Skip to the content Health and Human Services home page Organ Donation: Organ & Tissue Donation is a Family Decision.  Sharing your decision to become a donor is just as important as making the decision yourself. The Secretary's Donation Initiative
   skip navigation

Key Elements
Workplace Partnership for Life
List of Workplace Partners
Workplace Partner Stories
Sign-Up Form
Model Donor Card
3. National Forum on Donor Registries
Newsroom
Frequently Asked Questions
Grant Application Reference Center
Advisory Committee on Transplantation
Related Organizations
Related Web Sites
Donor / Recipient Stories
Current U.S. Facts
Glossary
Donation Logo
Organ / Tissue Donor Card
Organ and Tissue Donation Brochure

  

Organ Procurement Organizations

In the U.S. and Puerto Rico, 58 organ procurement organizations (OPOs):

  • coordinate organ procurement in designated service areas, which may cover all or part of a State
  • evaluate potential donors, discuss donation with family members, and arrange for the surgical removal of donated organs
  • preserve organs and arrange for their distribution according to national organ sharing policies. 

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Puerto Rico

LifeLink of Puerto Rico

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming