where LifeLink of Florida participates for community outreach and donation awareness.
• LifeLink Legacy FundcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLifeLink Legacy Fund is a separate 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that supports the mission of LifeLink Foundation by providing financial assistance to organ transplant patients in need and funding research and other initiatives that positively impact organ and tissue donation and transplantation efforts.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Midwest Transplant Network: Federally designated OPO serving Kansas and western Missouri. Comparable mid-sized OPO with in-house laboratory services analogous to LifeLink's Transplantation Immunology Laboratory.
• NJ Sharing Network: Federally designated OPO serving New Jersey. Comparable regional OPO with organ and tissue recovery plus a strong foundation/financial-assistance arm similar to LifeLink Legacy Fund.
• LiveOnNY: Federally designated OPO serving the greater New York metropolitan area. Comparable large, multi-hospital OPO with similar organ recovery and community-outreach operations.
• Southwest Transplant Alliance: Federally designated OPO serving much of Texas. Comparable large regional OPO with similar organ, eye, and tissue recovery operations and community-outreach programming.
• New England Donor Services: Federally designated OPO serving the New England region. Comparable multi-state OPO operating under the same CMS framework with similar hospital-partnership and donor-registration model.
• LifeQuest Organ Recovery Services: Federally designated OPO serving the Florida panhandle region. Directly comparable as a CMS-designated OPO operating in the same state with the same organ, eye, and tissue recovery mission.
• Tennessee Donor Services: Federally designated OPO serving Tennessee. Closely comparable regional OPO with similar multi-service (organ, eye, tissue) recovery operations and community-outreach programming.
• Carolina Donor Services: Federally designated OPO serving portions of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. Comparable mid-sized OPO with similar hospital-partnership-driven recovery model.
• Donor Network West: Federally designated OPO serving Northern California and Nevada. Comparable large-scale OPO with similar hospital-partnership and donor-registration focus.
• Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network: Federally designated OPO serving Illinois and portions of surrounding states. Comparable larger OPO with organ, eye, and tissue recovery plus community education programs.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lifelinkfoundation
• Xx.com/lifelinkfl
• Facebookfacebook.com/lifelinkofflorida

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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