Donate Life Florida

What Donate Life Florida does

Donate Life Florida is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) charitable corporation founded in 1997 and headquartered in Sebring, Florida, with operational offices in Ocala. The organization is designated by the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration as the contracted provider to create and maintain the Joshua Abbott Organ and Tissue Donor Registry, the official state registry for organ, tissue, and eye donor registration. It serves as a coordinating alliance between Florida's four federally-designated organ procurement organizations (OPOs)—Life Alliance Organ Recovery Agency, LifeLink of Florida, LifeQuest Organ Recovery Services, and OurLegacy—and a network of transplant centers, eye banks, and tissue recovery organizations.

The organization's core product is the donor registry itself, accessible through a bilingual (English/Spanish) online self-service portal and through physical registration at Florida driver license offices and Tax Collector offices. The registry supports online and mail-in registration, with a My Profile feature allowing registrants to view, update, and specify donation limitations and preferences. Since 2006, the registry has facilitated more than 14,000 organ and tissue donations, with 10+ million Floridians currently registered and 6,000+ residents awaiting transplant. Each registered donor can potentially save up to 8 lives through organ donation, restore sight for up to 2 individuals through cornea donation, and help up to 75 people through tissue donation.

Donate Life Florida generates revenue through a dual funding model: state appropriations via its contract with the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, and tax-deductible charitable contributions from the public. Registration is free to Florida residents aged 13 and over. Donor families are never charged for donation-related costs, which are covered by recovery organizations. Marketing and outreach are conducted through a bilingual website, social media, Stories of Hope content, newsletters, a volunteer program, and partnerships with community figures such as Miss Florida. The organization operates with 11-50 employees and is led by President and CEO G. David Fleming.

Name

Donate Life Florida

Legal name

Donate Life Florida

Website

https://donatelifeflorida.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Donate Life Florida is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that operates the state's official Joshua Abbott Organ and Tissue Donor Registry, enabling more than 10 million Florida residents to register as organ, tissue, and eye donors via online, driver license, and Tax Collector channels.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Organ and Tissue Donor Registry Services

NAICS

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

akta.pro primary industry

Blood, Organ & Tissue Donation Organizations (BPAGACAJ)

Keywords

• Organ donor registry
• Tissue donation services
• Eye donation registry
• Transplant coordination
• Donor awareness education

Headquarters

HQ city

Sebring

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Contributions: As a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization, Donate Life Florida accepts tax-deductible monetary contributions from the public. Donations fund public education programs, community outreach campaigns, and resources that promote organ, tissue, and eye donation registration throughout Florida.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Donate Life Florida operates the official Joshua Abbott Organ and Tissue Donor Registry for the State of Florida, designated by the Agency for Health Care Administration. Florida residents aged 13+ can register online, at driver license offices, or at Tax Collector offices to consent to organ, tissue, and eye donation after death. The organization manages the registry, supports donor families and recipients, and coordinates with federally designated OPOs, transplant centers, eye banks, and tissue recovery organizations across Florida.

Product overview

Donate Life Florida is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) charitable corporation that operates Florida's Joshua Abbott Organ and Tissue Donor Registry. The organization serves as an educational platform and registry management system rather than a traditional SaaS product. Its core offerings include the statewide donor registry (where Floridians can register as organ, tissue, and eye donors), a donor profile management system (My Profile), and educational resources about donation. The organization also facilitates connections between donors, Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs), and Transplant Centers across Florida. Registration can be completed online or through Florida driver license/Tax Collector offices.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Joshua Abbott Organ and Tissue Donor Registry

Quantifiable outcome

• 10+ million registered donors in Florida
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Life Alliance Organ Recovery AgencycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA non-profit, federally designated organ procurement organization (OPO) serving South Florida. Works with hospitals and transplant centers to facilitate the organ donation and transplantation process. Mentioned as a member of Donate Life Florida.
• LifeLink of FloridacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA non-profit, federally designated OPO serving the Greater Tampa Area. Collaborates with hospitals including Tampa General Hospital and John Hopkins All Children's Hospital to facilitate organ donation and transplantation.
• LifeQuest Organ Recovery ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA non-profit, federally designated OPO serving North Florida. Partners with transplant centers including UF Health Shands Transplant Center and Mayo Clinic Hospital in Jacksonville.
• OurLegacycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA non-profit, federally designated OPO serving the Greater Orlando Area. Works with transplant centers including AdventHealth Transplant Institute and Halifax Health Center for Transplant Services.
• Florida Lions Eye BankcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEye bank serving South Florida that recovers and processes corneas for transplantation. Located in Miami, FL.
• Lions Eye Institute for Transplant & ResearchcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEye bank and research institute serving the Greater Tampa Area. Located in Tampa, FL.
• Legacy Donor ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDonor services organization serving South Florida. Located in Miami, FL.
• LifeNet Health of FloridacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOPO serving North Florida, specifically the Pensacola area. Located in Pensacola, FL.
• CorneaGen, Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCornea services organization serving the Greater Orlando Area. Located in Orlando, FL.
• State of Florida, Agency for Health Care AdministrationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState government agency that designated Donate Life Florida as the contracted provider to create and maintain the Joshua Abbott Organ and Tissue Donor Registry. The agency also sponsors the organization's annual report.
• The Miami Transplant Institute at University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor transplant center in Miami providing heart, lung, heart/lung, kidney, pancreas, kidney/pancreas, liver, and intestine transplants.
• Tampa General HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor transplant center in Tampa providing heart, lung, kidney, pancreas, kidney/pancreas, and liver transplants.
• UF Health Shands Transplant CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor transplant center in Gainesville providing comprehensive transplant services including heart, lung, heart/lung, kidney, pancreas, kidney/pancreas, liver, and intestine transplants.
• Transplant Program at Mayo Clinic HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor transplant center in Jacksonville providing comprehensive transplant services including heart, lung, heart/lung, kidney, pancreas, kidney/pancreas, liver, and intestine transplants.
• AdventHealth Transplant InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor transplant center in Orlando providing heart, lung, heart/lung, kidney, pancreas, kidney/pancreas, liver, and intestine transplants.
• Miss FloridaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerMiss Florida serves as a spokesperson for National Donate Life Month, promoting organ donation awareness throughout Florida.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights8 records

Emerging players

• LifeNet Health: A non-profit organ and tissue recovery organization operating in multiple states including Florida (as LifeNet Health of Florida). Functions as both an OPO and a tissue processor, overlapping with Donate Life Florida's partner network.

Regional players

• Mid-America Transplant: Federally designated OPO serving eastern Missouri, southern Illinois, and northeastern Arkansas. Comparable organ, tissue, and eye recovery and family-services mission, complementing the state-registry function that Donate Life Florida performs in Florida.
• Iowa Donor Network: A non-profit OPO and tissue recovery agency serving Iowa. Comparable donor-advocacy and recovery mission in a regional market, illustrating the OPO counterpart to a state-level registry like Donate Life Florida.
• LifeSource: A federally designated OPO serving Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and parts of Wisconsin. Comparable donation-recovery mission in a different region, often working alongside a Donate Life state registry affiliate.

Broad incumbents

• United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS): The non-profit that manages the national organ transplant waiting list and matching system under federal contract. Adjacent to Donate Life Florida's function — UNOS handles allocation while Donate Life Florida handles donor designation — and is the de facto national backbone of the same ecosystem.
• Gift of Life Donor Program: One of the oldest and largest federally designated OPOs in the U.S., serving the greater Philadelphia region. Operates downstream of the registry function (recovery and family approach) but is part of the same donation ecosystem and frequently partners with state registries.
• Donate Life America: National umbrella organization that coordinates Donate Life state affiliates and runs nationwide organ, tissue, and eye donation awareness campaigns. Directly comparable mission and registry-promotion function, but operates at the national level rather than as a single-state registry operator.

Direct peers

• Donate Life New York: Donate Life New York manages the New York State Donate Life Registry and partners with the state DMV for enrollment. A direct state-registry peer with a comparable volunteer-driven, contract-backed operating model.
• Donate Life California: The California state-designated organ and tissue donor registry affiliate under the Donate Life America network. Operates the same function as Donate Life Florida — managing a state donor registry and integrating with driver-license (DMV) registration — making it the closest structural peer in a different geography.
• Donate Life Texas: Texas's state-designated donor registry organization, integrating with the Texas Department of Public Safety for donor registration. Closely parallels Donate Life Florida's contract-with-state, DMV-integrated registry model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/donatelifefl
• Facebookfacebook.com/DonateLifeFL
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/donatelifefl

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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