South Central Association of Blood Banks

What South Central Association of Blood Banks does

South Central Association of Blood Banks (SCABB) is a private nonprofit professional membership association founded on December 7, 1947 in Dallas, Texas as the Texas Association of Blood Banks and expanded to its current nine-state footprint (Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arizona, Colorado, Utah) in 1958. Headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, SCABB serves over 300 individual and institutional members engaged in blood banking and transfusion medicine, including blood collection centers, hospital transfusion services, and corporate associate members from the diagnostics and laboratory services sectors. The association's mission is to support the professionals who ensure a safe and adequate blood supply through education, networking, and professional development.

SCABB's core offerings are educational programming, networking, and member services rather than technology products. Its educational portfolio includes SCABBinars (five P.A.C.E.- and Florida CE Broker-accredited webinars per year), Regional Symposiums, the Annual Meeting & Exhibit Show, the Advanced Immunohematology & Molecular Symposium (AIMS), the PASS Blood Bank Exam Review (co-branded certification preparation), and S.O.A.R. on-demand recorded sessions. Member services include a Career Center with complimentary 30-day institutional job postings, the PULSE newsletter, a members-only portal with directory and community forum features (hosted on the MemberClicks platform), and the SCABB Foundation, a 1987-established affiliated nonprofit providing scholarships and speaker honorariums.

SCABB generates revenue primarily through annual membership dues across four tiers: student ($25/year), individual ($85/year), individual physician ($125/year), institutional ($350-$650/year based on blood units collected/transfused), and associate corporate ($300-$500/year), with optional PREMIUM upgrades bundling SCABBinar access. Additional revenue comes from event registration for the Annual Meeting, Regional Symposiums, and AIMS, as well as tax-deductible donations to the SCABB Foundation. The association is governed by an elected Board of Directors with district representation across the nine-state region, and exhibits active operational status with annual programming, ongoing member recruitment, and continued digital engagement.

Name

South Central Association of Blood Banks

Legal name

South Central Association of Blood Banks

Website

https://scabb.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1947

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

South Central Association of Blood Banks (SCABB) is a 501(c)-style nonprofit professional membership association serving over 300 individual and institutional members across nine U.S. states in the blood banking and transfusion medicine industry, delivering accredited continuing education, networking, and professional development programs funded by membership dues.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Professional Association Services

NAICS

Other Schools and Instruction (6116), Educational Support Services (61171), Other Similar Organizations (except Business, Professional, Labor, and Political Organizations) (813990)

SIC

Services-Medical Laboratories (8071), Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Transfusion Medicine & Immunohematology (Blood Bank) (HLAFAMAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Phlebotomy & Specimen Collection (EDAOAJAC)

Keywords

• Professional membership association
• Blood banking education
• Continuing education credits
• Transfusion medicine training
• Healthcare professional networking

Headquarters

HQ city

Lexington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: SCABB generates revenue primarily through membership dues from individual, institutional, and associate corporate members. Dues vary by membership category: individual members pay $85/year (or $125 for physician members), student members pay $25/year, institutional members pay $350-$650/year based on blood units collected/transfused, and associate corporate members pay $300-$500/year. Premium upgrades are available for additional fees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

SCABB is a professional membership association that delivers accredited continuing education, peer networking, and professional development services to individual professionals, blood banks, and transfusion services in the blood banking and transfusion medicine industry across nine U.S. states. Core offerings include tiered memberships (individual, institutional, student, associate corporate), SCABBinars webinars, Regional Symposiums, the Annual Meeting & AIMS, the PASS Blood Bank Exam Review, on-demand S.O.A.R. sessions, the SCABB Career Center, and the PULSE newsletter, all supported through the MemberClicks platform.

Product overview

South Central Association of Blood Banks (SCABB) is a professional membership association, not a technology product company. The organization offers a suite of educational programs and member services including SCABBinars (webinars), Regional Symposiums, Annual Meetings with AIMS, PASS Blood Bank Exam Review, S.O.A.R. on-demand sessions, and a Career Center. The SCABB Foundation provides scholarship and financial support. Additional services include the PULSE newsletter and a Members Only portal for networking and membership management. All programs provide continuing education credits (P.A.C.E. and Florida CE).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SCABBinars

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 300 individual and institutional members served across nine states.
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers18 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Blood Centers of America: Blood Centers of America is a cooperative alliance of independent blood centers across the U.S., providing group purchasing and shared services that overlap with SCABB's institutional member base and regional coordination role.
• California Blood Bank Society (CBBS): CBBS is a regional professional society for blood banking professionals in California, operating with a similar membership, education, and networking model to SCABB but in a different geography. It is the closest structural analog to SCABB among peer associations.
• America's Blood Centers: America's Blood Centers is a national network of independent community blood centers, many of which are SCABB institutional members. It serves a similar community/advocacy role to SCABB but at the national level for blood center operators.
• AABB (formerly American Association of Blood Banks): AABB is the national professional association for blood banking and transfusion medicine, offering accreditation, standards, education, and advocacy that directly overlap with SCABB's regional mission. SCABB complements AABB at the regional level for the South Central U.S.

Broad incumbents

• American Red Cross Blood Services: The American Red Cross operates the largest U.S. blood collection network and sets workforce standards; while not a membership association, it competes for the same professional talent pool and continuing-education attention as SCABB.
• American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP): ASCP is a large national professional society for laboratory professionals that includes blood banking as a subspecialty and offers certification, CE credits, and networking comparable to SCABB's offerings but at a much broader scope.

Emerging players

• National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) / Be The Match: NMDP operates a national marrow/cell therapy donor registry that overlaps with SCABB members' transfusion and cellular therapy expertise and competes for the same professional development attention.

Others

• College of American Pathologists (CAP): CAP is a major pathology professional society that accredits blood bank laboratories and influences blood banking practice standards, making it an adjacent peer that shapes the regulatory environment for SCABB members.
• Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI): CLSI develops laboratory standards used by SCABB's institutional members and provides training resources that compete with SCABB's educational programming in the blood banking niche.

Regional players

• International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT): ISBT is the global scientific society for blood transfusion, offering education, congresses, and standards that overlap with SCABB's mission but operate at an international scale outside SCABB's U.S. footprint.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/scabb.org
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/scabb.org
• Instagraminstagram.com/southcentralabb/?utm_medium=copy_link
• Xx.com/SouthCentralABB

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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