What Community Tissue Services does

Community Tissue Services, doing business as Solvita, is a private nonprofit tissue and blood donation organization headquartered at 349 S Main Street, Dayton, Ohio. The organization recovers, processes, and distributes human tissue allografts (skin, bone, heart valves, birth tissue, and other grafts) and operates blood donation services for medical transfusions. Its core customers are hospitals, surgical centers, and medical professionals who utilize tissue allografts for transplantation and patient treatment, while its donor-side stakeholders include registered organ, eye, and tissue donors, donor families, and recovery partner organizations across Ohio and the broader United States, with claimed reach to tissue recipients globally.

The organization's service portfolio is organized around three primary lines: blood donation, tissue donation (including birth tissue as a living donation program), and community outreach. Supporting infrastructure includes the 125 Lives donor storytelling platform (tribute wall, Stories of Hope, Thank You Program, and bereavement resources) and the Maxxeus sub-brand, which provides tissue allograft products and resources for healthcare professionals. Core technology centers on regulated allograft processing at facilities including Kettering Research Park, where the Solvita Solar Array Project supplies renewable energy to processing operations. Go-to-market relies on community-led donor engagement via social channels, website content, video storytelling, and local outreach, paired with direct B2B distribution of processed allografts through the Maxxeus channel and recovery partner networks.

Pricing is not publicly disclosed; arrangements are quote-based and consistent with healthcare tissue banking contracts. The organization reports 501-1,000 employees and operates as a standalone nonprofit with no parent company or external institutional investors identified. It maintains accreditation and registration with relevant healthcare regulatory bodies, which is an industry prerequisite for tissue recovery and distribution.

Name

Community Tissue Services

Legal name

Community Tissue Services

Website

https://communitytissue.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Community Tissue Services (d/b/a Solvita) is a Dayton, Ohio-based nonprofit that recovers, processes, and distributes human tissue allografts and blood products. It serves hospitals, surgical centers, and medical professionals, while engaging donor families and registrants through community outreach and the 125 Lives storytelling platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Tissue Banking Services

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Orthopedic, Prosthetic & Surgical Appliances & Supplies (3842), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Blood, Organ & Tissue Donation Organizations (BPAGACAJ)

Keywords

• Tissue banking services
• Allograft processing
• Organ donation services
• Blood donation services
• Tissue recovery

Headquarters

HQ city

Kettering

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Tissue Banking Services: Recovery, processing, and distribution of human tissue allografts for medical transplantation and surgical procedures. Services include birth tissue donation and processing for various medical conditions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Community Tissue Services (Solvita) recovers, processes, and distributes human tissue allografts (skin, bone, heart valves, birth tissue) for medical transplantation and surgical procedures. The organization also operates blood donation services, organ/eye/tissue donor registration, birth tissue donation, community outreach, and donor family bereavement support programs. Its processed allografts serve tissue recipients worldwide through hospitals, surgical centers, and medical institutions.

Product overview

Community Tissue Services operates as Solvita, a multi-service tissue and blood donation organization. The company offers a portfolio of donation services organized around three core areas: blood donation, tissue donation (encompassing standard organ/eye/tissue donation and birth tissue donation), and community outreach. Supporting these services are the 125 Lives donor stories portal (for recipient stories, tribute wall, and thank-you programs) and Maxxeus, a related resource for healthcare professionals. The organization also provides professional resources including accreditation information and recovery partner coordination.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Maxxeus: Tissue allograft products division
• 125 Lives

Products and services

• Blood Donation

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Taylor's GiftcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSolvita partners with Taylor's Gift to provide grief support services for Solvita Branch donor families. This partnership enhances the organization's donor family support program by connecting families with specialized bereavement resources and grief counseling services.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• MTF Biologics: Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation, one of the largest nonprofit tissue banks in the US, distributing allografts for sports medicine, orthopedics, and wound care. Directly comparable as a nonprofit, multi-product tissue allograft distributor serving the same surgeon and hospital customer base as Solvita / Maxxeus.
• Versiti: Nonprofit blood and tissue organization operating across multiple Midwest states, providing blood products and tissue allografts. Comparable to Solvita's integrated blood + tissue model and serves overlapping hospital customers in overlapping Midwestern geography.
• AlloSource: Nonprofit tissue bank producing allografts for burn, wound, sports medicine, and orthopedic applications. Closely comparable business model to Community Tissue Services with shared customer segments (hospitals and surgeons) and overlapping product categories including birth tissue and dermal allografts.
• LifeNet Health: Nonprofit tissue bank and organ procurement organization recovering and distributing allografts (skin, bone, heart valves, birth tissues) to hospitals and surgeons. Direct competitor to Community Tissue Services / Maxxeus with broader geographic coverage and a more mature portfolio of processed allograft products.
• BioBridge Global: Nonprofit parent of South Texas Blood & Tissue, QualTex Laboratories, and GenCure, combining blood, tissue, and cellular therapy services. Comparable to Solvita's combined blood and tissue model with a similar multi-product nonprofit structure and hospital customer base.
• DCI Donor Services: Nonprofit operating donor recovery and tissue banking services across multiple states. Comparable to Community Tissue Services in donor recovery model, tissue allograft distribution, and the combination of community outreach with hospital-facing tissue products.

Broad incumbents

• Vitalant: One of the largest nonprofit blood service organizations in the US, with tissue recovery and donor center operations. Comparable to Solvita's blood donation side and a broader incumbent with national scale and a wider portfolio than Solvita's regional footprint.
• Artivion (formerly CryoLife): Public medical device company specializing in cardiac and vascular preserved tissues and implants. Comparable to Solvita / Maxxeus in the processed human tissue category (notably heart valves and vascular tissues), but operates as a for-profit incumbent with broader geographic reach.
• American Red Cross: Largest single supplier of blood products in the US with national donor outreach infrastructure. Comparable to Solvita's blood donation services and community-led donor engagement model, though significantly larger and broader in scope.

Others

• Taylor's Gift Foundation: Nonprofit dedicated to organ donation awareness and grief support for donor families, and an active strategic partner of Solvita. Adjacent to Solvita's donor family support and bereavement services offering rather than a direct tissue banking competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/FiftyLives
• Facebookfacebook.com/fiftylives
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/solvita-org
• Instagraminstagram.com/solvitaorg

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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